Side Effects of Vitamin Supplements
Written by nodietneeded   
Friday, 26 September 2008

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by mediterrate
With all the supplements sold like candy  bars even in convienent stores, it is really hard to under estimate the importance of vitamins. The essence of vitamins for our health is just too obvious even to mention (but I will mention it anyways). But does this mean that the more is merrier? Absolutely not. Vitamins, especially fat soluble ones (A, D, E and K) are stored in liver and excessive amounts are toxic!. The chart below pretty much says it all.

 
If you are shopping for vitamin supplements, here are a few things to keep in perspective.

·         Vitamin deficiency is NOT common in West.

·         Small amounts of fat soluble vitamins are required to keep good health. And this can be achieved with a good diet.

·         Excessive (I would say mega-doses) of fat soluble vitamins are toxic. And just to clarify, toxic is bad for your health.








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* Too much of a good thing? Toxic effects of vitamin and mineral supplements JAMC (2003)
Comments (2)add
Who knew...
written by Orange27 , September 29, 2008
Wooaaww, this is really eye opening, thanks for the great post.


Thank you....
written by susan , October 09, 2008
for the chart. That makes it very convenient to remind myself why I need to layoff mega doses of vitamins.

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