taking all vitamins/drugs at once

bc said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are daily.
Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at once with
water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do this, other
than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

You are a mental case.

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a rank
amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take 40-50, twice a
day.

Quoted message said:

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are daily.
Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at once with
water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do this, other
than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often, fat
soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4 (assuming
they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day, in divided doses,
every couple hours.

David

David Cohen said:

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a rank
amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take 40-50, twice a
day.

I agree, I think he should 40 or 50 of each, right now.

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a
rank amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take
40-50, twice a day.

Quoted message said:

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are
daily. Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at
once with water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do
this, other than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often, fat
soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4
(assuming they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day,
in divided doses, every couple hours.

David

Hey, how's the diet going? Are you still a Fat [censored], or are you a lean
mean fighting machine yet? Post some numbers Santa.
--
-Larry

"The troll hasn't been born who can troll us worse than we troll
ourselves." Hugh Beyer

Larry Hodges said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a
rank amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take
40-50, twice a day.

Quoted message said:

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are
daily. Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at
once with water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do
this, other than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often, fat
soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4
(assuming they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day,
in divided doses, every couple hours.

David

Hey, how's the diet going? Are you still a Fat [censored], or are you a lean
mean fighting machine yet? Post some numbers Santa.

Lets see, I'm close to 20 lbs down in 3-1/2 weeks, over 2" off waist.
Haven't been doing calipers or anything, but the waistline and general
clothing fit is my measure, along with keeping up my lifting poundages,
which don't seem to be dropping. So, I'm pretty happy. But, the goal
is probably another 30 lbs and that still looks like a long ways off.
It's fun digging through the dusty shelves of the closet to get the
pants I stopped wearing because they were too tight the last few years.
By the time I'm done though, it will be a whole new wardrobe.

- bc

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a rank
amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take 40-50, twice a
day.

Quoted message said:

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are daily.
Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at once with
water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do this, other
than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often, fat
soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4 (assuming
they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day, in divided doses,
every couple hours.

I've read some of the megadosing comments over the years. But do have
some studies which back up that more moderate doses don't help?

- bc

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.

There's
glucosamine 2 pills
calcium/mag 3 pills
fish oil 2 pill
multi vitamin 1 pill
EC 2 pills
guaifenisen 1 pill
vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a rank
amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take 40-50, twice
a
day.

Quoted message said:

The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are daily.
Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest at once with
water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't do this, other
than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often, fat
soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4 (assuming
they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day, in divided
doses,
every couple hours.

I've read some of the megadosing comments over the years. But do have
some studies which back up that more moderate doses don't help?

Probably. Don't have them at hand (I am not, after all, John W 🙂

The LEF website lists a bunch of references for vitamin C under the "common
cold" protocol. I'm sure PubMed has a bunch, as well.

Extensive anecdotal evidience is also impressive.

Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a loose
bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up all the
vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount every 4 hours.

David

David Cohen said:

Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a loose
bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up all the
vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount every 4 hours.

Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then you're
going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.

Well, not really. But it could happen.

Dally

"Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a
loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up
all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount
every 4 hours.

Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then you're
going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.

Well, not really. But it could happen.

Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just invite all
interested to participate, freely and openly.

Next up, bowl jpegs!

David

David Cohen said:

bowl jpegs!

I got one of a really cool cereal bowl. Will that do?

David Cohen said:

"Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a
loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up
all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount
every 4 hours.

Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then you're
going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.

Well, not really. But it could happen.

Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just invite all
interested to participate, freely and openly.

Next up, bowl jpegs!

Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

- bc

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen wrote:

> Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
> report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a
> loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up
> all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount
> every 4 hours.

Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then you're
going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.

Well, not really. But it could happen.

Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just invite
all
interested to participate, freely and openly.

Next up, bowl jpegs!

Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Satan made me do it.

Quoted message said:

Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

I think the nasal sprays ARE zinc, like Zicam. Nasal zinc and zinc lozenges
seem to have lots of good anecdotal evidence, and they've worked for me.

They work differently than C, so, do them all. They're all cheap. There's
some personal injury lawyers claiming Zicam causes problems, but, I've used
it with no problems, which means absolutely nothing, but, personal injury
lawyers =/= reliable source, so, whatever.

David

Quoted message said:

- bc

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote
> David Cohen wrote:
>
>> Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment, and
>> report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have a
>> loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add up
>> all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that amount
>> every 4 hours.
>
> Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then you're
> going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.
>
> Well, not really. But it could happen.

Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just invite
all
interested to participate, freely and openly.

