Re: Question re: supplements

[Guest guest]

A website that has a lot of information about detoxing

is www.theherbfinder.com.

I used one product of theirs that I think made a big

difference. Ortho-Phos.

They also have some products for cleaning the colon.

One discussion about a colon cleanse is incredible!

Rogene

--- cjheer@... wrote:

> How can you tell if your body is actually absorbing

> supplements or if

> they are simply getting flushed down the toilet?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

That is a good question. I know Lynda Roth of COSS in Denver CO (

http://www.siliconesurvivors.net/editor.html [and be forewarned--her site

takes forever to download the info]) said she had to take many times the

recommended daily allowances to be able to absorb enough of each supplement

to make a difference. She was so sick the doctors didn't think she would

live, after she received breast implants after breast cancer. I don't think

I could recommend doing that with some vitamins, but I know that some

doctors can test you to see what nutrients you are lacking and how you can

best get them inside of you to be utilized. Some people may need to have an

IV of supplements, if they can't absorb them properly.

It is unfortunately, just guess work for most of us. Taking supplements

sometimes is like buying insurance. You have it just in case you need it.

Here's an article I found that might be of interest:

http://www.slimcity.com/articles/supplements.cfm

Do Your Supplements Pass or Just Pass Through You?

Of interest to many vitamin users is whether or not their vitamins are being

absorbed, but equally important is whether or not the capsule is even

breaking down. Researchers at the University of land analyzed nine

different pre-natal prescription vitamin tablets to see how they were

dissolving. Of particular importance was the folate contain in each vitamin.

Folate has been shown to help ensure a healthy pregnancy. The results of

their investigation showed only a 33% success rate; in other words, only

three of the nine tablets passed.

While many brands did dissolve some other well known names failed at passing

the U.S. Pharmacopeia dissolution rate. The USP is made up of a body of

experts in pharmacy, medicine and other fields. The USP is a non-profit

organization intended to help determine basic standards for many

supplements, including vitamins and minerals. Their measurement for a

successful product must include 75% dissolution of riboflavin (B2) and 75%

dissolution of iron within one hour of being stirred in a weak solution of

hydrochloric acid. Two very well known brands failed in the testing, Geritol

Complete and GNC Women's Solotron. When GNC was asked about why their

product failed their response was " GNC doesn't check Women's Solotron for

dissolution " . As far as a response from Geritol, a spokesperson said that

the USP method of testing was lacking in consistency and other " alternative

test methods " need to be employed.

Just as important as dissolution is absorption. You may be taking a product

that dissolves well, but your body may not be able to absorb its components.

Not only are you wasting your money you're depriving yourself of much needed

supplementation. It has been widely demonstrated that supplementation can

enhance a body's ability to ward off infection or even heart disease.

Recently Vitamin E has been getting more and more attention as an effective

approach to ward off heart disease. And everyone knows that Vitamin C is

essential to a healthy body.

Just what can consumers do to help insure they're getting their supplements

worth? We'd suggest that you get supplements from manufacturers who can

testify to their properties (energy, well-being, vitality). Companies who

control batch-to-batch results to that you get a quality controlled product.

We also recommend that you always take your supplements just before

beginning your meal, this gives them more time to be dissolved and absorbed.

Lastly, we recommend using a product along with your vitamins and minerals

that helps ensure absorption.[Note: Patty says, OK, so what product is that?

Digestive enzymes?] If you're not absorbing your supplements then it

doesn't matter whether they're dissolving or not. For more information on

this be sure you read SlimCity Sense - helping you make more sense out of

health & nutrition.

[source: Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, Vol. 15, No. 9,

November, 1997]

Patty

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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:09 PM

Subject: Question re: supplements

> How can you tell if your body is actually absorbing supplements or if

> they are simply getting flushed down the toilet?