Multivitamin and skin dryness and a heads up on Manganese
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- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:06:52 GMT
I am well aware that certain excesses, ratios, or forms of vitamins or
minerals are associated with dry skin, but I have yet to narrow it
down to a specific culprit.
Perhaps someone else can relate to this. The dryness typically
occurred on the inner part of the eyebrow area of the eyebrows,
especially the right one. A worsening of the dryness occur every week
or so as other additional dryness would develop in a few spots around
the mustache area. A few days off the multivitamin--be it either Twin
Labs Daily One w/o Iron or Swanson's Century Formula w/o Iron--has
completely cleared up the problem.
I am a 39 year-old white male. My diet is mostly whole grains and
vegetables, a little fatty fish every day such as canned jack
mackerel, and some pumpkin and sesame seeds. The diet (w/o the multi)
meets most of the RDAs, with the notable exception of B5, which seems
to be relatively challenging to meet regularly w/o animal products.
Manganese and selenium RDAs are easily met, typically over 400% and
200%, respectively. Manganese, in particular, has caught my eye,
since the multivitamins already well exceed the RDA on this, with 5mg
of manganese. IMO, this is not particularly good. E.g., from
http://www.online-vitamins-guide.com/minerals/manganese.htm:
Dosage
Taking 4 mg or less of manganese supplements a day is unlikely to cause
any harm. For older people, taking 0.5 mg or less of manganese
supplements a day is unlikely to cause any harm. This is a lower amount
because older people may be more sensitive to manganese.
While I am not ready to throw out the multis, I am considering taking
them much less frequently, perhaps taking them every other day or
during travel. In the long run, I might take more specific nutrients
that might be less likely to be met on the diet and with a high upper
safe limit, such as B5.
Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.
.
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