topic Re: Supplements... in Wellness

Supplements...

bargainsgirl — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:33:39 GMT

Heard on news last night that studies have shown that taking a multiple vitamin MAY slow down dementia...pretty general I suppose...who knows.

Tumeric is supposed to help with aches ( my son swears by it) but I read if you have had a hormone induced condition (breast cancer for instance) you should be cautious. But then I read many more articles that said it is GOOD for possibly staving off cancers in some people. Who to believe??

Re: Supplements...

SilleeMee — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:42:03 GMT

The NIH reported on the effects of multivit last year in June.

"Daily multivitamin may enhance memory in older adults"

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/daily-multivitamin-may-enhance-memory-older-adults

Re: Supplements...

SilleeMee — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:43:35 GMT

Turmeric has long been used as an anti-cancer supp for years. Not news.

Re: Supplements...

ALRATIBA — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:44:13 GMT

None for me .... I'm a bit of a fanatic about a balanced diet.

My aunt had a terrible experience with "do it yourself supplements." She ended up in the hospital.

My doc doesn't recommend them unless there's a deficiency.

Re: Supplements...

bargainsgirl — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:51:49 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Turmeric has long been used as an anti-cancer supp for years. Not news.

Thank you. I have read more in support of turmeric and curcumin being more of an anti-cancer supplement. I just bought of bottle of 60 so I will give it a try.

Re: Supplements...

Shelbelle — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:52:38 GMT

Unless docs are trained in traditional med and homeopathic med they often know very little about supplements, my own doc included. You must learn to be your own advocate and do your own research to decide if any supp are right for you. My DH and I take many of them.

Re: Supplements...

JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:54:41 GMT

I've temporarily ceased taking all of my supplements, just in case I can get a surgery date sooner than later. Once that's all over with, I'll resume everything. I take quite a few. In the meantime, I'm still taking my daily bites of cold fermented sauerkraut as my probiotic.

Re: Supplements...

wagirl — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:25:15 GMT

I am taking the usual things like fish oil, coq10, vit d,-- but am tired of the rest of the stuff I have. Just not sure it's doing me any good. But how would I know, really. I go to a pharmamist who specializes in high cholesterol among other conditions. I see him for my high cholesterol that I control with repatha, which is a bi monthly injection. I see him in Feb and will ask what he thinks of my supplements.

Re: Supplements...

ellaphant — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:27:53 GMT

Key word MAY. No medical data that any supplement is beneficial. My doc says

they are unnecessary.

Re: Supplements...

granddi — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:52:46 GMT

On average, U.S. medical schools offer only 19.6 hours of nutrition education across four years of medical school, according to a 2010 report in Academic Medicine. In a 2016 study, researchers at Case Western Reserve University examined data from 25 family medicine, internal medicine and OB-GYN medical residency programs throughout Ohio: What they found is that these programs averaged 2.8 hours of instruction on obesity, nutrition and physical activity counseling, and only 42 percent of them taught the residents techniques for how to perform health behavior counseling.

Given this, it's not exactly shocking that many doctors would receive a failing grade on nutritional know-how. A 2016 study in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Healthassessed the basic nutritional knowledge of fourth-year medical/osteopathic school graduates entering a pediatric residency program and found that on average, the incoming interns answered only 52 percent of the 18 questions correctly.

Re: Supplements...

goldensrbest — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:53:08 GMT

It was one multi vitamin they tested centrum senior.

Re: Supplements...

NYwoman — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:53:48 GMT

I read that large doses of Vitamin D help a lot.

Re: Supplements...

SilleeMee — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:54:38 GMT

Balanced diets don't always provide it all. Age and a less efficient gut can effect how much we get out of our food. Sometimes supplementation can help, especially when you consider the quality of food in our markets these days.

Re: Supplements...

GingerHead — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:19:10 GMT

I've never experienced a doctor who knows much about nutrition or supplementation or were even interested in speaking about it.

That's why I always say you have to educate yourself and be your own advocate for your own health by researching and asking others experiences and if need be seeking out experts in the field and primary care doctors usually aren't the resources you can depend on.

As posted before most primary care doctors (or others) receive very little education in nutrition.

Re: Supplements...

GingerHead — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:36:57 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Balanced diets don't always provide it all. Age and a less efficient gut can effect how much we get out of our food. Sometimes supplementation can help, especially when you consider the quality of food in our markets these days.

Yes, I totally agree!

Great summary of all the reasons...

Re: Supplements...

Icegoddess — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:52:42 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Balanced diets don't always provide it all. Age and a less efficient gut can effect how much we get out of our food. Sometimes supplementation can help, especially when you consider the quality of food in our markets these days.

@SilleeMee, Don't forget medications or medical conditions.

Re: Supplements...

Trailrun23 — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:27:18 GMT

I think it depends on the person and the supplements. I cannot take a multivitamin; it upsets my stomach within 1/2 hour of taking it and I have tried several versions and brands. Dr says it is not an uncommon reaction. I take several supplements and my bloodwork is always stellar. Dr says to keep doing what I am doing. You can go overboard with them, however. I had a student years ago being raised by his grandmother; she was a fanatic regarding what he ate. She threatened to have me fired when I gave donuts to the students who showed up for Saturday school to get ready for state testing. She had him take 20 supplements/vitamins every day. He ended up in the hospital in bad shape. His body could not digest so many pills at the same time and the result was a big ball of pills in his stomach that they had to break up and pump out. Ick.

Re: Supplements...

LuvSoCal — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 06:26:45 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
Balanced diets don't always provide it all. Age and a less efficient gut can effect how much we get out of our food. Sometimes supplementation can help, especially when you consider the quality of food in our markets these days.
@SilleeMee, Don't forget medications or medical conditions.

Yes, this reminds me of taking turmeric for my arthritic right knee. It did wonders for me...I could easily do my walking routine...however, my stomach started to rebel. I looked at the instructions on the bottle (which I had failed to do initially) and it very specifically stated to not use if a gallbladder problem was an issue (which it was). I stopped and my stomach settled down.

Re: Supplements...

geezerette — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:54:50 GMT

It also depends on the type of supplements.

I have some I have taken in the last few years that definitely help me. When I stop them, I can tell. Even adjusting the dosage makes a difference.

Re: Supplements...

ThinkingOutLoud — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:56:05 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
Key word MAY. No medical data that any supplement is beneficial. My doc says
they are unnecessary.

I'd get a new dr because I'd wonder what else he/she was uninformed about.