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Precautionary principle. When we are taking supplements, we are really playing the odds. And the odds are that there will be side effects. What side effects an
by ponderatul 9y ago
Precautionary principle. When we are taking supplements, we are really playing the odds.
And the odds are that there will be side effects. What side effects and how many people will be affected is the question. That's because it's hard to pinpoint the interactions between substances in the supplement and what's in the body. It's all the more difficult to see the second and third order effects that might happen.
My principle, taken from NN Taleb's work is try not to take anything unless you are really sick. It's really a thumb rule, more than anything.
Read Taleb's work.
- mtgx 9y agoDr. Valter Longo, who has been researching the fast-mimicking diet (also autophagy and longevity) says you're probably safe taking vitamins every 3 days. Because that should minimize or eliminate potential long term damage of the vitamins while also ensuring you don't become deficient in certain vitamins. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. In a previous HN thread some were mentioning that "Vitamin E causes cancer" study. But it was over a 12 year period and the people were taking like 15x the RDA dose every day. And even then I think it only increased the "chance" of cancer by like 20% (I may be not be remembering that part right, though).