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Anyone else here take periodic breaks from taking numerous supplements? (To cleanse internally) (Original Post) triron Jan 2020 OP
I don't miss taking my supplements for any reason. If I weren't interested in having optimum abqtommy Jan 2020 #1
Exactly. But my Chinese acupuncturist doesn't believe in taking them. triron Jan 2020 #2
Absent specific health problems like malabsorption Warpy Jan 2020 #3
It is good to see you posting here again, Warpy. murielm99 Jan 2020 #4
Thanks Warpy Jan 2020 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jan 2020 #8
Not as many as you think Warpy Jan 2020 #9
This is a dogma pushed by the medical establishment and pharmaceutical industry. triron Jan 2020 #5
Oh, dear, a dog(ma) whistle. Warpy Jan 2020 #6

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
1. I don't miss taking my supplements for any reason. If I weren't interested in having optimum
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:24 AM
Jan 2020

health I wouldn't take them in the first place.

Warpy

(111,404 posts)
3. Absent specific health problems like malabsorption
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:53 AM
Jan 2020

no one in the US eating a reasonable number of different foods needs them. All the supplements to is give you expensive urine.

You should feel absolutely nothing.

Warpy

(111,404 posts)
7. Thanks
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 06:11 PM
Jan 2020

but I'm sure all the woo evangelists will refer to my former absence as the good old days.

Response to Warpy (Reply #7)

Warpy

(111,404 posts)
9. Not as many as you think
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:20 PM
Jan 2020

and taking supplements in the absence of known deficiencies doesn't do any good, and might do harm.

I take D3 because I'm lactose intolerant and don't get it in dairy. Ditto calcium, and I didn't take them until I got tested. People who can tolerate dairy (and like it) are probably getting adequate amounts of both and for them, supplements are counterproductive.

triron

(22,028 posts)
5. This is a dogma pushed by the medical establishment and pharmaceutical industry.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:59 PM
Jan 2020

I have studied way to much on research done to buy into it.
For example how do you get DHEA from food? It is a critically important hormone for aging humans.
How about CoQ10? Fish oil, vitamin D3 etc.? The RDAs put out by the medical establishment often fall short
of optimal for many if not most people.

Warpy

(111,404 posts)
6. Oh, dear, a dog(ma) whistle.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:49 PM
Jan 2020

Some people read peer reviewed articles. Some people prefer bullshit from corporations that want to sell stuff.

As you were.

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