This may be a dumb question but I'll ask anyway... How do we know when we are consuming SYNTHETIC vitamins...
thanks connie On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 10:06:48 -0400 (EDT) Terry Chamberlin <[email protected]> writes: > Jean said, > "my sister was recently advised by her doctor to not > take high doses of Vit. A to help an eye problem > because it could be toxic. She researched Vit. A and > found out this ONLY applies to SYNTHETIC Vit. A, not > natural Vit. A. Guess what this taught me?! I will > never, ever, buy another SYNTHETCIC vitamin of any > sort. The body doesn't recognize what to do with them > and therefore doesn't utilize them properly, not to > mention that synthetic vitamins can actually harm > you." > > Synthetic vitamins are made out of petroleum > by-products. The are not vitamins, but chemicals that > look a bit like vitamins. > > Inuit eskimo indians consume 500,000-650,000 I.U.s of > Vitamin A/day without any negative side-effects. > > There was a doctor in the Eastern US (I'll try to find > his name) who used megadoses of Vit A to combat cancer > (quite successfully). He gave his patients 3,000,000 > I.U.s of Vit A/day without ever seeing any overdose > symptoms. He stated that every overdose was with > synthetic A. > > When I lived in the US, I regularly ingested 100,000 > I.U.s of Vit A/day as a lifestyle for years. Here in > Canada, I cannot get 25,000 I.U. Vit A (5,000 I.U is > the maximum allowed). > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal > Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >
