Is it safe to take a multivitamin, fish oil capsules, echinacea, ginseng, and gi!
Question: I can't see why it wouldn't be, but it seems like a lot. Also, if theres any other brain enhancing stuff you can reccomend I'd be interested.
Answers: I can't see why it wouldn't be, but it seems like a lot. Also, if theres any other brain enhancing stuff you can reccomend I'd be interested.
To Animal Lover: firstly, other than the multivitamin, those are not vitamins. They're herbs and roots and one oil obtained from an animal. Secondly, you don't think vitamins have been around long enough to know? Uhhhh.........how do you suppose human beings have been reproducing and carrying on generation after generation without vitamins? And herbs? We would have been extinct by now, along with everything else on the planet. What do you think is in fresh food? What about actual pharmaceuticals that have been and still are being produced from plants? Willow bark and foxglove are just 2 of the most commonly known. Not to mention that pharmaceuticals are seriously under-researched and tested before being released to the general public. How long do you think Prozac was researched before being released to people with depression? What about a lot of the anti-inflamatories that are released to sufferers of arthritis and similar diseases? That's one of the densest things I've heard in quite some time.
To the questioner: There is a great deal more evidence that vitamins, herbs and roots are safer to take than pharmaceuticals. Sure, there are those that are also poisonous or toxic in higher doses, so do your research. Too much of anything is not good for you. But some herbs, such as parsley, are extremely gentle on the body. Others pack more of a punch.
Regarding taking all of those things together, I've got friends in China that say taking ginseng when you're sick is a no-no. If you start to feel yourself coming down with a flu or infection, stop taking it until you recover. Issues to do with your immune system. I'm not so sure I'd be taking ginseng and ecchinacea together. I'd suggest taking one or the other.
Ecchinacea is a herb for strengthening the immune system, not for the brain. There are supposedly 9 species of it that are know so far.
Fish oil has been found to have mercury, PCBs and dioxins in it because of the polluted water fish live in. It may have been safer many years ago to take it as the oceans were less polluted many years ago. My mother used to load me up on it when I was a child. But personally, I wouldn't take it now. Take a look at: http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page...
It will give you many examples of fish/seafood and which are the worst on the list for containing contaminants and heavy metals. So I guess it really depends on what type of fish oil you are taking as well. Not something I want to play around with.
Gingko biloba has even been used in Alzheimer's patients. My grandmother has been taking it for many many years. She's past 90 years old and still kicking. She's completely lucid and functioning.
In addition, if you're following a healthy diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables with whole grain bread and cereal products and avoiding most or all meat, poultry and fish - including avoiding pork - and avoiding refined sugars and sugar substitutes, this should help your brain functions a great deal. Sugar substitutes and things that contain MSG especially have been shown to cause problems with the brain and nervous system.
Sounds good as they're all different supplements.
Prob not much else you should take though, just eat healthy also
i don't think vitamins have been around long enough for them to know the effect of taking many different things. I would think your liver and kidneys may be affected by taking large amounts of certain things, not to mention your stomach.
Works for me. They say fish is brain food.
None of them will do you any harm provided you stick to the recommended dose.
It's lack of vitamins that causes apparent brain slow-down. If you get the dose your body needs, taking more just means you'll have the most vitamin enhanced pee in the country.
Fish oil is good for you - over a period of time, it softens the fat content of your body reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The downside is that you tend to get fatty deposits around your eyes - and if you're overdosing with vitamin B, these can turn bright yellow, making your doctor think you've got liver disease.
Not everyone gets on with ginkgo biloba. If you're taking fish oil, you probably don't need it. Echinacea and ginseng can help reinforce your body's immune system, but they make you more prone to allergic reactions.