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do not begin taking dietary supplements after reading a preprint headline or conclusion. If I wasn't already taking them (adding C and D for good measure), I

by narag 6y ago

do not begin taking dietary supplements after reading a preprint headline or conclusion. If I wasn't already taking them (adding C and D for good measure), I would start right now. One thing is chloroquine with its risky side effects (and it seems useles after all) and another very different thing is a vitamin supplement that's good for your health anyway.

_ZeD_ 6y ago
you know, hypervitaminosis is a thing...
- narag 6y ago
  I know and also that I'm very far from it.
floatingatoll 6y ago
Your advice is unsafe without the context necessary to avoid harming oneself when adding or changing dietary supplementation. While you may understand that context, your flat declaration that "vitamin supplements are good" is plainly wrong without significant disclaimers that you did not include. Vitamin K, as with other vitamins, can conflict with other medications, and therefore could result in an increased chance of harm or death to someone who takes it because "vitamin supplements are good for your health anyways" without understanding those risks. For example, one list of contraindications from a random Internet result lists: > ... antacids, blood thinners, antibiotics, aspirin ... drugs for cancer, seizures, high cholesterol ... Covid-19 is theorized to disrupt blood clotting in the body, and Vitamin K influences blood clotting in the body, so of course there's something worth studying here. But if the results are that Vitamin K supplementation increases harmful Covid-19 clotting, then more people will die from Covid simply because they took Vitamin K after reading a headline in the news.
- narag 6y ago
  I'm not giving advice, you are, and in absolute terms. I just told what I'm doing. And... come on, I'm not a medical publication, or someone writing a label for a prescription drug, but a individual in an online forum taking issue with your previous dismissive comment. Of course you need to research what you take, of course you need to look for maximum doses. Everyone needs to understand this because vitamins are otc, you can buy them through Amazon.
- tinus_hn 6y ago
  So how will we ever find out? We can’t run controlled randomized tests that can kill people because that’s unethical.
gremlinsinc 6y ago
I wasn't always taking them, but was recommended to. I had VSG surgery in 2012 which isn't as bad as bypass but still has malabsorption of nutrients. D is my biggest difficiency. I've been taking D3(5000iu)+k2 since March religiously, and recently added 50mg zinc, and I ran out of vyvanse and a little weary of going back to dr just for a refill, so have been using caffeine + l-theanine which helps some... I also take magnesium/calcium before bed as I heard you're supposed to take those when taking D3.

by narag 6y ago

_ZeD_ 6y ago

you know, hypervitaminosis is a thing...

narag 6y ago
I know and also that I'm very far from it.

floatingatoll 6y ago

Your advice is unsafe without the context necessary to avoid harming oneself when adding or changing dietary supplementation. While you may understand that context, your flat declaration that "vitamin supplements are good" is plainly wrong without significant disclaimers that you did not include. Vitamin K, as with other vitamins, can conflict with other medications, and therefore could result in an increased chance of harm or death to someone who takes it because "vitamin supplements are good for your health anyways" without understanding those risks. For example, one list of contraindications from a random Internet result lists: > ... antacids, blood thinners, antibiotics, aspirin ... drugs for cancer, seizures, high cholesterol ... Covid-19 is theorized to disrupt blood clotting in the body, and Vitamin K influences blood clotting in the body, so of course there's something worth studying here. But if the results are that Vitamin K supplementation increases harmful Covid-19 clotting, then more people will die from Covid simply because they took Vitamin K after reading a headline in the news.

narag 6y ago
I'm not giving advice, you are, and in absolute terms. I just told what I'm doing. And... come on, I'm not a medical publication, or someone writing a label for a prescription drug, but a individual in an online forum taking issue with your previous dismissive comment. Of course you need to research what you take, of course you need to look for maximum doses. Everyone needs to understand this because vitamins are otc, you can buy them through Amazon.
tinus_hn 6y ago
So how will we ever find out? We can’t run controlled randomized tests that can kill people because that’s unethical.

gremlinsinc 6y ago

I wasn't always taking them, but was recommended to. I had VSG surgery in 2012 which isn't as bad as bypass but still has malabsorption of nutrients. D is my biggest difficiency. I've been taking D3(5000iu)+k2 since March religiously, and recently added 50mg zinc, and I ran out of vyvanse and a little weary of going back to dr just for a refill, so have been using caffeine + l-theanine which helps some... I also take magnesium/calcium before bed as I heard you're supposed to take those when taking D3.