A few more things I forgot to say:

[dichroic]

Best part of the trip so far: as we were driving away fromJFK airport, we caught a glimpse of the Space Shuttle. It’s currently still mounted on a 747′ sitting under a shelter (not an enclosed hangar, just a roof) at the airport.

Weirdest part: one of my colleagues was going to a supermarket and asked if I wanted anything. I somehow managed to leave my vitamins at home, and only found out the first night long after I got back from Walmart, so I asked him to get regular Centrum, smallest bottle they had. For some unknown reason he got me Ultra Mega Super Gazonga Vitamins for Women from GNC instead. I just don’t understand these. Centrum has 100% RDA of most vitamins, less in a few cases (it only has 70% of vitamin A, which is fine with me since I just read that too much of it is poisonous. Even 100% seems like a bit much – after all, I do eat food, and the vitamin is only meant as a supplement, in case I miss anything. So why do these vitamins have as much as a couple thousand percent of some vitamins? What good does 2941%RDA of riboflavin do me? And why on earth do these pills contain no potassium?

Youre supposed to take 2, but I think I’ll stick to one a day.

Mirrored from Dichroic Reflections.

Comments

[apis_mellifera]

I don't know why multivitamins don't have potassium for sure, but I do know that the potassium supplement my doctor prescribed for me is among the largest pills I've ever had to take--and this is after I asked if it were possible to get the dosage in two pills instead of one. AFAIK, it's not possible to purchase a potassium supplement OTC here, because if it were, there's no way my insurance would pay for this Rx. So maybe adding potassium to your super mega humongous vitamins would make them larger than your mouth?

[adrian_turtle]

Large daily doses of riboflavin (400mg) have been recommended as a way to prevent migraines. I have no idea why they put them in the tablets they're selling to everybody without even asking if they have migraine or not.