CATEGORY: drugs/vitamins
TECHNICAL: *
SUMMARY:
This document is provided for those of you on the list
doing "Atkin's like" diets. It is a table of the vitamin supplements
recommended for his plan. Some of his suggested dosages are
quite good. In fact, I recommend similar dosages for C, A, E,
Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Iodine, and the complete B group.
I'm not as familiar with some of the other substances like
PABA, Choline, etc. I would advise against any iron supplementation
though.

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I've been using Atkins for awhile. My books are probably a little old,
but I follow the guidelines in Dr. Atkins "Super Energy Diet" and he
lists this as a basic formula:

Vitamin A 10,000 I.U.
Vitamin D 400 I.U.
Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine) 10 mg.
Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) 75 mg.
Vitamin C 1,500 mg.
Niacin 50 mg.
Niacinamide 100 mg.
Calcium 600 mg.
Vitamin B-6 200 mg.
PABA 1,200 mg.

Calcium Pantothenate 150 mg.
Folic Acid 3.6 mg.
Vitamin B-12 750 mcg.
Vitamin E 200 I.U.
Magnesium 300 mg.
Manganese 6 mg.
Zinc 45 mg.
Choline 750 mg.
Inositol 450 mg.
Biotin 300 mcg.
Rutin 45 mg.
Bioflavenoids 300 mg.
Iron (as ferrous fumarate) 18 mg.
Iodine (as kelp) 225 mcg.

What I do is take the ingredients of my multi-vitamin and subtract it
from Atkins formula to see what else I need. With a high potency multi
vitamin you probably only need to take Vit. C, folic acid, calcium, and a
B-Complex. This works good for me.

:cool: TJ :cool: