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BroccoliForever wrote:Thanks to a posting by HealthyGirlsKitchen, I watched the 3/8/13 video of the Dr. Oz show featuring Dr. Barnard.
If you have not yet watched this video, I would highly recommend it.
He describes the link between Alzheimer's and metal deposits in the brain, specifically, iron, copper and zinc.
Dr. Barnard also talks about how multi vitamins today have a lot of minerals in them which you should avoid taking. He recommends if you want/need to take a multi vitamin, to find one without minerals. I am concerned about this because my husband takes a multi vitamin with minerals. When I told him about Barnard's reco, he insisted he needs the multi vitamin with minerals because one mineral, selenium, is positively associated with helping to prevent prostate cancer.
What advice, if any do any of you have with regard to this?
Wild4Stars wrote:Has anyone tried to find a multi-vitamin without minerals? My husband also takes one and I have not been able to find one that is JUST vitamins.
Steelhead wrote: I participated in the SELECT Study where selenium and vitamin E were used to determine if their use helped with prostate cancer. The Study was terminated years earlier than planned because using supplements of selenium and vitamin E actually increased the incident of prostate cancer. ...I have noticed that lots of prostate supplements do contain selenium and many also contain Vitamin E, among other things, but the SELECT Study suggests strongly that these supplements be avoided.
Yes! I love Brazil nuts, so when Katydid suggested them, I'm thinking "hooray!" and drooling a little about those little guys hanging around in the house just waiting to be eaten. But, alas, I lack self-control in the nuts department sometimes. I wasn't aware that brown rice was a good source. This is very good because we eat brown rice several times a week.Steelhead wrote: Obviously, Brazil nuts are loaded with selenium, but so is brown rice, nutritional yeast, and other foods.
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