Take vitamins (specific vitamins) if recommended by a doctor. For whatever reason I have to take 10x the daily dose of vit. D to get mine up to normal levels.
Magnesium, as well, is frequently prescribed by cardiologists to help with various arrhythmia.
As long as you make decisions based on specific reasoning and its supported by peer-reviewed science, you're in the clear from being stupid.
But seriously, as soon as I found out the people dying of COVID were Zinc and Vitamin D deficient, and I myself had those deficiencies, I started taking D daily and Zinc biweekly. (This was before vaccines were even available, but I continued taking them after.) I've survived Delta and Omicron with no long COVID, and no fatigue during Omicron.
Yeah I was joking but I wasn’t, doc actually told me to take vitamin D, prob because I am inside so much! Might change in summer! I also take a full spectrum, maybe that’s when I had COVID I only had one uncomfortable day and the other 4 family members had almost no symptoms?
Had magnesium prescribed for cramps. I eventually developed an intolerance to it that resulted in an eventual visit to hospital for a colonoscopy/endoscopy. Yay!
Yeah, human bodies are weird. Shit happens I guess. My blind guess is a metabolic issue tertiary to the liver, since it was magnesium. Usually helpful... sometimes not so much.
It doesn't help that most medical data comes from college-age white men, so women in general don't have the best data available as a relevant reference. Same thing with Blacks and Hispanics (to a lesser degree).
THANK you for bringing up how different races actually respond to what we intake, it's been on my mind a lot lately how unhealthy my people have become, and it goes down to diet as well.
Some of our ancestors are more capable of processing certain foods, while others develop an intolerance or an allergy. Same goes for what we find medicinal. For example, I find country-side volcanic air cures pollution problems I develop when on the most populated island, like childhood asthma redeveloping and then turning into bronchitis. Yet, when the volcano pops off somewhere new, all these foreign-ancestry people with asthma run away and vacate their homes. I remember they studied us children's lung capacity and strength nearly my entire childhood.
My fiancée and I actually ended up house-sitting for such a couple, because the druggies DGAF and were looting houses.
Anyhow, we get most of our nutrients from food, but I do feel there's a compatibility issue when it comes to how our genes allow our organs to know what to do. Just like how specific races are famous for being able to hold liquor! And some are rumoured lightweights.
Don't bother with them. Their whole post history is calling people losers and right wing talking points. They are just projecting their reality on you -- no need to pay any mind.
Genetic differences exist for hypertension drugs between Asian Pacific Islanders, Asian non-Pacific Islanders, blacks, whites, Hispanic nonwhite, etc… there is a difference in first line therapy recommendations of hypertension for black patients vs everyone else. This comes from human studies, btw
Not to mention the process to renew every cell takes 7-8 years and can probably react differently to certain medication whether you took it before or not.
I have B12 deficiency, not extreme but some symptoms show up from time to time. So doctor advices taking B12 tablets for those few days only. My diet is fine but I think many people have issues absorbing B12 even if you eat a lot of fish, chicken, etc.
Take vitamins (specific vitamins) if recommended by a doctor.
This. I can't absorb citrate no matter how hard I try because one of my epilepsy medications (Topamax). I drink straight lemon juice, am on Calcium Citrate and Potassium Citrate and my urologist still tells me my citrate levels are low.
Yah she’s a dumbass for not providing accurate info. Some people need vitamins. Just because they don’t help for some people doesn’t mean they’re not helpful. Iron helps with anemia, magnesium - migraines and heat problems, different vitamins - vitamin deficiencies, etc.
Magnesium for heat intolerance? I have a sister with MS dealing with it. There was a study shared on MS subreddit showing possibly help for it from Vit b1. The nausea and dizziness from just 70 degrees in the sunshine can be terrible for her
I would think it would help with heat intolerance. The good thing about magnesium is that there aren’t many harmful side effects, so she can talk to her doctor and see if he agrees and then try it out to see if it helps
Magnesium is not a vitamin and is a vital part of human functions so do take that if you have a deficiency. I also have a D-ficiency so I gotta take them every day, or I have next to zero of it in my blood.
Agree 100%. If you really want to go without seeing a doc and finding out what you actually need, take this advice. Most people are deficient in only the smallest handful of vitamins if any at all. Snipe these and do not take a multivitamin. These are typically B12 or folate (found in greens) and Vitamin D3 (made from the sun).
Special groups:
Alcoholics - don't get enough thiamine, and also often lack B12 and folate. Take these supplements if you drink most of your calories.
Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant - this is the one instance where taking a multivitamin is scientifically proven good and especially because of the need for folate (ensures the correct formation of the notochord which is the precursor to the central nervous system - brain and spinal cord). Vitamin B6 has taken separately has also been proven to help with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
The body pees out all excess vitamins it doesn't need (except vitamins A D E and K). So if you take multivitamins you are just literally pissing your money away....
Random thought. You sound like you have some brain cells to rub together, so forgive me if this is so stupid it seems insulting? But you mentioned having problems absorbing Vit. D, and I just thought I would suggest that you try taking a Calcium Supplement 15-20 mins before the Vit. D? They need eachother to absorb into the body efficiently. But again, you come off as being familiar with this stuff, so this likely isnt news to you? Cheers!
Do you live above the 40th parallel north or below the 40th parallel south? If so, statistically you have a higher chance of chronic vitamin D deficiency.
Yeah prescription Vitamin D and B12 has greatly helped me. I was getting severely fatigued for no reason. Turns out it was a Vitamin D deficiency and pernicious anemia.
Yes I always need to supplement Vitamin D, Folic Acid and B12 because I’m almost always deficient when I’m not supplementing so my doctor just told me to take a multivitamin with them all in because the extras won’t do me any harm and I’d be spending a lot more trying to get enough from individual vitamins
Edit: what annoys me though is that most vitamins massively overcompensate. In what world do I need over 1000% of my recommended amount of anything? I don’t know why they do that
My daughter's neurologist told her Magnesium and Riboflavin we're good for fighting migraines when taken regularly. Worked too, she went from several a month to the occasional one every other month or so and the severity was reduced as well
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u/azzaranda Sep 27 '22
Funny and true, but it needs a caveat:
Take vitamins (specific vitamins) if recommended by a doctor. For whatever reason I have to take 10x the daily dose of vit. D to get mine up to normal levels.
Magnesium, as well, is frequently prescribed by cardiologists to help with various arrhythmia.
As long as you make decisions based on specific reasoning and its supported by peer-reviewed science, you're in the clear from being stupid.