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Welcome to the site. I hate to sound crude, but I'd put 110% of my efforts toward quitting smoking before worrying about an optimal multivitamin! The cost savings alone will be significant, plus your health.
Actually some research shows that some people get addicted to nicotine a lot more easily than others.Having willpower is hard, I know. I have dermatillomania, it comes and goes related to my anxiety, and everyone just says 'why can't you just not do it?" but it's not that simple. It takes such insanely strong will power to overcome the craving - much more than for a regular personMultivitamin - Anti oxidants - A, C, E, Selenium (I take these as an extra)Vit D, Magnesium, Calcium, ?zinc (I take these as an extra too)omega3 (again I take as an extra)IronK2?Iodine (I don't take this because I eat seaweed quite regularly)
I understand the topic of your thread, but I'd have a similar response on an auto racing forum if you asked what the best tires for Indianapolis Motorspeedway are and also mention you mix sugar into your gasoline.
There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 4,000 chemicals. At least 50 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous. Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke, and other places they are found:Acetone – found in nail polish removerAcetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dyeAmmonia – a common household cleanerArsenic – used in rat poisonBenzene – found in rubber cementButane – used in lighter fluidCadmium – active component in battery acidCarbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumesFormaldehyde – embalming fluidHexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluidLead – used in batteriesNapthalene – an ingredient in moth ballsMethanol – a main component in rocket fuelNicotine – used as insecticideTar – material for paving roadsToluene - used to manufacture paint
A multi needs to come from whole-food (or at least natural sources) or your body won't utilize it. Vitamins need to be protein bonded for the body to absorb them, and synthetic vitamins (ie, the cheap ones, Centrum, One-a-day) are not protein bonded. The easiest thing to do to see if you have a quality product is to read the label. If everything is chunked together, Like most synthetics this is harder. You want to ensure that they come from natural (not synthetic) sources, to ensure absorption. Easiest way to do that is read the label and make sure your vitamin E is d-alpha tocopherol (not dl-) and that there're bioflavonoids present as well. In all reality, Multivitamins are useless if you eat normal and could be over-nutrition if you eat healthy. It's better to get all you're vitamins from real sources. Multivitamins have been researched and there's a huge divide on the effects on them. Some researchers claim Multivitamins could cause cancer, and linked several cases of cancer to multivitamins and some claim it prevents cancer. The fact there's still a debate over multivitamins and it's health effects linking to cancer is a red flag to me. Better safe than sorry, I'd wait till more research gets done till I'd start using multivitamins again. However, you can do what you want. I'm sure a few multivitamins a week won't kill. Maybe take one on a bad day, or when you're on vacation for example but some of the brands out there that tell you to take 3-6 a day is just playing with fire to me.Simple answer, just eat healthy and don't worry about multis.
2.) If you eat a solid diet a multivitamin is a waste of money. Targeted supplementation is more useful wherever you have weak spots (Vitamin D, Fish Oil, Magnesium)
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