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Supplement and Vitamins ....too much?


I am trying to sort myself out and after reading up on nutrition I have started taking some supplements. It seems like I need a pill for everything but at the moment I am taking:
Iron
5-HTP (50mg)
Co Q10
Perfectil (Hair,Skin & Nails)
Evening Primrose Oil (3000mg)
Vit E
Vit C 1000mg
MSM 1000mg
B Vit Complex
Chromium
Ginseng
Ginkgo biloba
Hyaluronic Acid 50mg
Flaxseed Oil 2 tbsps
I also have some other things that I take but not everyday, green food powder, bee pollen, brewers yeast. soya protein powder and lecithin. I use these either in my porridge or smoothies a few times a week.

I also currently take a daily antibiotic for acne.

I am using supplements to help improve my general health, to improve my skin, help with depression and migraine and assist with any short fall in my vegetarian diet.

It seems quite a lot really and I am worried about any possible problems all these may cause me but I sort of feel I need all this at the moment.

What do you think?

Hey there!

I am also a vegetarian with acne. Ok. I'm no nutritionist, but I have read extensively about supplements for pretty much the same reasons you have. I have to say, you might be taking too much.

I say this because it sounds like you have doubt in your heart about this and are truly wondering if you are taking too much, and I believe that if you have this gut feeling you are probably right. Also, the amounts of each vitamin you are taking is a bit too much.

I won't go over the whole list, but I'll just comment of some of the supplements you mentioned:

1000mg of vitamin C is far too much, you should only be taking around 300mg per day.
Some of the other ones, I am not entirely sure about so I won't comment on those.

Invest in a really good multivitamin, it makes all the difference. It keeps your body in balance and has all the proper amounts of each supplement. I'd say only supplement in omega 3's, and even then try to just eat more fish instead of taking pills.

It's really important to try to get your vitamins from your food as much as you can, and believe me, thats when you'll start getting the results you want.

I used to supplement, and was still miserable with acne. But now i just take a multi vitamin every day and eat foods that are high in the vitamins I want, and I feel and look better than when I was supplementing.

Do what you feel best doing, but remember that your body is designed to take its nutrients from food and does so much better than from concentrated versions in pills!

Good luck in balancing your vegetarian diet and vitamins!

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