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It is always advisable to take supplements in moderate measure. Excessive in-take of supplementary nutritional products will cause adverse effects. The best way to take-in vitamins is through natural food sources. You must not entirely rely on vitamin supplements.
There are some points to consider when talking about vitamin supplements. Vitamin supplements are processed. This means that a certain amount of chemical reaction is used to make them. Even though the manufacturer may deny it, there definitely is some chemical process involved. Chemicals are not a good thing to have in your body unless they are within certain limits.
Vitamins and minerals if taken in excess will turn toxic. Excessive vitamins are stored in the liver, or be deposited off as fat in the adipose tissue. Over time they accumulate and become toxic.
Too much vitamin A will cause the body to lose its oxygen rapidly. Nausea sets in. Due to lack of oxygen the skin may go pale. Too much vitamin A intake also causes a lot of overload on the liver, ultimately leading to its damage.
Excessive vitamin D intake causes problems in the kidney. Kidney stones are the last thing you want. They are painful depositions of solidified vitamin D. Excessive vitamin D also causes hypertension. It could lead to a heart attack.
Vitamin E is the safest of all of them. That’s because it dissolves in fat. Excessive usage might not cause serious problems. In fact excessive usage is recommended to prevent heart attacks.
So all these are the dark side of vitamins.
