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I am not sure if i will continue with it for me....i am looking into a multivitamin that you get for baryactric surgery.....although i've not had the surgery....it is completely absorbed into your system....just like reliv....and about 1/4 the cost....thanks for the feedback...
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- While some of ingredients look impressive, I have concerns with the artificial sweetener used in it. Lyme patients are advised to avoid all artificial sweeteners. It's also not clear of the source of their fructose - if from corn, that can be a problem.
Also a potential problem is the term "Natural and Artificial Flavor" as that can mean lots of different things such as MSG, again, something that we need to avoid.
MSG can be masked under many names and "Natural Flavor" is just one of those. MSG is an excitatory neurotoxin. It will give us energy but then can drop us later. It also makes whatever it is in rather addictive to our brains - craving more of it.
Now, it's not clear if MSG is in this, but I'd want to know exactly what is in the "Natural Flavors" as well as the "Artificial Flavors."
Acesulfame potassium, also known as Acesulfame K, is an artificial sweetener. It was first discovered in 1967 by chemist Karl Clauss, working at the time for the company that would become Nutrinova. It is sold under a number of trade names, most notably Sweet One� and Sunett�.
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There are health concerns about acesulfame potassium which are largely the same as those that plague other artificial sweeteners. Fears that it may be carcinogenic continue to concern advocacy groups, although the USFDA and other organizations have repeatedly stated there is no evidence that their use causes cancer.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has stated that the FDA was petitioned in 1988 not to approve acesulfame potassium because of studies which seemed to link its use to lung tumors and breast tumors. There is also some concern that the use of acesulfame potassium may aggravate reactive hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar attacks . . . .
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