Next up, bowl jpegs!

Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Satan made me do it.

Quoted message said:

Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

I think the nasal sprays ARE zinc, like Zicam. Nasal zinc and zinc lozenges
seem to have lots of good anecdotal evidence, and they've worked for me.

They work differently than C, so, do them all. They're all cheap. There's
some personal injury lawyers claiming Zicam causes problems, but, I've used
it with no problems, which means absolutely nothing, but, personal injury
lawyers =/= reliable source, so, whatever.

My lawyer was probably injured by you just then, but I'll let it be our
little secret. The next cold had better watch out! I've got the Cohen
protocol now.

- bc

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen wrote:
> "Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > David Cohen wrote:
> >
> >> Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment,
> >> and
> >> report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have
> >> a
> >> loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add
> >> up
> >> all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that
> >> amount
> >> every 4 hours.
> >
> > Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then
> > you're
> > going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.
> >
> > Well, not really. But it could happen.
>
> Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just
> invite
> all
> interested to participate, freely and openly.
>
> Next up, bowl jpegs!

Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Satan made me do it.

Quoted message said:

Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

I think the nasal sprays ARE zinc, like Zicam. Nasal zinc and zinc
lozenges
seem to have lots of good anecdotal evidence, and they've worked for me.

They work differently than C, so, do them all. They're all cheap. There's
some personal injury lawyers claiming Zicam causes problems, but, I've
used
it with no problems, which means absolutely nothing, but, personal injury
lawyers =/= reliable source, so, whatever.

My lawyer was probably injured by you just then, but I'll let it be our
little secret. The next cold had better watch out! I've got the Cohen
protocol now.

Don't forget the echinacea, goldenseal, and chicken soup.

And if it doesn't work, sue me.

David

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote
> David Cohen wrote:
>> "Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote
>> > David Cohen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment,
>> >> and
>> >> report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have
>> >> a
>> >> loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add
>> >> up
>> >> all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that
>> >> amount
>> >> every 4 hours.
>> >
>> > Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then
>> > you're
>> > going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.
>> >
>> > Well, not really. But it could happen.
>>
>> Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just
>> invite
>> all
>> interested to participate, freely and openly.
>>
>> Next up, bowl jpegs!
>
> Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Satan made me do it.

> Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
> you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
> Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
> isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

I think the nasal sprays ARE zinc, like Zicam. Nasal zinc and zinc
lozenges
seem to have lots of good anecdotal evidence, and they've worked for me.

They work differently than C, so, do them all. They're all cheap. There's
some personal injury lawyers claiming Zicam causes problems, but, I've
used
it with no problems, which means absolutely nothing, but, personal injury
lawyers =/= reliable source, so, whatever.

My lawyer was probably injured by you just then, but I'll let it be our
little secret. The next cold had better watch out! I've got the Cohen
protocol now.

Don't forget the echinacea, goldenseal, and chicken soup.

And if it doesn't work, sue me.

goldenseal? That's not a mj thing is it?

In article <[email hidden]>,

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote
> David Cohen wrote:
>> "Dally" <[email hidden]> wrote
>> > David Cohen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Next time you feel a cold coming on, try this personal experiment,
>> >> and
>> >> report back. Take 500mg of vitamin C every half hour until you have
>> >> a
>> >> loose bowel movement (C is an effective laxative in megadoses). Add
>> >> up
>> >> all the vitamin C you've taken, subtract 500mg, and take that
>> >> amount
>> >> every 4 hours.
>> >
>> > Careful, if you keep insisting we discuss bowel movements then
>> > you're
>> > going to start resembling the anus-fixated troll.
>> >
>> > Well, not really. But it could happen.
>>
>> Oh, I would never "insist" on bowel movement discussions. I just
>> invite
>> all
>> interested to participate, freely and openly.
>>
>> Next up, bowl jpegs!
>
> Well, ... (little church lady voice) wasn't that refreshing?

Satan made me do it.

> Now, to get back to the colds thing: What about the nasal spray that
> you do right when you feel a cold coming on? I've heard good reports.
> Would that be as good/better than downing all the vitamin C? Oh, and
> isn't Zinc supposed to be effective against colds as well?

I think the nasal sprays ARE zinc, like Zicam. Nasal zinc and zinc
lozenges
seem to have lots of good anecdotal evidence, and they've worked for me.

They work differently than C, so, do them all. They're all cheap. There's
some personal injury lawyers claiming Zicam causes problems, but, I've
used
it with no problems, which means absolutely nothing, but, personal injury
lawyers =/= reliable source, so, whatever.

