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Searching for the best multivitamin has become overwhelming! I thought I'd found one that was great, in liquid form (highly absorbable) with amino acids, fatty acids, sea vegetables, aloe, enzymes and minerals. It has everything but the fiber and probiotics I wanted.

What scared the devil out of me was reading the list of trace minerals. Maybe I'm naive or something, but can a doctor please explain to me how trace minerals such as arsenic, aluminum, lead, mercury and thallium can be beneficial to the body? even if they are organic, these minerals in particular concerned me.

Should I take such a supplement? Okay, it's obviously not killing it's hundreds of thousands of users, and doctors do recommend it - it was previously available only through physicians... but nobody has been able to give me a straight answer on what those trace minerals are doing in the mix or how they help the body.
My doctor says "don't do it - doesn't sound good" but she wasn't really paying attention to me or looking at the product data sheet, nor is she open to looking at supplements and alternative wellness.
any light on this would be helpful!
thanks!
angela

Follow Ups:

• Re: supplements (Archive in supplements.) Walt Stoll 09:56:04 11/12/02 (0)
• Re: supplements Helping You 00:13:22 11/12/02 (1)
  • Re: supplements Sounder 19:31:12 11/12/02 (0)

In Reply to: supplements posted by angela on November 11, 2002 at 17:02:35:

Try SeaSilver. It's a liquid WHOLE FOOD multivitamin. Nothing added or taken away. It's free of the metals that you listed. These are HARMFUL to the body.

-HY

Follow Ups:

• Re: supplements Sounder 19:31:12 11/12/02 (0)

In Reply to: supplements posted by angela on November 11, 2002 at 17:02:35:

Hi, Angela.

In MY opinion, your doc doesn't want to think about supplements because she was not taught ANYTHING about nutrition in medical school and doesn't want to appear ignorant.

You are talking about trace minerals. You will notice that the lable only lists them and does not say how much there is of each in the product. In some cases there will only be one atom of some of these trace minerals in a dose. There is not nearly enough of the toxic ones to possibly harm you while the ones you need may only need one atom. This is why they are called "trace minerals".

In my opinion, you need a better doc if you want to be healthy and have a professional for a consultant.

Walt

In Reply to: Re: supplements posted by Helping You on November 12, 2002 at 00:13:22:

Hi HY,

I have looked at sea silver and have a few comments/questions.

Though the metals that angela listed do not appear on the list there are such substances as gold, titanium, tungsten and cadmium. Back in the day, I actually called Joel -Dead Doctors Don't Lie- Wallach and asked him about the harmful elements that were present in his colloidal formula. He said that the amounts in the product were no more than in an organic carrot and at that level are not harmful. That begged the question to me that if the harmful metals were not harmful at those levels how could the good stuff be helpful at the same small levels.

So question- Are small levels of lead or other toxic metals present in organic veggies?

I also wonder about the added silver in SeaSilver. I think the jury is still out on colloidal silver and longer term use.

Also Pau D'arco is added to the supplement. I guess it is a good full time tonic. I am in general not a big herb guy.

Aloe Vera is in there as well. I wish they would just make a version without the added silver and other stuff.

For me being cautious I guess i would pulse this product and use another whole food supplement for the 'off' times.

Well, I guess this post got kind of long. I should say that I am not a health professional. My best weapon is common sense.

Thanks for all the generous advice you give to the board.

Be well,

Sounder

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