Vitamin is risky for aged women

I heard that too...Nevertheless, i feel tired when i heard for another research which scientist found exactly the opposite result than the previous "in subject" research....I dont know which to follow and make people anxiety for the basic things bigger and bigger.....

I never know what to do, one study says yes and another says no. How do you decied? I take what makes me feel good and if I am not feeling good I stop everything and then slowly add it back.

That sounds strange, although the concept is kind of logical. The B vitamins are water soluble, so the body gets rid of whatever it doesn't use. It's possible that some women have a problem getting rid of the excess or if they take too much. There are supplements made especially for older women that have lower levels of minerals and vitamins that are not needed as much. Older women especially shouldn't be taking iron supplements, as iron builds up in the body. A woman's doctor should tell her that. I'd like to read more about this. Do you have a link?

That is only true if they take the wrong vitamins or the wrong amount. Also, they should take only natural, and not synthetic vitamins. If a person goes to a natural doctor, they can help discover what is good to take and what is not needed.

This ia an alarming news as my mom takes multivitamins prescribed by her doctor. Do you mean, aged women should refrain from taking vitamins and instead eat natural food? So supplemental is wrong? My mom digestion is not that good anymore and to supplement her with nutrition ,she takes multivitamins. I think will so many products coming out,there are also so many studies disclaiming these and that! I think it's up to us which one is to believe.

Never take vitamins if it isn't prescribed by your doctor. It's the doctor who knows what deficient vitamins you need after he has diagnosed what you are feeling and after some laboratory tests to support it.

Everything with balance and common sense always, is better than any research and counter-research. Commons sense will tell us that too much of anything - even a good thing - is not necessarily healthy. Trying to achieve a balance between what we eat to maximize out intake of natural vitamins coming from food, will come with the common sense as well. I"m not a big fan of taking vitamins or any medication for that matter without knowing exactly why I need it and in which way will it help me - as well as what are the side effects and all the cons that come associated with taking it. Taking excessive vitamins, is not necessarily making a good thing better, and as you say it might actually make it worse. Yet that doesn't mean that people should from now on, stop taking all vitamins - which is what often happens after any kind of new research comes up. People read, don't think, and act. Some people do need to take vitamins - but not all , and certainly not in excess. Moderation is the key word. On the other hand, getting our vitamins from natural foods - which is the best idea of all - is sometimes complicated. Certain vitamins are in such small concentration that even if the person only eats that food it will still not be enough if they are deficient on that specific one. More than that, it is complicated to really know what quantity of vitamin we are taking given the fact that foods are altered , cooked, pasteurized, emulsified, pureed, powdered etc. etc. And even when they're not, they've gone come form so far that half of the good stuff is lost by the time they reach our table. Ok so I might be exaggerating a bit, but just to give the idea:) Am I trying to discredit this new research? Not at all, I think all research serves a purpose which is to make us think about something, but not to follow it blindly. Ideally most people wouldn't need to take vitamin supplements, but it sounded good when the fad started, because it was generating money - yeah it always comes to that, and we know where the money ends up too LOL Dr. Jack Moors seems to be concluding the obvious: excessive vitamins might not be good to your health. Duh! Shouldn't we know that? Then he adds "specially to older women" that makes sense too because the key word is not vitamins, it is "excessive". I know, I talk too much.... I'll stop here :) Good topic by the way

i heard that somewhere before. and now im wondering if its quite true. some days when i take vitamins i get pretty sick. so now i wonder if you might be right.

I don't think you can get all of the vitamins you need from food anymore. Some people don't eat right to begin with. I have heard that too much of a certain vitamin can do more harm than good but withink reason I think they are good for you.

Omg, I can't believe. And we thought it was great to have a lot. I hope I remember this when I come of age.

Like everything else, I say moderation in all things. I agree the mega doses of vitamins to try to cure things can be harmful if one doesn't know what they are doing..but moderate amounts of vitamins are ok in my opinion..

I don't think so like that... vitamins are very much needed for very one and it keeps the body more in control and balanced..

Interesting information to be known

A recent study has shown that individuals who takes vitamins, except calcium, may be at risk of shortening their lifespan. Iron is stated as being the worst of all vitamin supplements taken that reduce one's lifespan. It is much better to obtain your daily intake of vitamins by food sources as oppoed to synthetic supplemts.

Hello Dear Bhanusb! You are right! The vitamins are catalytic agents and they are required to perform some important functions by the body with the help of other chemicals in the body! Normally these things are provided in the food what we consume on daily basis! A normally balanced diet provides almost all vitamins in required amount! In case of a particular deficiency, the supplementation of the vitamins can be helpful! But just taking vitamins on routine basis without having any deficiency can lead to hypervitaminosis which can be detrimental to the life! So in my opinion one should have vitamins only under the strict supervision of the doctors! Thanks !

It's interesting.Can you please explain why?Maybe Iron will not be necessary if a woman will be in a menopausal stage, because she is not at risk of Iron deficiency anemia anymore,and iron build-up can be toxic.What about the other vitamins?

If you eat healthy food and a large variety of foods, no one needs to take extra vitamin. Vitamin tablets are an invention of the pharmaceutical industry. Their aim is to make money.