Monavie Health Club

Question: Is it bad for your health if you take too many vitamins?

(Posted by: Sealove on 2010-03-06 07:40:14)

At the moment I take Omega 3, Vitamin E and Vitamin B- Complex.. Thinking about adding a few more: Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Vitamin C, Zinc, Chromium, Folic Acid, and Selenium. Is it bad if you're taking too many vitamins? If not, what's the best brand that would include almost all of these? Thanks for your help.

Posted by: Alex on 2010-03-06, 11:01:42

Taking a varied amount of different vitamins doesn't matter really. The problem that can happen is that certain vitamin when taken in excess over the daily recommended amounts will be stored in your liver ( Vitamin A and D for example) while vitamin E will be stored in fat accross your body. Vitamin C on the other hand is one of those water soluble vitamins, any excess will just be thrown in your urine so you could take as much as you want. So you can take a lot of vitamins, but some of them if already included in your diet are just a major waste. Like, if you drink a lot of milk which often has added vitamin D (at least in Canada, 1 drink is like 45% of the vitamin D I need in the day, not counting what the sun gives me of course...) then taking vitamin D supplements is a complete waste and COULD lead to side effects since they are stored in fat.