NUTRITION ARTICLES

Vitamins On Overload

Can too many vitamin pills be bad for you? In this issue, we consider the potential side effects of popping one multivitamin too many. We also bring together supplements that experts suggest you take if you think your diet is nutritionally incomplete.

Pop some As and Ds. Chew three Cs. And what do you get? A potential recipe for vitamin toxicity. Throw in excessive iron and calcium supplements and you could be courting kidney, heart or liver damage. Why combining certain vitamin supplements isn’t necessarily better.

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