Are There Any Dangers to Taking a Multivitamin?
We all want to be as fit and healthy as we can be and to help with that most of us take a multivitamin daily. We hope it will improve the way our bodies function but most of us are unaware that there are some dangers posed by taking multivitamins. Multivitamins tend to contain a mixture of vitamins and minerals. Most of the problems occur when people take too high a quantity of their vitamins or they mix their multivitamins with other supplements. What Quantity of Vitamins and Minerals Do We Need? You may have heard references to something called the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI). This is set by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine in the United States. It is calculated to show how much of a particular nutrient is enough to meet the requirements of 97.5% of healthy individuals in each life-stage and sex group. By checking how much of your RDI you are getting from your food you can make sure you don’t get too much of any particular nutrient. Labels on food sh...