Acne Rosacea: Re: [rosacea] supplements

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Re: [rosacea] supplements

I think taking megadoes of supplements probably isn't good for anyone
But how many of us REALLy eat the 5-9 a day rule of fruits and veggies??
I know, I don't! I read to get the full 400 iu of vitamin E a person would have to consume huge amounts of food containing them, to get the RDA of vitamin C is easy as is most B vitamins
and a yam or sweet potato has alot of beta carotene so in that way its easy enough.
But theres days, I don't feel like eating some of these vitamin C or A rich foods and citrus on a daily bases would give me cankers sores anyway! which im prone to.
Grape seed extract is a different antioxidant than the others, and supposedly
more powerful than vitamin E and C. I know im not about to sit and eat crunchy grape seed's
all day! as much as I love grapes!! the grapes here now aren't even that fresh.
so a grape seed supplement makes sense to me, if I waited for grapes to come into season id be missing out, grape seed extract and rosacea? well, I don't know.I see no difference to be honest. but then drinking tons of water doesn't make me breakout less either, though I do try and drink it. as at least it helps my urinary tract, if grape seed extract helps strengthen vessels, then why not? if it helps bind to collagen and thus helping skin stay elastic longer, then im all for it! ...as for grape seed extract and vitamin C
I will see thursday when I have my blood pressure checked, if its high, then I will make sure my grape seed extract is taken at different intervals than any kind of C, which I don't really take a super high dose of anyway.I don't get more than 500 mg a day anyway, since the excess is flushed out in the urine. I don't take high doses of any vitamin. maybe slightly more than the RDA. looking in my cabinet,I could easily cut down to one multi vitamin
one combined green tea, grape seed complex and 2 l-Lysine supplements a day and be fine
and cut out the extra Vitamin E and the SOMETIMES Ester-C and selenium I take.
id save money and in fact that's what I will do! but I am keeping the green tea and grape seed complex. one could do more harm smoking cigarettes, right?
sorry so long a post!
Ricky

On 28/11/06 18:18, "Ricky Butler" wrote:

> I have noticed we all seem to take alot of
> supplements! its a good thing, but I have noticed
> as some of you probably have too doesn't it
> get kinda costly?? haha I know it does for me!
> but I keep popping 'em!

On a whim, I bought myself some combined Pycnogenol and grapeseed extract
capsules a couple of weeks ago -- 15 quid for a month's supply -- and I've
decided I'm not doing it again. I mean, 180 pounds a year for just one
supplement? I've read that grape seed extract on its own is widely
considered to be just as effective, if not better, and it's less than half
the price. (See, for example, .)

But then it occurred to me that I didn't really know *why* I was taking the
supplement anyway. Is there strong evidence that it helps rosacea? If so, I
can't find any. And then I found an old reference to grape seed extract in
Rosacea News: , saying that a combination of grape
seed extract and Vitamin C increases blood pressure.

Now, I'm not hypertensive, so I'm not at risk, and I only take Vitamin C
occasionally. But still -- it's given me second thoughts. I'm not doing this
self-medication thing any more. It's expensive, it might not be helping, and
there's a very small risk that it might even cause harm. You say, Ricky,
that taking a lot of supplements is a good thing. But do we really know
that? For sure? Do we know how some of them might interact?

Emma

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