Taking high doses of vitamins can do more harm than good

Peter McCaffery

Taking high doses of vitamins can do more harm than good

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Abstract

Without vitamins in our diet we wouldn’t survive but taking too many can be harmful. There’s a limit to how much we actually need.

However, since the discovery of vitamins - or “vital amines” as they were originally dubbed in 1912 - the idea that more is better has been promoted, much to the benefit of manufacturers in a billion pound industry.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2013

Bibliographical note

Peter McCaffrey receives funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Keywords

Vitamins
Antioxidant
Dietary supplements
Supplements
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin E

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Taking high doses of vitamins can do more harm than good

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