Vitamin Information Center

I woke up with a sore throat and a bad attitude last week.

The sore throat was the first symptom, followed soon after by a runny nose and a lot of sneezing. And the raunchy mood resulted when I realized I was coming down with my second cold in less than a month.

I do not have time to be sick!

I went months without any kind of cold, and then to have two within weeks of each other, well, it was very discouraging.

So I immediately began doubling my daily intake of Emergen-C. Normally I take a packet in the morning and a packet at night. Sometimes, after a run of more than six miles or so, I take a packet before and after the run to deal with an occasional post-run headache.

By the second day, the cold was worse, but my resolve to beat it remained. I took six packets a day, in bottles of water, and by the fourth day, the cold had gotten much better. Six days after that first sore throat, I am almost symptom-free.

As I was driving home one night this week, I heard a radio commercial for a vitamin C supplement. What I found interesting is that it cited two studies that found higher doses of vitamin C can lengthen your life, help with PMS, and are a natural anti-inflammatory. Seriously, can this be true? And was it possible to overdose on vitamin C?
So I did some research. At first, I was more confused than ever as different studies and scientists offered different opinions.

But I did find some of what I was looking for. First, if you take more vitamin C than your body needs, you will just get rid of it.

“You really can’t overdose on water-soluble vitamins,” said Ken Hollen of Diet and Sport Nutrition, who has become my go-to guy on supplements. “What will happen is that you will get diarrhea.”

A person would need to take 10,000 to 13,000 mg to get to that point. I was taking six packets of Emergen-C, which has a lot of other vitamins and minerals in it, but that means I was taking 6,000 mg of vitamin C. (In fact, one article I found said it’s best to take vitamin C in conjunction with other vitamins or nutrients because of the synergistic effect that mimics whole food and reduces negative side effects.)

Another article made the point that megadosing any vitamin or mineral can throw your system out of balance, so you should consult a doctor or nutritionist to make sure you don’t create a different problem for yourself.

Hollen also pointed out, as did two of the articles I read, that taking vitamin C with calcium ascorbate can buffer your stomach and make sure you don’t increase the acidity of your system. Unfortunately, many supplements, including my beloved Emergen-C, use ascorbic acid, which can cause increased acidity.

As for all of those fabulous things that infomercial said vitamin C could do for you, there are studies that show significant impacts on health by increasing the intake of vitamin C. The one I was most interested in was the anti-inflammatory properties. Hollen explained to me that because vitamin C is found in the fluid around the joints and ligaments, it removes some of the inflammatory properties, but it’s not significant enough to be taken for that purpose alone.

Interestingly, nearly all of the articles and studies I read said increasing vitamin C even a little bit would most likely make most people feel better.

Among the major causes of acne, Vitamin B5 deficiency is considered to be the root cause in certain cases. many doctors suggest acne b5 supplements to eliminate acne. Vitamin B5 is also known as Pantothenic acid is also known as vitamin B5 which reduces oil production and helps rid your skin of acne. When your body lacks coenzyme-A, fats are ejected through your oil glands on your skin in the form of sebum (oil).

Metabolizer:
Vitamin B5 plays a vital role in the production of Coenzyme A, as it metabolizes the skin oil. The only part of Coenzyme-A that the body does not produce itself is vitamin B5. So, if there is a shortage of B5, there is a shortage of Coenzyme-A.

various studies indicate that the people who took 8-12 grams of vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) everyday had reduced their acne after a time of 2-3 months, sebum production was reduced, and many people with acne noticed a reduction. By supplementing with Pantothenic acid, more Coenzyme-A is produced and less oil ends up on your skin. So vitamin B5 is the only thing that you have to take in through food.

Hormones:
The deficiency of vitamin B5 has shown to have an influence on the role of hormones and their functions in the body. Using vitamin B5 has shown to be very effective when it come to acne and has shown a sucess rate of upto 90%.Vitamin B5 is both a highly effective and an extremely safe means to clearing up acne.

