Tue, Sep-02-03, 13:05
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Senior Member
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Plan: Generic LC with tweaks
Stats: 204/178/165
BF:
Progress: 67%
Location: NC
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Plenty of room
In addition to a multivitaman,
I take 10 of the flax seed oil capsules a day, 5 with breakfast and 5 with lunch. I think you can take as many as 30 safely, if you can afford them and if you can stand to swallow that many. I may take more in the winter when my skin dries out some more.
I take 3 g of vitamin C a day, which would be 6 of your pills, plus what ever is in my multi, which isn't that much. You can go up to 10 g but do it slowly, changes will cause digestive upset. Good idea to keep this one stable, whatever level you take. If you start bruising or get bleeding gums (that aren't due to gum disease--when did you go to the dentist last?), take more C.
I let my multi- provide my supplemental B, but I have taken additional Bs in the past. While they are water soluble, your body "gets used to" having the vitamins available, so you want to keep a steady intake, whatever level you take. I found it's possible to get a pretty good energy boost from Bs, but whamola, what a crash if you forget it!
I lay out 7 or 8 days of vitamins at a time, using film cannisters. I pop one cannister-full in the morning, and another at lunch. I also keep an "emergency" multi in my aspirin bottle in case I forget, because of the "crash" factor mentioned above. I don't take exactly the same stuff both times, but I'm taking some other pills that you didn't mention.
This works for me, although I have wondered (and hoped!) if ER staff can determine the difference between vitamins and recreational pharmaceuticals, should I be in a wreck or something! Don't want to be treated like a junkie in the hospital! (But the rest of me would probably tell them it was vitamins, not speed...)
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