Hi, I am brand new to taking vitamins and Supplements. I recently saw a social media post from a company who claim some of their products can help with some of my ailments or at least have a positive affect on them.
I was looking at the green tea and the Zinc, Copper and Vit C products. Can anyone advise whether these are likely to have an affect on my health at all or whether they are just a waste of money.
I am looking at trying to lose weight and as well as improve my overall health.
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Have a look at British Supplements, they are 100% pure with no additives at all. Excellent products. A lot of these companies out “fillers” in and it’s just rubbish. No supplements work immediately though and it does take about 3 months for them to get into the system. I’ve taken supplements for well over 50 years, and I think that’s why I never get a cold, or much wrong with me. I did have cancer 4 years ago, but again I did recover well. Vitamin C is a natural antihistamine and humans don’t make it in their bodies. Vitamin D is another important vitamin. Strange how doctors are now advocating supplements after Pooh poohing them for years. You’ve got nothing to lose and I don’t think many people have actually had terrible side effects, not like Big Pharma drugs.
the company is called British Supplements - google it, I use vit d, c, turmeric & collagen for arthritis, there’s loads in there. Read the reviews before you decide.
You don't mention what your ailments are, but it's the sort of situation I'd suggest you look for a qualified nutritionist to work with on. Supplement quality is important, and you need to ensure the binders and co-vitamins don't affect the absorbability. They would also know which vitamins could make your ailments worse.
In terms of green tea for weight loss, they generally say that the amount of active ingredient in the supplements isn't really high enough to have any impact on your waistline.
Green tea has antioxidant properties so it can reduce the oxidative stress causing inflammation which would lead to fluid retension, hence it could contribute to weight loss.
Drinking real greentea is very beneficial & I drink it daily for health benefits. However, greentea in supplements I stay away from . It's been linked to too many liver injury cases for me to feel comfortable. Here is a website to lookup supplements on their likelihood to cause liver injury/toxicity.
I have alot of autoimmune/chronic illnesses & believe some absolutely help. Good luck in your journey.
Green tea is an excellent anti-oxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties. I have severe lupus and drink 2-3 cups a day and I notice the difference if I don't. However, I would stay well away from green tea supplements as they have been linked to hepatotoxicity and I know of cases where such supplements, not just green tea, have cause so much liver damage that a transplant is needed.
It's good to look into when you take vitamins and supplements too. For example, I am a meat eater and my iron is often low so if I have red meat I always have a fresh orange or vitamin C supplement as the vitamin C helps absorption of iron.
I ensure that I have extra vitamin D. Not only is it good for mood and bones but it also has anti inflammatory effects.
B12 has been great for me as mine was low. But interesting I found that a capsule supplement did not increase my levels but when I switched to a sublingual spray my B12 blood results were much higher.
I'm posting that green tea has benefits for me. When I lived in China I drank it all of the time and hardly ate sugar. I felt so healthy then.
So tomorrow I am trying matcha which will be a new thing for me.
You don't say what your ailments are but I would highlight that everyones needs are unique. For example, as I said I have lupus so my immune system is already hyper stimulated which causes inflammation so I need to be careful to not take too many things that might rev it up even more.
I recently had a flare because I had a drink which had spirilina in it. It's in many green juices but little did I know that it revs up the immune system, so it's a no no for me. But if you have a weak immune system it may help you.
I have also found listening to Dr Michael Mosleys Just One Thing podcast interesting.
It's given me ideas of what can help or what might not suit me.
Without knowing your ailments it's difficult to help but I would definitely say that green tea is better as a drink than a capsule. If you aren't keen on the taste I add a dash of lemon
It is possible to and people do go, overboard with an ever increasing list of daily supplements.Throughout COVID and to this day, I take three daily. A combined vit c and zinc tablet and a vit D tablet.
This is to promote the immune response and aid fighting infection.
I have known people take literally handfuls of various supplements daily. But as any pharmacist will tell you, you're just flushing them down the toilet, in the long run.
A healthy diet should take care of most of your nutrients needs, though it has been shown that a vegetarian diet, cannot provide some nutrients, that can only be obtained by meat protein.
So for anyone on a vegetarian diet, they should probably look at supplementing their diet with the missing nutrients.
It is surprising however, how amazingly adaptable a complex machine, our bodies are.
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