In the 90 years of 20 century in the United States and many other countries saw a real boom in the use of vitamins and minerals. They were taken in doses that exceeded the recommended standard of 10 targets to 100 times. Thus, many people tried to get rid of colds, obesity, cardiovascular and skin diseases, periodontitis and even cancer. But gradually the research showed that excessive use of vitamins (hypervitaminosis) may be more dangerous to health from lack of vitamins. Jane Brody (medical expert) and Dr. Stampfer, a professor at Harvard Medical School published an article a year ago, explicitly stated that the recommendations of a high intake of vitamins is “null and void based on evidence.” The quantity of vitamins to take adults and children depend on many factors including age, gender, health status. We must not forget the fact that some trace elements are able to interact with each other, but this is not always beneficial to the organism. Vitamin C is considered a known antioxidant, which rescued the cells from damage, but in combination with iron, it becomes oxidant, ie in the unit opposite effect. All this, according to Brody, makes us “members and volunteers of poorly controlled experiment.
Not a daily dose of beta-carotene because it is included in the determination of vitamin A. But in high doses he was able to cause yellowing of the skin. According to some experts, it is able to provoke a number of cancers. Vitamin C is recommended that a minimum dose of 60 mg daily. In excess of that threshold, it begins to interact with certain medications such as cancer. Prevent vitamin and diagnosis of diseases of the colon. Recommended daily dose of vitamin E is 8 mg for women and 10 mg for men. High doses exceeding 50 times the norm can cause bleeding in people taking the preparations for the “dilution” of blood. Vitamin B6 is recommended dose of 1.6 mg for women and 2 mg for men. In excess of the dose it harm nerves. Excessive use of calcium (in the norm 1 grams daily) causes constipation, and kidney dysfunction. Daily dose of iron in the over 15 mg for women and 10 mg for men increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Zinc in amounts greater than 12 mg for women and for men 10 mg may cause stomach irritation and weakening of the immune system.

Tags: dysfunction, harmful, high doses, kidney dysfunction, not healthy, problems, Vitamins

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 3:12 am and is filed under Health Problems. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.