SHOULD WE USE VMS? (Vitamin & Mineral Supplements - remember?!)
There are situations where VMS are excellent, and can produce a quick result for people.

A simple example is Lysine which, taken at the rate of 500mg twice a day for 3 or 4 days at the first sign of a 'tingling lip' will head off a cold-sore for most people. (Homeoepathic "Hypercal" is also excellent.)

But if you do take VMS for more than a few weeks or so, we recommend that you do so under professional advice. Go and see a
nutritional therapist - or whatever 'prescribers of VMS' are called where you live - and have a proper consultation.

And when a practitioner recommends a particular supplement be sure to ask them this question:

   "How long shall I take this supplement for?"

I have heard many people say that they are taking a supplement because someone, somewhere, some time, told them to...

Or, worse, they saw something in a newspaper article - and have continued to take it for years afterwards.

Be careful - this can be harmful. Check with someone who knows what they are talking about.

ARE THERE ANY HERBAL 'MULTI-MINERAL/VITAMINS'?

There are a number of herbal 'high-power' supplements, which give good levels of a wide spectrum of vitamins and minerals. The amounts of a particular vitamin and mineral are nothing like as high as in a VMS tablet or capsule - which are much more concentrated; but they are much more bio-available - more easily absorbed - because herbs are food!

Eating a mild herbal supplement is little different from eating a salad - in a capsule!

Three of these herbal supplements are:

* Wheat grass
* Spirulina
* Nettles

WHEAT GRASS
Wheat grass can be very high in vitamins and minerals, especially if it is grown slowly, over a long period of time. Some wheat grass for example, is grown during winter over 200 days, during which time the roots are packing nutrients into the grass.

If your diet is deficient in nutrients, supplementing it with wheat grass daily will benefit you tremendously. On the other hand, if you have a fantastic diet - supplementing it with wheat grass will help you keep up your great work!

It is possible for you to grow your own grass - as did Ann Wigmore (a wheat grass pioneer). This is time consuming, however, and the resulting grass is not as high in nutrients as the kind which is grown over winter. A good powdered or encapsulated type is higher in most nutrients than 'growing your own'. Though you do gain some enzymes by growing - and pressing - your own wheat grass.

(For more details, there is a full article on wheat grass in the article archives)

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