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From: carey@seismo.UUCP (Marie Carey)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Vitamins
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Date: Tue, 30-Aug-83 13:09:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 30 13:09:31 1983
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On the subject of vitamins, I have also read in "Prevention Magazine",
which I used to subscribe to, that taking vitamin C helps in the 
absorbtion of Iron. I also agree that it is wise to take all of the
B vitamins at the same time, as in a B-complex vitamin to get the
maximum results. I personally take many vitamins, at pretty high
potencies, because I believe that the body does not absorb ALL of 
the vitamin that one is taking. I believe this because studies have
been conducted, for example, that show that smoking cigettes and 
drinking alcohol deplete the vitamin C in one's body. This is just
one example, but I am sure that there are other things that may
deplete viamins in one's body. While I do not drink or smoke, I do
think that if I did not take the Iron with the vitamin C, that my
body would not absorb as much of the Iron. Alot of vitamins should
be taken together because they work together in the body, such as
zinc and vitamin A. They have been shown to work better together 
than seperately in keeping the skin clear of eruptions, such as acne.
I have also read where vitamin A and vitamin D work better together
and in fact, I have seen the two vitamins combined into one vitamin
capsule in alot of vitamin stores. Well, hope I have been of some
help to anybody out there. I think this is a really good topic of
conversation in net.med. Maybe some other people would like to 
contribute any knowledge of vitamins that they may have. It certianly
would be beneficial to at least myself if not alot of other people.

Marie Carey
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