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* Disclaimer: We do not have any relationships of any type with any of the companies or sites mentioned. To the best of our knowledge, they don't even know that they are mentioned here. The following information is NOT intended to act-upon but rather just as a start point place for the reader to start his/her own due diligent. Information for the following was taken from Dr. Weil's site. It is been updated whenever new information is available. | Best | Avoid | | | | Vitamin A | Mixed carotenoids, inc beta-arotene, alphacarotene, lutein, and lycopene. | Preformed vit. A, retinol or almitate or acetate. ! Consuming as little as 5000IU of retinol a day has been shown to increase the risk of losing bone density. (!) Taking more then 30,000 IU daily may increase lung cancer risk in smokers! | 10,000-15, 000 IU | | Thiamin (B-1)
| | | 50 mg | | Reboflavin (B-2)
| | | 50 mg | | | Niacin (B-3) | | | 50 mg | | | Vitamin B-6 | | | 50 mg | Discontinue use of supplemental B6 if any unusual numbness develops in the body. | Vitamin B-12
| | | 50 mcg | | Folic Acid
| | | 400 mcg | | | Vitamin C | | | 200-250 mg | | | Vitamin D | D3 (cholecalciferol)
| D2 (ergocalciferol).
| 1,000 IU | | | Vitamin E | as mixed, natural tocopherols and tocotrienols. If not, choose mixed natural tocopherols. | No synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol . | 80 mg as mixed tocopherols & tocotrienols OR 400 IU as mixed tocopherol s, | Vitamin E is fat soluble, it must be taken with food to be absorbed.
| | Calcium | Calcium citrate | | 0 (none) for men. No more than 700mg for women.(from suppleme nts). | Always with food. NO Coral calcium, Oyster shell, bone meal or dolomite | | Chromium | | | 120-200 mcg | NO ch, Chloride | | Copper | | | 0.9-2 mg | | | Magnesium | | | 30-100 mg | | | Selenium | | | 200 mcg (but no more than that!).
| Selenium and vitamin E facilitate each other's absorption, so take them together. Vitamin C may interfere with the absorption of inorganic forms of selenium (sodium selenite), so take the yeast-bound form instead. Doses of selenium above 400 micrograms a day may not be healthy. | | Zinc | | >30mg can interfere with other minerals (copper, magnesium) | 15-30 mg
| | Iron
| | | 0 (none)
| Unless you're a menstruating woman or anemic. | Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10) | | | 100 to 200 mg | |
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