The problem with taking too many vitamins
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Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#2I don't feel this is a very good article.
IMHO the key to understanding vitamin supplementation is first, to know which are fat-soluble (and will be stored by your body) and which are water-soluble (and will be flushed by your body when you urinate).
So, it is almost impossible to over-dose on Vitamin C, since, your body will easily eliminate anything it doesn't need - C is water-soluble.
This article covers the differences well enough: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10...
I think what drives vitamin taking is a combination of
i) people not fully trusting doctors
ii) knowing that today's food is factory-produced and may be deficient in micro-nutrients like vitamins and minerals
iii) being willing to spend a few dollars per day as an insurance policy; after all, how many drop $5 a day at Starbucks?
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#3I don't feel this is a very good article. IMHO the key to understanding vitamin supplementation is first, to know which are fat-soluble (and will be stored by your body) and which are water-soluble (and will be flushed by your body when you urinate). So, it is almost impossible to over-dose on Vitamin C, since, your body will easily eliminate anything it doesn't need - C is water-soluble. This article covers the diff…
Vitmans and minerals are the easiest thing to supplement in foods, and are everywhere.
Macro nutrients are what processed food loses.
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#4Well, then don't take too many vitamins - problem solved.
And as Patrickg_zill said, fat soluble vitamins are the dangerous ones, as they accumulate instead of being flushed. Pretty much all of the other vitamins and minerals are well controlled by the body...
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#5I used to eat the gummy vitamins like candy, I got Hypervitaminosis, and my hair started to fall out. I thought I had a horrible disease. Then we figured it out. It wasn't much fun.
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#6Everything I've read about this in recent years seems to boil down to one simple rule of thumb: Supplement vitamin D and forget about everything else.
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#7I don't feel this is a very good article. IMHO the key to understanding vitamin supplementation is first, to know which are fat-soluble (and will be stored by your body) and which are water-soluble (and will be flushed by your body when you urinate). So, it is almost impossible to over-dose on Vitamin C, since, your body will easily eliminate anything it doesn't need - C is water-soluble. This article covers the diff…
Vitmans and minerals are the easiest thing to supplement in foods, and are everywhere. Macro nutrients are what processed food loses.
What do you mean by macro nutrients?
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#8Sometimes visualisations are useless overillustrations. Other times, they are enough to put a complex argument to rest. One of the latter ones:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplem...
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#9I used to eat the gummy vitamins like candy, I got Hypervitaminosis, and my hair started to fall out. I thought I had a horrible disease. Then we figured it out. It wasn't much fun.
Ignored the "Do not exceed the recommended dosage" warning eh?
Re: The problem with taking too many vitamins
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Vitmans and minerals are the easiest thing to supplement in foods, and are everywhere. Macro nutrients are what processed food loses.
What do you mean by macro nutrients?
Usually, when discussing human diet: carbohydrates, fat, and protein. These comprise the energy content of food.