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Re: Vitimin D and calcium

From: Victoria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:33:52 -0400

Sally is right: try to eat a healthy diet. Find out whether or not your diet is providing all the nutrients you need. If not, get a doctor to check it out and see whether or not you need supplementation. Too much of a good thing can potentially be bad.

I'm a tightwad: why pay $ for something unless I need it? For me, unless you really needed the supplementation, why buy more? 

--
Victoria


> what is important is that everything is balanced.  So a good
> multi-vitamin that includes Vit D and calcium is a good idea - along
> with a healthy diet that also has sufficient calcium.
>
> I don't think you can get too much calcium becuase your body will
> excrete what you don't need.  The vit d in most vitamin capsules is
> acutally the precursor to the vit d that is active and I think your body
> can also excrete what it doesn't need (someone else could confimr this).
> However, if you take the metaboloically active form of Vit D (only
> available by prescription and taken under dr.  supervision) then you can
> get too much and calcium levels must then be very closely monitored.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Sally



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