Tips for Managing Cholesterol : How Vitamins & Supplements Reduce Cholesterol

Learn the importance of taking vitamins and supplements to manage and lower cholesterol in this free health and fitness video.

Expert: Dr. Susan Jewell
Bio: Dr. Susan Jewell is a British born educated bilingual Asian with a British accent and can speak Cantonese.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

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[MikeGreenwood51]

Part 4 Continued .......So for healthy people a healthy diet is best and supplements should be avoided. But, yes feed the poor and under-norished vitamin and mineral supplements. They may need them where-as many in the affluent societies do not. Some of the vitamins have toxicity affects if taken taken too much. Surely a healthy person needs to stay with a healthy diat and stay away form supplements untill he/she needs them.

[MikeGreenwood51]

Part 3 Continued .........One of the main dangers is due to Vitamin A which is toxic if too much is taken. Some of the multivitamins contain at least 100% RDA where as others contain 600% . I used to take them but stopped taking multi-vitamins due to the Vitamin A risks. I think for affulent soieties it my be better to buy individual supplements so that the specific vitamin can be taken if needed. I take niacin on its own occasionally.But niacin is readily available in meat and dairy products

[MikeGreenwood51]

Part 2 Continued.......are the prime reason for mal-nutrition in cases of disorders due to over injestion of vitamins or minerals. Ur video definitly states a recomendation to takes lots of the B vitamins, or it may be saying that it says that on the B-Vitamin bottal. It did not weem clear who or where it was said. But the point is it can be dangerous to take a lot of mutivitamins especially for people who just do not need more. In mal-norished countries I agree take supplements.

[MikeGreenwood51]

"It is so important to keep up with your supplements". Your multivitamins & ur mineral supplements to supplement ur intake of ur daily food because most peeps are deficient in their (not there) calcium & their potassium because they do not eat enough in an adyquat healthy diet" But is that in India or China, or in some specific region of the world? U did not make that clear.In fact evidence locally & in other affluent countries points to the fact that supplements are the prime reason for

[MikeGreenwood51]

I agree that Niacin is Vitamin B3 and not B6. B6 is pyri-somthing.

[Rudakotaone]

I think you have your B's mixed up B-3 is niacin...:)