Comments on: Is it time to stop taking a daily multivitamin?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:48:52 +0000

For all patients, unless they have a particular condition which means that they have or are likely to have a vitamin deficiency e.g. perhaps a bowel disorder that reduces absorption of vitamins or in those situations for which there is good evidence that a vitamin is recommended for a particular condition such as folic acid is in pre-pregnancy or pregnancy then additional vitamins are not required. Most people get enough vitamins from their diet and sunshine. The only vitamin that might be needed for normal “healthy” people is vitamin D if the person keeps most of their body out of the sun most of the time or where they live gets little sun.
I will be putting more information about this subject in the future and check for other posts on the website under the category “vitamins”

By: Benny Moore

Benny Moore — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:52:35 +0000

What about me with my condition which supplement would you recommend
Benny

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:24:58 +0000

That’s a good question. I think the answer is that there is not as much an advantage to taking additional vitamins if you are already healthy. On the other hand if you have a medical condition which means that you are deficient in any vitamin then you need to take extra of that vitamin to get it to a normal level.
I was really trying to say not that vitamins cause cancer but there is little evidence that they protect us from cancer- whereas there is great evidence that fruit and vegetables reduce our chance of cancer so we need to take them and not substitute a vitamin as it doesn’t seem to have the same benefit and may actually have the opposite effect.

By: Patty Glidden

Patty Glidden — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:26:53 +0000

Will the B vitamins I’m taking cause a cancer risk in me?