Treatment and usage:

Vitamin B5 is commonly taken oraly in the form of capsules or tablets. it can also be taken by adding vitamin b5 in your diet. vitamin B5 can be taken by the following resources.

Sources:
liver, peanuts, split peas, soy bean etc. Another method is the use of pure B5 powder, taken with water.

About the author:

Nick has been an expert in skin health writing specifically on the subject of acne. His work has been published on various websites and magazines and provides insightful advise for skin disease sufferers. For more articles on acne and its causes please visit  www.quickacneremedy.com

Medical experts now claim that taking vitamin D supplements during early childhood may dramatically cut the odds of developing Type 1 diabetes later in life. Researches found that children given additional vitamin D were up to 80% less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes than those not given the supplement.

They also found that the higher and more regular the dose, the lower the likelihood of developing the condition. These findings came from the analysis of five studies in various countries.

One of the studies that was looked at was a Finnish sudy that followed more than 12,000 children born in 1966 in Finland. Their study showed that those who took any amount of vitamin D had a lower rate of diabetes than those who did, and those who took recommended amounts of vitamin D were at an 80% reduced risk of developing it.

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease in which the immune system destroys its own cells. It develops when insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas are destroyed.

Researchers believe that vitamin D, which is believed to be an immuno-suppressant agent, may prevent an overly aggressive response from the immune system. Nutrition experts recommend 8.5 microgrammes a day, and 7 microgrammes a day for those age 7 months to three years.

Seattleites need more vitamin D. We don’t get enough sunshine, says a Kirkland rheumatologist (and pretty much every other physician around).

During the past year, Dr. Richard Neiman tested the vitamin D levels of 145 of his patients. Using blood tests, he found only 39 patients had normal levels. The average age of the patient was about 59, and most were female.

The levels weren’t only low in winter, though, when the sun rarely peeks though the clouds in Seattle. Patients weren’t building levels during summer, either when maximum sunlight shines here, Neiman said. (He suggested vitamin D should be added to the water.)

Often called the “sunshine vitamin,” Vitamin D is made in the body after exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun. It helps with calcium absorption, key for growing bones and preventing osteoporosis.
A Seattle PI story warned of the need for more vitamin D for Seattlites.

The solution? Vitamins, supplements, move to a different city maybe?

Vitamin D supplements in infancy may protect against the development of type-1 diabetes, a UK review has found.

The analysis of data from four European case-control studies found that children given vitamin D supplements were around 30 per cent less likely to develop type-1 diabetes than those never given additional vitamin D.

This finding was supported by a cohort study showing that children diagnosed with rickets had an increased risk of developing type-1 diabetes.

Type-1 diabetes risk was found to be further reduced in children given higher doses of vitamin D, or who were given the supplements more regularly.

This is consistent with the higher rates of type-1 diabetes seen in higher latitude countries where endogenous vitamin D production is low because of lower levels of sunlight exposure.

Medical and nutrition experts offers some ways to get more vitamin D in your life:

The National Institutes of Health recommends getting about 10 minutes of sun exposure on your arms, legs and hands two to three times a week without using sunscreen. Eat oily fish such as salmon or mackerel. Just 3.5 ounces of either provides 90 percent of the daily value for vitamin D.

Eat vitamin D-fortified foods such as milk, some cheeses, yogurts, juices and cereals. Check labels to see which ones contain vitamin D.

Take a vitamin D supplement. The government’s current recommendation for vitamin D is 200 IUs (international units) a day for people up to age 50, 400 IUs to age 70, and 600 IUs for people over 70. Although some scientists believe these dosages are too low, most caution not to exceed 1,000 IUs daily from supplements, because too much vitamin D can be toxic.

Take vitamin D-3 (cholecalciferol form) instead of D-2. Vitamin D-3 is more potent and more easily absorbed by the body than D-2.

– R.J. IGNELZI

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