tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post8467802501878328596..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: Folic Acid Supplements May Increase Cancer RiskBixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-20420461170857823622009-11-24T09:57:03.700-05:002009-11-24T09:57:03.700-05:00Jim.. did you take vitamin C while taking the iron...Jim.. did you take vitamin C while taking the iron? The tea would have counter-acted the iron, but the vit. C would have helped absorption.<br /><br />Bix... Ugh, troubling, indeed. People aren't as educated about what's in their food and how it may affect them and then adding supplements on top of that. Because it's 'silent', we don't see what it's doing.<br /><br />I'm thankful for my doctor because she'll suggest what types of foods to eat for raising certain vitamin levels in my body, before advising supplements. Except for iron. I'm taking an iron supplement right now for a kick-start and it's helped a lot (a slight bit more energy and has helped with my breathing problems).Perovskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288179080765960283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-31439995625171053092009-11-22T15:26:01.715-05:002009-11-22T15:26:01.715-05:00I appreciate the response, Jim. Chromium is inter...I appreciate the response, Jim. Chromium is interesting. Seems some people respond to it, others not at all. Any benefit could be correcting a deficiency or suboptimum state - especially in people with diabetes or prediabetes, since chromium losses are higher when glucose and insulin are high. Anyway .... thanks!Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-46212814800993516632009-11-22T11:41:39.123-05:002009-11-22T11:41:39.123-05:00"There's a lot of good anecdotal evidence..."There's a lot of good anecdotal evidence out there."<br /><br />The adjective "anecdotal" is used derisively by shameless BigPharma shills ... oops, I mean mainstream doctors ... to describe the adverse effects reported by their own patients, while accepting as valid the sloppy statistics from BigPharga funded "studies" that get reviewed by other BigPharma shills ... I mean their peers ... and then published in advertising publications ... I mean professional journals ... which make huge profits by selling reprints of those articles back to the BigPharma companies from whose marketing departments they originated.<br /><br />After the way the NEJM shamelessly promoted and profited from its original Vioxx article, why would anybody ever trust medical journals?<br /><br />Chromium? I don't know whether it works. I've tried it, with no obvious results. When it comes to putting pills and other chemicals in my body, I consider them guilty until proven innocent.jimpurdy1943@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974301744118775363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-90731161665051362462009-11-22T07:52:30.389-05:002009-11-22T07:52:30.389-05:00Thanks, Jim.
How about that. There's a lot o...Thanks, Jim.<br /><br />How about that. There's a lot of good anecdotal evidence out there.<br /><br />I asked about chromium because, as I recall, you have diabetes?, and it's a popular supplement since it supposedly enhances glucose uptake. I've also seen some evidence about its ability to reduce carb cravings, e.g.<br /><br />"A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Exploratory Trial of Chromium Picolinate in Atypical Depression: Effect on Carbohydrate Craving"<br /><br />http://journals.lww.com/practicalpsychiatry/Abstract/2005/09000/A_Double_Blind,_Placebo_Controlled,_Exploratory.4.aspx<br /><br /><i>"In a population of adults with atypical depression, most of whom were overweight or obese, CrPic produced improvement on ... appetite increase, increased eating, carbohydrate craving, and diurnal [daytime] variation of feelings."</i><br /><br />Just curious.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-71655225302620547542009-11-21T17:06:44.947-05:002009-11-21T17:06:44.947-05:00Bix, many years ago, I started taking high doses o...Bix, many years ago, I started taking high doses of iron because I thought iron would help my near-anemia. With hindsight, I think my low blood iron levels were caused by my drinking a lot of tea, which apparently can reduce iron levels. Anyway, the excess iron intake caused my skin to break out everywhere with little red pimple-like things, which apparently was my body's attempt to get rid of the excess iron. I learned to be very careful of mega-doses of supplements.<br /><br />By the way, I really enjoy your blog.jimpurdy1943@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974301744118775363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-84783300379900368222009-11-21T16:56:12.528-05:002009-11-21T16:56:12.528-05:00Perovskia, that article, the one that says, "...Perovskia, that article, the one that says, "pasta, breads and cereals can contain anywhere between 90% and 377% of folic acid claimed on the product label" is troubling.<br /><br />Add to that ... many people consume some form of folate-fortified wheat flour (bread/crackers/cookies/baked goods/cereal/pasta/noodles) at every meal. And they want to <i>double</i> the fortification amount!Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-82083553316578594732009-11-21T16:48:13.786-05:002009-11-21T16:48:13.786-05:00Jim, you had side effects from iron? Were they ga...Jim, you had side effects from iron? Were they gastrointestinal?<br /><br />Was wondering ... have you ever taken chromium?Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-78875752382732860992009-11-20T14:45:56.281-05:002009-11-20T14:45:56.281-05:00The only supplement that ever caused me to really ...The only supplement that ever caused me to really notice bad side-effects was long ago, with excessive iron ... which is very wrong for males. These days, I try to avoid mega-doses of anythingjimpurdy1943@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974301744118775363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-62995865255530265022009-11-20T10:09:27.837-05:002009-11-20T10:09:27.837-05:00Hmm.. I thought I wrote something a while ago abou...Hmm.. I thought I wrote something a while ago about fortified foods. Even just in the case of the numbers, citing percentages of how much something is fortified could be incorrect.. <br />http://perovskia.blogspot.com/2009/07/folate.htmlPerovskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288179080765960283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-75370594388588271192009-11-20T09:52:40.030-05:002009-11-20T09:52:40.030-05:00Yeah, I came across this in my first Nutrition cou...Yeah, I came across this in my first Nutrition course; most of our everyday foods are fortified (like you said, breads, cereals, flour, etc) that we don't need supplements for said fortified vitamins. It's definitely something to be mindful of.Perovskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288179080765960283noreply@blogger.com