My lawyer was probably injured by you just then, but I'll let it be our
little secret. The next cold had better watch out! I've got the Cohen
protocol now.

Don't forget the echinacea, goldenseal, and chicken soup.

And if it doesn't work, sue me.

David

And the chicken soup needs to be made from chicken feet...... ;-)

Oh, and you forgot the [censored] mushrooms.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

bc said:

Larry Hodges said:

David Cohen said:

"bc" <[email hidden]> wrote
> I just lined up all the pills in front of me that I'm going to take
> this morning. All are either vitamins or otc cold medicine.
>
> There's
> glucosamine 2 pills
> calcium/mag 3 pills
> fish oil 2 pill
> multi vitamin 1 pill
> EC 2 pills
> guaifenisen 1 pill
> vitamin C 4 pills

Fifteen?!? Fifteen?!? Is that all? BWAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...you are a
rank amateur supplement taker. Us professional pill poppers take
40-50, twice a day.

> The last two are because I'm getting over a cold. The rest are
> daily. Normally, I'd chew up the C's, then just slam all the rest
> at once with water. I'm wondering if there's any reason I
> shouldn't do this, other than a possible sour stomache I suppose.

As a very general rule, water solubles should be taken more often,
fat soluble once a day. There are exceptions.

Split up the glucosamine, cal/mag, and C into twice a day.

Actually, to have an effect on a cold, you need way more than 4
(assuming they're 500-1000mg a piece). More like 10-20 grams a day,
in divided doses, every couple hours.

David

Hey, how's the diet going? Are you still a Fat [censored], or are you
a lean mean fighting machine yet? Post some numbers Santa.

Lets see, I'm close to 20 lbs down in 3-1/2 weeks, over 2" off waist.
Haven't been doing calipers or anything, but the waistline and general
clothing fit is my measure, along with keeping up my lifting
poundages, which don't seem to be dropping. So, I'm pretty happy.
But, the goal is probably another 30 lbs and that still looks like a
long ways off. It's fun digging through the dusty shelves of the
closet to get the pants I stopped wearing because they were too tight
the last few years. By the time I'm done though, it will be a whole
new wardrobe.

- bc

Hey, that's pretty good! Keep up the good work.
--
-Larry

"The troll hasn't been born who can troll us worse than we troll
ourselves." Hugh Beyer

Larry Hodges said:

bc said:

Larry Hodges wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hey, how's the diet going? Are you still a Fat [censored], or are you
a lean mean fighting machine yet? Post some numbers Santa.

Lets see, I'm close to 20 lbs down in 3-1/2 weeks, over 2" off waist.
Haven't been doing calipers or anything, but the waistline and general
clothing fit is my measure, along with keeping up my lifting
poundages, which don't seem to be dropping. So, I'm pretty happy.
But, the goal is probably another 30 lbs and that still looks like a
long ways off. It's fun digging through the dusty shelves of the
closet to get the pants I stopped wearing because they were too tight
the last few years. By the time I'm done though, it will be a whole
new wardrobe.

- bc

Hey, that's pretty good! Keep up the good work.

Thanks. The TKD uniform is fitting a bit looser too. I'll probably
need to downsize that as well eventually.

- bc

bc said:

Larry Hodges said:

bc said:

Larry Hodges wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
> Hey, how's the diet going? Are you still a Fat [censored], or are you
> a lean mean fighting machine yet? Post some numbers Santa.

Lets see, I'm close to 20 lbs down in 3-1/2 weeks, over 2" off
waist. Haven't been doing calipers or anything, but the waistline
and general clothing fit is my measure, along with keeping up my
lifting poundages, which don't seem to be dropping. So, I'm pretty
happy. But, the goal is probably another 30 lbs and that still
looks like a long ways off. It's fun digging through the dusty
shelves of the closet to get the pants I stopped wearing because
they were too tight the last few years. By the time I'm done
though, it will be a whole new wardrobe.

- bc

Hey, that's pretty good! Keep up the good work.

Thanks. The TKD uniform is fitting a bit looser too. I'll probably
need to downsize that as well eventually.

- bc

I trained for so many years with the old style uniform where the top crosses
over rather than the pull-over top of today. I've got several of the Adidas
Grandmaster uniforms, but I still prefer my old cotton uniforms. Guess I'm
just "old school". 🙂
--
-Larry

"The troll hasn't been born who can troll us worse than we troll
ourselves." Hugh Beyer