16-05-2012, 09:54 PM
Hi Karen and Pansy Mae,
I wish I could take away some of the unsettling effects of posting on zearalenone. If this helps: of all the places where I buy herbs, foods, meds and cosmetics, Jacob Hooy is the one I'm least worried about. And of all the possible contaminants in herbs, zearalenone is among the most closely monitored and documented:
http://wageningenacademic.metapress.com/...lltext.pdf
http://wageningenacademic.metapress.com/...lltext.pdf
I do agree that continuing awareness of everything you consume daily is necessery. But the most worrying mistakes I have made in recent years were in supplements, not in herbs or foods.
I wasn't planning on changing my program before May 28th, but after tonight, I'll be out of my multivitamin. I'm not too happy with the new one I've bought. I usually buy them when they're 50 % off. I want
vitamin B6 2-10 mg
vitamin B12 50-80 µg
folic acid 200-400 µg
zinc 12-35 mg
no iron (women who menstruate regularly should take 18-25 mg)
I buy them at www.detuinen.nl
I got 120 tablets of the one that's running out (multi totaal 50+) for € 9.49.
It contained
vitamin B6 3 mg
vitamin B12 25 µg
folic acid 400 µg
zinc 15 mg
no iron
so I only had to worry about getting enough vitamin B12, from meat.
I got 90 tablets of the new one (multi vitaal 50+) for € 8.99.
It contains
vitamin B6 25 mg
vitamin B12 25 µg
folic acid 200 µg
zinc 0.7 mg
no iron
so I still have to worry about getting enough vitamin B12, but also zinc from meat, fish, and seafood. In addition, I need to eat more dark green, leafy vegetables for folic acid. I was already taking the multi at night, but now I have to, because vitamin B6 is sedative above 10 mg.
I wish I could take away some of the unsettling effects of posting on zearalenone. If this helps: of all the places where I buy herbs, foods, meds and cosmetics, Jacob Hooy is the one I'm least worried about. And of all the possible contaminants in herbs, zearalenone is among the most closely monitored and documented:
http://wageningenacademic.metapress.com/...lltext.pdf
http://wageningenacademic.metapress.com/...lltext.pdf
I do agree that continuing awareness of everything you consume daily is necessery. But the most worrying mistakes I have made in recent years were in supplements, not in herbs or foods.
I wasn't planning on changing my program before May 28th, but after tonight, I'll be out of my multivitamin. I'm not too happy with the new one I've bought. I usually buy them when they're 50 % off. I want
vitamin B6 2-10 mg
vitamin B12 50-80 µg
folic acid 200-400 µg
zinc 12-35 mg
no iron (women who menstruate regularly should take 18-25 mg)
I buy them at www.detuinen.nl
I got 120 tablets of the one that's running out (multi totaal 50+) for € 9.49.
It contained
vitamin B6 3 mg
vitamin B12 25 µg
folic acid 400 µg
zinc 15 mg
no iron
so I only had to worry about getting enough vitamin B12, from meat.
I got 90 tablets of the new one (multi vitaal 50+) for € 8.99.
It contains
vitamin B6 25 mg
vitamin B12 25 µg
folic acid 200 µg
zinc 0.7 mg
no iron
so I still have to worry about getting enough vitamin B12, but also zinc from meat, fish, and seafood. In addition, I need to eat more dark green, leafy vegetables for folic acid. I was already taking the multi at night, but now I have to, because vitamin B6 is sedative above 10 mg.