And here my doctor has recommended I take supplements like D3 and such........ (Reply #1)

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Mon Nov 18, 2013, 08:05 PM

djean111 (14,255 posts)

1. And here my doctor has recommended I take supplements like D3 and such........

I think just saying "supplements" is (deliberately) too much of a broad brush.
In any event, I have steered well clear of prescription meds all of my life and attribute the fact that I do not need any prescription meds in my late 60's to that. That crap can kill ya. Says so on the label, says so on WebMD, says so on the Mayo Clinic site.
I will stick to my little list of supplements, methinks!

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
The dismal news about supplements. Why bother? [View all]	Addison	Nov 2013	OP
And here my doctor has recommended I take supplements like D3 and such........	djean111	Nov 2013	#1
True . . .	Addison	Nov 2013	#2
WebMD and the Mayo Clinic websites actually do cover lots of supplements, dosage, side effects,	djean111	Nov 2013	#4
Study after study shows no guaranties that they contain what they claim.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#10
"stop thinking that everything else is bad."	djean111	Nov 2013	#12
IOW, you don't know how to do a legitimate risk-benefit analysis.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#18
And just how much of that 'evidence' is produced at the behest of Big Pharma	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#15
And your defense of a scam industry is to offer conspiracy theory BS.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#19
What I'm relying on is thousands of years of proven efficacy. Not the dubious claims of	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#20
The fallacy of the ancients.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#22
Remember too that a lot of this negative press could be funded by Big Pharma	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#14
Bingo.	djean111	Nov 2013	#17
This is just the worst kind of Internet BS.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#27
You might be glad to know that hemp seeds offer a higher concentration of D3 than most other	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#25
vitamins are a somewhat different case...	mike_c	Nov 2013	#29
Dealing with the very best and most trustworthy companies can help, such as	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#3
If you want nutrition, eat a balanced diet.	longship	Nov 2013	#5
People unable to buy or grow, prepare, and eat whole foods for whatever reason really do	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#6
Even in the US, most people do not need supplementation.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#11
Your ignorance of my knowledge does not make me bizarre in the least.	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#16
You think putting words in the mouths of others shows knowledge?	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#21
In whose mouth did I put which words, pray tell?	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#24
You put words in my mouth.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#26
I use Swanson as well, and when these reports about fake supplements came	Nay	Nov 2013	#7
Definitely hard, more or less at different times and situations.	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#8
I love the idea about comfrey -- may I ask how much you dose yourself with?	Nay	Nov 2013	#9
Contrary to what you'll hear some so-called experts say, many herbals from trustworthy	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#13
Diet Supplements or Nutritional Supplements: A Ruse by Any Other Name is Still a Ruse	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#23
The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#28
Vitamins And Mortality	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#30
I'll keep taking my VitD and COq10.	840high	Nov 2013	#31
Vitamin D won't hurt, especially if it's 1000 iu or less.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#32
I do not understand why so many are convinced that they need to take vitamins.	SheilaT	Nov 2013	#33

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