Too Many Vitamins?

From TheLongestTrip.com
Are you poisoning yourself in the name of better health?


From TheLongestTrip.com

In my latest quest for healthy living, I found something very interesting. Now keep in mind that I am (of course) no expert and what follows is pure conjecture based on the suggestions of one doctor.

At a recent checkup with Dr. Ruvan Shein, he relayed a few points about vitamins. Some of what he said sounded more like his opinion rather than hard, cold facts, but he’s the doctor so I listened politely.

He told me that many people think that, no matter what their diet may be, there is a need to take extra vitamins. Even worse are those (like me) who feel they need to add herbal whatnots (ginseng, ginkgo, echinacea, etc.) to the mix which are largely untested and wholly unregulated.

Well, what’s wrong with that? I thought to myself. It all seems safe enough to a layman like me. After all, ancient Chinese secrets and all that jazz have kept folks healthy for many millennia. Right?

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4 Responses to “Too Many Vitamins?”

  1. C
    09/05/09 at 12:18 pm #

    Don’t put much stock in what Shein tells you. He killed my husband. He failed to inform and treat him for a disease that test results that was in his hands revealed.A few months before my husband died he pumped him up with antibiotics because he didn’t know what was wrong with him and didn’t want to find out. He put in his chart follow up in 4 to 6 months. HE DIDN’T LIVE 4 MONTHS!!!

  2. Stephen Bailey
    09/07/09 at 12:45 pm #

    I don’t usually put much weight behind such comments where the person hides behind a fake name (C??).

    Anyway, a claim like that deserves way more details. Did you sue? Were there charges brought for malpractice?

  3. Cindy
    10/14/09 at 8:52 pm #

    Yes I am sueing it is in progressive and its for wrongful death. I’m not hiding either, my friends call me C. Details? you ask the questions I’m happy to answer.

  4. Stephen Bailey
    10/14/09 at 9:58 pm #

    OK, well I believe I did ask you. Details means just that … details. What are the particulars of the suit? I can’t ask specific questions if you don’t provide specific details.

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