I was told that I should consider taking super green food vitamins instead of the traditional ones. I am currently taking Country Life Beyond Food Vitamins; but are these the best food multivitamins to take or is there another brand that provides more antioxidants and nutrients?
I was told by my physicians to start taking multivitamins and fiber supplements and I am on a restricted diet. So, I am looking for the vitamins with no harmful side effects. I have to have so many things in my diet to stay off on medications like laxatives, antibiotics, and insulin.

I am getting caught up in the whole ORAC measurements and antioxidant’s anti-aging power. I am drinking more green tea and eating more cranberries and goji berries, and daily vitamin E supplements. I feel good about my better dieting but can’t help but think if antioxidants are all hype. What makes one antioxidant different from others? For instance, if vitamin C is an antioxidant, why can’t I just drink more Hi-C (ignoring the high sugar content) to get my antioxidants? Should I just ignore claims from foods that say antioxidants are super cool and just focus more on other aspects of the food???

I would like to start a detox diet to get all the yuckies out of my body, but I don’t want to do anything really drastic all at once. I currently eat about 50 percent organic. I would like to do two phases of my detox.

Phase I – increased water intake, increased consumption of antioxidants and 100 percent organic food, if possible.
Phase II – the above plus detox baths.

I am by no means a health expert. If anyone out there knows about this, does my plan sound good? If not, how should I change it? If it does sound good, how long should I do each phase? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!