spEEdfrEEk Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 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. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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