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Hi Jur

I have been on a hypoglycemic diet for some time, and i take a lot of supplements. I take between 5 and 8 supplements in the mornings, covering the whole gamut of vitamins A - E, magnesium, zinc, etc. I want to take herbal supplements in the evening, but this could mean i'm swallowing up to 15 tablets per day. My question is, is this safe ? Can you over-do these vitamins and herbal supplements, even when they are recommended in all the research into Hypoglycemia and mood disorders ? if there was a single supplement that covered the full range, then great, sadly there is not.

Thanks in advance,
James

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Hi james,

Taking supplements is generally safe. An alternative way of obtaining the vitamins and minerals plus anti-oxidant is by way of vegetable juicing. See:

Vegetable juicing at our web site at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/treatment_drug_addiction.html#ideal

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Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

Education/Credentials
BA(Psych) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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