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Vitamin Pills 'Increase Risk Of Early Death'
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-16-2008 | Kate Devlin

Posted on 04/15/2008 8:34:19 PM PDT by blam

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To: fieldmarshaldj

Thank you SOOOOOOO much.


61 posted on 04/15/2008 9:23:41 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: c-b 1

And they will become believers in vitamins, too, once they are regulated.


62 posted on 04/15/2008 9:24:00 PM PDT by upsdriver (My kingdom for an acceptable presidential candidate!!)
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To: irishtenor

Coupla high end steak joints in Chicago that WON’T serve you a steak unless it has mold on it...


63 posted on 04/15/2008 9:24:27 PM PDT by djf
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

“She was very happy — energetic, entertaining. She’d dance, act, whatever she could do. She’s not going to be able to do it because of the stupidity of a gun that we can not get off our streets,” the victim’s cousin, Tonya Harris, said.

Note to Tonya: Guns do not kill people. People with guns kills people.


64 posted on 04/15/2008 9:24:44 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

Toss in some raw one-minute oats, a small banana, four ice cubes, and a tablespoon of peanut butter, and you’ve got all you need!


65 posted on 04/15/2008 9:25:21 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MaxMax
I still smoke, and I am going back to real butter to eat on my bread, I hate the taste of fake margarine or veggie oil spreads.
66 posted on 04/15/2008 9:25:25 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: blam

This is bullsh1t that people have to be protected from themselves and the vitamins they buy.

It is true that some vitamins, taken in extremely high doses, may cause diarrhea. You can take too much minerals and potentially cause problems. However, it is f@cking ridiculous to equate vitamins with prescription drugs that have tremendously long side effect lists, that don’t work for up to over half the people that take them, and kill hundreds of thousands of people a year because they only treat symptoms rather than effect a cure.

This is all about getting Codex passed. They want to control what vitamins you can take because people can make themselves healthier without having to be forced to use Big Brother health care and take expensive, more dangerous prescription drugs.

The bottom line is that you are in control of your own health. If you eat a lot of veggies and fruits and avoid bad foods and drinks, you’re probably pretty good. But most people eat a less than nutritious diet that supplements are useful for. This kind of move limits your ability to determine what your health needs are, based on your own research. After all, you may want to try something that your doctor may not sign off on. You ought to be able to have the ability to do so. If you want to buy a bottle of 1000mg vitamin C pills, you shouldn’t need a doctor to sign off on it.

This is utter and complete bullsh1t. Forcing people who take care of themselves to use the healthcare system and be denied supplements they want to use. Yes, they could deny you from getting certain dosages of something, or totally deny you the ability to get something. This is big brother healthcare.

They are trying to paint vitamins, which can actually reverse conditions, as deadly, as the excuse for the government to control them. Scurvy is cured by vitamin C. The disease pellagra is cured by Niacin. Night blindness is caused either by a vitamin a or zinc deficiency.

None of the major drug companies do anything with vitamins because they are not patentable like a new prescription drug is. Further vitamins and herbs are not covered under almost anyone’s insurance plans because they are not “drugs”, so there is no financial incentive for doctors to prescribe them.


67 posted on 04/15/2008 9:25:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: djf

Yuk. I want my meat fresh, and grilled medium well.


68 posted on 04/15/2008 9:26:32 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: wastedyears
I think the key is to get those vitamins in a more natural way in our foods instead of taking supplements.
69 posted on 04/15/2008 9:27:13 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: upsdriver

Wonder why they left out vitamin D?


70 posted on 04/15/2008 9:27:58 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: irishtenor

Hehe. That was the only G-rated pic I could find... The rest were... not G-rated. *cough*


71 posted on 04/15/2008 9:28:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~***Just say NO to the "O"***~~~)
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To: MHGinTN

Actually, I do occasionally toss in those things! (Not all at once — I’ll swap out the peanut butter for the fruit juice and add more milk.)


72 posted on 04/15/2008 9:29:44 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: CaptainK

Isn’t vitamin D created by exposure to sunlight?


73 posted on 04/15/2008 9:30:19 PM PDT by upsdriver (My kingdom for an acceptable presidential candidate!!)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

Oops, I mean swap IN the peanut butter and add more milk...


74 posted on 04/15/2008 9:30:32 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Theophilus

I respect your beliefs, but I don’t need anyone telling me I’m “diminishing” God or “denying his authority” and then spamming a bunch of Scripture at me, just because my beliefs differ somewhat (or perhaps even a lot) from yours.

I am secure in my faith, thank you very much.

Have a good night.


75 posted on 04/15/2008 9:34:30 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: upsdriver

Of course they will.


76 posted on 04/15/2008 9:37:43 PM PDT by c-b 1 (Reporting from behind enemy lines, in occupied AZTLAN.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

She is Beautiful


77 posted on 04/15/2008 9:41:29 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2
I 'cured' my diverticulitis by eating a health shake (two tablespoons of smoothe peanut butter, 1/4 cup of raw minute oats, one banana, twelve ounces of skim milk, four to six ice cubes, blended/processed to creamy consistency) for breakfast, and plenty of medium hot salsa (made fresh, with no seeds from peppers or tomatoes --use Romas) and corn chips for supper. Took one week exactly. The beer with the salsa and chips might have helped, but I don't know for sure. I also had a baked potato every other night, with green peas and 'biscuit gravy', and a sprinkle of extra sharp cheddar cheese on top. ...

Bet you thought I was kidding! Wanna hear how I cured my psoriasis of the finger nails?

78 posted on 04/15/2008 9:41:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: LucyJo

Your welcome. Who would of thought?


79 posted on 04/15/2008 9:43:19 PM PDT by Balata
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To: underground

I take liquid vitamin and mineral supplement.


80 posted on 04/15/2008 9:44:41 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert (Michael Steele for VP)
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