Is Your Vitamin Hurting You? (Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements in General)

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Product:	Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements in General
Date:	30.03.02 (247 review reads)
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Advantages: Good for you

Disadvantages: Can be bad for your health

Close to 60% of people will pop a multivitamin/mineral supplement today, and for the most part, thats smart. Doctors agree its hard to get all the nutrients we neen every day, and among other things, studies suggest women who take a multi daily for 15 years have a 75% lower risk of colon cancer.

I was surprised when my doctor told me, that taking the wrong multivitamin can have health risks, leaving you vulnerable to depression, weakedned bones and even a highter risk of heart disease and cancer. To make sure you are getting all of the benefits from your multi and none of the potential hazards.

Make sure it: Has a safe dose of vitamin.
Vitamin A is crucial for keeping your eyes, skin, bones, and immune system strong, but experts say getting too much can cause headaches, skin problems, bone loss and even liver damage. And if you are taking other supplements that include vitamin A, you could easily be getting a toxic dose. And be sure to check labels carefully.

If your vitamin doesn't disintegrate fully within 20 minutes in half a cup of finegar, it may not be breaking down fully in your body, either and could be shortchanging you of nutrients, especially the B vitamins like folic acid known to help stave off heart disease, colon cancer, depression and even birth defects. One a day vitamins and Your Life brands, along with many drugstore multis, have been tested to disintegrate quickly, and all chewable vitamins do too.

If you're past childbearing age, you don't need the 18mg of iron some women's multivitamins contain and getting too much can encourage plaque buildup in the arteries. If you've stopped menstruating, you need only 8mg of iron daily. And that's easy to get without a multi if you eat two servings of iron-rich foods like meat and iron-fortified breads daily.

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