[pennywise]

In the fall semester in my pathophysiology class my instructor had us do alot of reading on vitamins and antioxidants. At the time I was sick (major stress for 6 years) and thought I was going to die (seriously, I was telling my daughter I was dying, I could feel it) - read up on stress. I had pain, too. I read in the readings that vitamins are dosed on healthy average people. I thought I am not healthy and I am overweight (not obese yet, and hope never). I doubled my vitamin. In two days the pain stopped. I know take 2 multivitamins with minerals, one b Complex, one b12 (most women are deficient), and two co-enzyme Q10. I feel great! Vitamins are worth it, we cannot get the foods (healthy foods) we need. So many of the foods are contaminated with chemicals, and I eat organic when we get it, but question the purity here too. Antioxidants are important but there is much caution in the literature about over doing them. Please search the internet and look for medical information, not from people who are selling. Look at the research. With antioxidants there is reperfusion injuries and damage that occurs as a result of the lack of oxidation. Anyhow, I am very satisfied and will stick with my regime. Pennywise, the nurse practitioner.