Mega mega multi vits.

Up, fed and medicated. More or less. Still got my protein drink to go.

Had a restless night last night. Walked to Sainsburys, had dinner and was on net and phone, then fell asleep. Woke up and couldn't get back to sleep for a few hours. Did eventually and woke up around miday!!

Don't feel too bad though I'm tired.

I noticed an article in the papers about vitamins not always being good for you. I presume they mean in mega doses. I've been a bit wary about taking large doses of vitamins since the 70s or 80s when it was found that taking large doses of B6 caused numbness and tingling.

When I became a vegan and was reading up on nutrition I had a book that told you about the symptoms of toxity from vitamins and minerals which was enough to put me off. It told you what was considered safe but I didn't take large doses anyway. I can remember reading that taking above a certain amount of vitamin D could cause calcium deposits around the body and I really didn't think that sounded very nice!!! It assured you that the deposits could happen in the brain too. Wonderful, I thought. You had to take heaps of the stuff but I thought it was best to be careful.

I take a multi mineral and vitamin pill that contains a 100% of the RDA (recommended daily amount) recommended in this country for most of the vitamins and minerals it contains though I think it only has 25% of calcium recommended. I was thinking the other day it'd be nice if the individual vitamin tablets came in smaller amounts, more pills in little amounts. I was just going to take tiny amounts of vit C at regular intervals during the day to see if it could help me get rid of my cold just to keep my nutrition up.