AudioBear
Headphoneus Supremus
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@JK1
No disrespect intended, but what are your professional credentials to be giving out nutrition advice? I ask because from my scientific perspective (PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Nutrition, Professor and Head of a Dept. at a major university) natural remedies and dietary supplements are of no greater value than eating a sound balanced diet. One doesn't treat tinnitus as a nutritional deficiency unless and until one has evidence of a nutritional deficiency which can only be established by testing. National nutrition surveys show that the great majority of US citizens consume more than, or close to, 100% of the recommended amount of almost all vitamins and minerals which is why most Americans will not be helped by nutrition interventions. That is not to say that one can't suffer from deficiency-induced tinnitus. The point being that if you haven't measured a deficiency, don't treat it. There is an all to common belief that food is medicine, it is not, it's food. The useful part about your suggestion is the reminder that if one eats a balanced diet in moderation and according to guidelines laid down by real experts, you will not need to worry about nutritional deficiencies as a cause of tinnitus. See a doctor and/or a Registered Dietitian and by all means do not believe anything you read on the internet about nutrition unless it's on a scientifically vetted site like http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/.
Sorry to say because i too suffer from tinnitus, taking Vitamin C, Zn, and B12 are unlikely to do anything. At best for the great majority they would have a placebo effect since the mere act of doing something gives us an expectation bias that our intervention worked. If your doctor or RD advises nutritional augmentation or supplementation then take diet seriously. By the way, you all might want to check out the PBS feature on the dietary supplement industry that ran this week and will be re-run. It's all about how a multi-billion dollar industry has 50% of Americans taking supplements they don't need -- some of which are actually harmful.
My pet peeve is the misbegotten belief that things that are natural are better and safer. That's simply not scientific. Ask a toxicologist, the most toxic things in our diets are natural. Selling natural and spreading fears of chemicals is a major tool in selling nutritional supplements to frightened consumers. Don't go there.
Final words: see a licensed and qualified health professional if you're seeking help with tinnitus.
No disrespect intended, but what are your professional credentials to be giving out nutrition advice? I ask because from my scientific perspective (PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Nutrition, Professor and Head of a Dept. at a major university) natural remedies and dietary supplements are of no greater value than eating a sound balanced diet. One doesn't treat tinnitus as a nutritional deficiency unless and until one has evidence of a nutritional deficiency which can only be established by testing. National nutrition surveys show that the great majority of US citizens consume more than, or close to, 100% of the recommended amount of almost all vitamins and minerals which is why most Americans will not be helped by nutrition interventions. That is not to say that one can't suffer from deficiency-induced tinnitus. The point being that if you haven't measured a deficiency, don't treat it. There is an all to common belief that food is medicine, it is not, it's food. The useful part about your suggestion is the reminder that if one eats a balanced diet in moderation and according to guidelines laid down by real experts, you will not need to worry about nutritional deficiencies as a cause of tinnitus. See a doctor and/or a Registered Dietitian and by all means do not believe anything you read on the internet about nutrition unless it's on a scientifically vetted site like http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/.
Sorry to say because i too suffer from tinnitus, taking Vitamin C, Zn, and B12 are unlikely to do anything. At best for the great majority they would have a placebo effect since the mere act of doing something gives us an expectation bias that our intervention worked. If your doctor or RD advises nutritional augmentation or supplementation then take diet seriously. By the way, you all might want to check out the PBS feature on the dietary supplement industry that ran this week and will be re-run. It's all about how a multi-billion dollar industry has 50% of Americans taking supplements they don't need -- some of which are actually harmful.
My pet peeve is the misbegotten belief that things that are natural are better and safer. That's simply not scientific. Ask a toxicologist, the most toxic things in our diets are natural. Selling natural and spreading fears of chemicals is a major tool in selling nutritional supplements to frightened consumers. Don't go there.
Final words: see a licensed and qualified health professional if you're seeking help with tinnitus.