| There's no question that vitamins are essential to live | | | | kidney stones. |
| a healthy and disease-free lifestyle. And eating a | | | | It is not easy to be poisoned through vitamins, but it |
| balanced diet is the best way to get vitamins. | | | | is not unheard of either. You can experience vitamin |
| However supplements may be necessary to round | | | | A. poisoning by eating too much liver (which might |
| out your vitamin intake, just in case you may not be | | | | not be a problem for very many people!) And you |
| able to take in all the necessary vitamins due to a | | | | can experience vitamin D poisoning usually through |
| dietary restriction or a food allergy or a small | | | | having too many vitamin D. supplements (since most |
| appetite. | | | | foods do not carry a large amount of vitamin D). |
| But if some vitamins are good, are more vitamins | | | | Also, these poisonings take place over time, and |
| better? Is it possible to get even healthier by | | | | rarely happen immediately from an overdose. |
| doubling your vitamin intake? The simple answer is: | | | | So how do you know if you are accidentally |
| no! | | | | poisoning yourself? Again, our bodies work best in |
| Depending on the vitamin, it can actually be | | | | moderation so when something is "out of whack" |
| dangerous to have too many of these chemicals in | | | | with the way it's supposed to be, our bodies have a |
| your body. While they do exist in nature and your | | | | way of alerting us. If you experience inexplicable |
| body does need them, your body functions best in a | | | | headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, dehydration, |
| balanced moderation, rather than taking in too much | | | | constipation, or blurred vision, you should talk to your |
| of one thing. | | | | doctor about the possibility of vitamin poisoning. |
| Two of the most dangerous of vitamins that you | | | | So how can you avoid vitamin poisoning? First, you |
| can take too much are vitamin A and vitamin D. | | | | need to recognize that a little bit of extra vitamins in |
| Believe it or not, too much of either one of these | | | | your diet is okay, since your body will often excrete |
| vitamins can actually lead to vitamin poisoning! | | | | the excess. So by eating a balanced diet, and by |
| Excessive amounts of vitamin A can lead to weak | | | | supplementing it with a multivitamin, you are likely in |
| bones and even osteoporosis, birth defects, hair loss, | | | | range for healthy eating. However, if you find |
| and excessively dry skin. | | | | yourself eating specific foods and taking a lot of |
| Excessive amounts of vitamin D can lead to higher | | | | specific vitamins, you may be at greater risk. The |
| than normal amounts of calcium in the blood, which | | | | best thing to do, is make sure that you are following |
| can damage bones and kidneys and even lead to | | | | the directions on the bottle. |