Why Take Multivitamins?
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Comments (2)It's extremely hard to be phosphorus or potassium deficient ... the stuff is everywhere. Potassium: potatoes and Morton's "Lite Salt" Phosphorus: dunno, I've never heard of anyone except a kidney dialysis patient having problems with it. Bones and red meat, probably. If you eat a varied diet, heavy on the fresh (or frozen) fruit and veggies light on the junk food and sweets, it's hard to be deficient in anything....See MoreMulti-vitamins?
Comments (15)I absolutely would use the Tylenol, and might even use the Vitamins, depending on how they look and smell upon opening. Google came up with this from the Harvard Medical School - Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration at the request of the military. With a large and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date. A few exceptions to this are nitroglycerin, insulin, and liquid antibiotics. Here is a link that might be useful: Drug Expiration Dates...See MoreExpired Multivitamin Pills in Compost?
Comments (13)Back in college, my girlfriend (now wife) did an experiment in her Bio class which showed that vitamin E increased plant root cell growth. Granted, that was just an undergraduate research paper, a far cry from a peer reviewed doctoral thesis. But the results were pretty convincing. I always told her she should repeat the experiment and publish it, as it might be an important discovery, but for one reason or another she never did. -Diggity...See MoreWhy are multivitamin pills so HUGE?
Comments (14)I've stopped taking them as the most recent advice is that they may not be such a good idea. When I did take them, I looked for a well-known brand that had the lowest percentage of rda since I don't think taking too much of anything is a good idea....See MoreAlly De
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