When and How to Take Vitamins Supplements
By: Johny Rider
The human body operates on a twenty-four-hour cycle. Your cells do not go to sleep when you do,
nor can they exist without continuous oxygen and nutrients. Therefore, for best results, space your
supplements as evenly as possible during the day.
If you take your supplements all at once, do so with dinner, not breakfast. The prime time for taking
supplements is with or after meals. Vitamins are organic substances and should be taken with other
foods and minerals for best absorption. Because the water-soluble vitamins, especially B complex and C,
are excreted fairly rapidly in the urine, a regimen of with breakfast, with lunch, and with dinner will provide
you with the highest body level. If after each meal is not convenient, then half the amount should be taken
after breakfast and the other half after dinner. If you must take your vitamins all at once, then do so with the
largest meal of the day. And remember, minerals are essential for proper vitamin absorption, so be sure to
take your minerals and vitamins together.
What’s Right for You
Supplement needs vary depending on your sex, age, health, lifestyle, dailystresses, and dietary restrictions.
Job changes, illness, physical and emotional traumas, all take a nutritional toll. With more supplements
available today than ever before, and in more delivery systems than ever before, there’s no reason why
you can’t reap maximum health benefits by selecting the nutrients you need in a form that works for you.
If you’re unsure as to whether you’d be better of with a powder, a liquid,a gel-cap, or a tablet,
regular vitamin E or dry, or taking supplements three times a day, my advice to you is to experiment.
If the supplement you’re taking doesn’t agree with you, try it in another form. Vitamin C powder mixed in a beverage might be much easier to take than several large pills when you’re coming down with a cold. If your face breaks out with vitamin E, try the dry form. Also: Make sure you know all you should about your supplement. If you’re taking any medications, familiarize yourself with drugs that deplete nutrients as well as nutrients that may interfere with medications.
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Common Sense
As with a lot of things, common sense should help us in making decisions. Whenever you read or listen to any advice about nutritional supplements, what you are hearing should have the ring of truth. In other words, if it doesn't sound right, don't pull out your wallet just yet!
Weight loss professionals and nutritionists agree with what you already know is just plain common sense: the best way to stock up on vitamins and minerals is by eating right.
Popping a pill is no substitute for a balanced diet. You can never expect the same results nutritionally speaking when you take a supplement as opposed to eating the right balance of carbohydrates, protein, and some fat. That's why they are called supplements. They are meant to help make up deficiencies which could lead to serious health conditions.
1) Don't waste your money on natural vitamins. Your body can't tell the difference between synthetic (man-made) vitamins and so-called natural ones. However, the synthetic ones are usually cheaper. The exception to this rule is vitamin E. Your body absorbs the natural form better than the synthetic version, although vitamin manufacturers add enough synthetic vitamin E to make up for the difference--and it's still cheaper!
2) Generic brands are just as good as the more expensive ones.
3) Read the label to make sure the expiration date hasn't passed. Just like foods, supplements should not be used after their expiration date. Check before you buy, don't assume your local (or online) supplier checks expiration dates.
4) Don't assume that more is better. In fact, vitamins A and D, iron, zinc, and selenium can be toxic in high doses, while others can have unpleasant or serious side effects.
5) Keep supplements away from children. Those pills may look and sometimes taste like candy to a child, but they can be deadly. Iron supplements cause more poisoning deaths in children than any other substance.
6) Tell your doctor about all the supplements you're taking. Some vitamins and minerals can interfere with certain medications. Many bad side effects have occurred because of a lack of communication between doctor and patient. I blame BOTH sides in these cases.
You are the only one responsible for your health.
Interact with your health care provider and anticipate questions.
Nutritional supplements can be a very helpful part of your overall health and fitness program. There are many good and well priced brands. But as with any other substance you might be considering swallowing, use common sense, consult with your doctor, and don't forget that if you want to live healthy and look fantastic while doing it, you have to eat a balanced diet. There's no substitute for that.
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