youngsinatra
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Well, when I first got into natural health, my overall wellbeing and health was pretty good, but I wanted more and optimize things. Then I took a lot of supplements, listened to bad advice (also on this forum) and caused myself way bigger problems than before. And today I can say that most of my own health problems of today were partially if not mostly caused by supplementation.Thank you so much for your reply and your tipps! :)
I´m a bit afraid of cutting out all my beloved supplements... :-/ I could imagine that, if one day most health issues are at bay. But you could be right about abstaining from supplements. Can you elaborate on your success story with cutting out the supps?
But I am definitely going to cut down my caffeine intake!
I developed (got a clinically diagnosed) chronic vitamin A toxicity, had zinc toxicity which led long-term copper deficiency and neurological problems, vitamin D messed with my magnesium/potassium status, made me feel extremely irratable, caused hypercalciura, I also hurt my thyroid with iodine supplements, messed up my metabolic rate with a few years of high-dose fish oil, felt sluggish from magnesium for months until I realized that not taking it made me feel way better, B vitamins and vitamin E made me feel depressed, sweaty and dizzy, and relatively high doses of B’s ruined my sleep. Also had a few months of B6 toxicity from a B complex that contained P5P in not so high doses. Calcium carbonate messed with my digestion….
The list could go on and on.
Taking no supplements was at first an occasional thing when I visited someone over a weekend or for vacation and on these days I usually felt much better, even though I thought I would not function with them.
But then I eliminated most of the supplements, most were not helpful anyway, but I continued with them „for their benefits“ regardless for so long.
I‘m not completely against all supplements, but it’s best to keep it minimalistic. I still take like 10mg of thiamine pyrophosphate per day and occasionally some folate, because my diet is literally white rice, meats, fruits, very few veggies and coffee, mineral water and really lacking those.