Most multis seem to have the synthetic folic acid.
The LEF Two-per-day I recommended as the better alternative to your single vitamin approach contain natural folate from lemon peel.
This comes with my sublingual vitamin b12, 400mcg folic acid (common dose of this in most multis). I think I read that it's for the absorption of b12 sublingually. Folic acid is said to be cancerous even at low dosage of 1 mg:
Folic acid doesn't improve absorption of B12. This belongs to the kind of nonsensical marketing claims many manufacturers make, which is why...
Isn't it just best to follow directions that's written on the back of the vitamin bottle? I doubt Spring Valley vitamin (Walmart brand) would put out anything that can cause issues with people. I am taking their 5000 IU Vitamin D3 max potency, which is saying that it's tolerable otherwise they would not sell it. The direction is to take 1 capsule daily.
...one shouldn't rely on their instructions. In this case, 5000 IU is a safe amount. As a rule of thumb: manufacturers wouldn't put out anything that would cause serious short-term issues (if only because they don't want to be sued) but most of them coudn't care less about possibe long-term adverse effects. It more than five years since it has been shown that high-dose isolated alpha-tocopherol causes more harm than good for most poeple. However, if you get cancer after taking 800 IU daily for ten years, there's no way to prove that is has been the supplement that actually caused the cancer. That's why they still sell those megadose vitamin E supplements everywhere.
Regarding the talk about calcification; is this only possible with supplemental calcium or calcium we get from daily meals especially with cheeses and milk which usually has 20% to 30% daily value of calcium, per serving. Would supplementing with RAW calcium be better than other types of calcium? I saw a RAW calcium supplement, not sure if that was just marketing, another nickname for another calcium or it really exist.
The evidence is stronger for supplemental calcium, although there are strong reasons to assume that too much calcium from any source (dietary und supplemental) causes increased risk of calcification.
WTF is RAW calcium? This is the most ludicrous marketing nonesense I have ever heard. They probably made up that term to sell their overpriced shit to gullible raw foodists. Excuse the explicit language, but this is just totally ridiculous.
Mercola is a superfan of Vitamin-D and has some interesting writing on the subject. He states the vitamin-D you get from sunlight is superior to vitamin-D from supplements as your body produces "vitamin-D sulphate" which D-3 supplements do not provide.
I have a simple rule I follow in discussions of health related topics: If someone starts to refer to Mercola or Natural News I quit any further discussion. Mercola is a disgusting snakeoil salesman and you can't trust anything he says or writes. It is a muddy concoction of factual information, speculation, FUD and general paranoia designed only to con money out of your pocket.
Yes, higher folate levels have been linked to leukemia and colon cancer risk. However high homocysteine levels have been linked to cardiovascular risk. Pick your poison.
There is quite a difference between those. Homocysteine is an established cardiovacular risk factor. Excess folic acid, on the other hand, is not associated to increased risk of any cancer in the most recent and comprehensive meta-analysis. But we have already discussed that at the first page of this very topic!
are the vitamins in cereals "added" meaning the cereal itself does not have those vitamins by default but it was added? Most of these cereals still have copper and iron. I thought I was free of those ever since i dumped my multi vitamin.
Are you kidding me? I suggest that you look up the definition of the word "added" in a dictionary. Besides, I have already thoroughly explained this very issue to you in this very topic. Maybe you should add some memory-enhancing nootropic to your supplement stack?
regarding "picolinate"; I was looking at getting zinc picolinate and chromium picolinate.
Again, for the last time: the Two-per-Day which I recommend at half dose contain neither copper nor iron, but other trace minerals in the most stabile in bioavailable forms available. You can't get a fraction of that value-for-money ratio from any combination of single supplements.
That's it. I'm out of this odd topic. I'm not going to act like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.
Edited by timar, 26 November 2013 - 11:18 AM.
