Re: Vitamin Woes...a rant...

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You are ABSOLUTELY correct. The industry actually frowns upon some claims.

They can legally claim it is known to help certain conditions. But they

can't say it CURES or PREVENTS disease, at least herbs and such. There is

SOME regulation, but not as much as we'd like.

Unfortunately, even the Rx portion isn't THAT tightly knit, either. Sigh.

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Vitamin Woes...

>

>

> > Well, I just learned that a person can OD on vitamins. Of course I'd

> heard

> > that before, but never experienced it and I'm the type of person (I

guess)

> > who has to see it for herself. I'd read on here that we should perhaps

be

> > taking a ZINC supplement if we're around menopausal age. So I went to

my

> > (usually) trusted GNC and got some idiot I guess (although I'm an idiot

> for

> > not researching it myself first!) who told me I should take 100 mg of

the

> > stuff. So last Monday I took one and an hour later was cramping

horribly,

> > having voluminous diarrhea which was mostly stomach juices I'd say, and

> > vomiting. I promptly called in sick to work and had to stay home a

second

> > day as well because I was not getting any better. I thought I had some

> sort

> > of evil stomach virus. I couldn't eat anything, and so also

discontinued

> my

> > vitamins as well. Finally Saturday I decided I was enough back to

normal

> > that I could start back on my vitamins. I again took the ZINC and

within

> an

> > hour was doubled over in cramping with the other symptoms, as well. I

> > started putting 2 and 2 together and got on the internet and read about

> ZINC.

> > It said a woman should have no more than 20 mg/day of ZINC and that

> amounts

> > of about 200 mg would cause the problems I had. Of course with the

small

> > pouch and different ways of metabolizing things, I'm 100% certain that

the

> > 100 mg had done that to me........

> >

> > So, a word to the wise...be QUITE sure of what you are taking and how

> much.

> > That was a truly nasty experience!

> >

> > Dianne B.

> > Open RNY - June 11, 2001

> > Houston TX - Dr. Jayakumar

> > 291/157/???

> >

> >

> >