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Can I take Multivitamins?
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I'm 49 year old. I have BP problem. I take medicine for it regularly. I drink alcohol as well. Is it okay if I start taking multivitamins? Which one should I buy? Please help. Thank you :)
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Hi,
As long as your Blood Pressure is under control and medicines reviewed time to time, there shouldn't be a problem with you taking any Multi-Vitamins.
However, alcohol is known to deplete vitamins and mineral stores in the body, so you would more likely benefit from taking multi-vitamins.
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Healthy diet and occasional alcohol consumption is the way to move forward in the long term.
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Hi,
To improve overall health focus on balanced diet and active lifestyle.
As the BP Will also comes under control.
As well alcohol interrupt with normal functioning of in terms of detoxification,and overall eficiency,
which will improve by following proper diet.
Multivitamins prescription is based accessing your food recall.
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book an online appoitment via practo for detailed diet chart
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Avoid salted food products like papad, pickle. Avoid using table salt. Avoid processed food ,and bakery products.
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Hello,
If you can't get nutrients from natural diet, multivitamin csn be prescribed.
Curtail alcohol.
Consult me online for the detailed diet chart
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No, u should stop drinking . Due to bp avoid table salt , preservatives , papad, pickle . For maintaining ur healthy status follow three main things like healthy diet ,exercise and Walk early morning and evening. Add more fruits and vegetables in ur diet. Contact me for detailed conversation through practo u will get good result definitely. Add natural food place of multivitamins tablet.
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Dr. Geetha B
Dietitian/Nutritionist
39 yrs exp
Bangalore
Instead of taking multivitamin tab,u take good food.plenty of vegetables,fruits,greengram sprouts.
Avoid fastfood,bakeryfoods,oily food,spicy masala.
Walk exercise yoga everyday one hour.
Drink,enough water,buttermilk ,vegetable cooked water.
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