Too much of a vitamin can be as harmful as too little.
Yes, this does complicate things.
And different individuals need different levels of each vitamin.
Yes, this does also complicate things.
Nutritional experts advise that most people try to get their vitamins from what is naturally present in foods, and not from supplements. This is in order to avoid vitamin/mineral overdose. Of course, one has to eat nutrient rich foods for this to work out. And one doesn't always know which foods are rich in which nutrients. Even different varieties of what is essentially the same type of food have different nutritional compositions. Romaine has more vitamin c than other types of lettuces, for example. DIfferent types of beans have different proportions of vitamins and minerals.
Yes, the whole thing is complicated.
Copied from a comment I made elsewhere on this site.
Yes, this does complicate things.
And different individuals need different levels of each vitamin.
Yes, this does also complicate things.
Nutritional experts advise that most people try to get their vitamins from what is naturally present in foods, and not from supplements. This is in order to avoid vitamin/mineral overdose. Of course, one has to eat nutrient rich foods for this to work out. And one doesn't always know which foods are rich in which nutrients. Even different varieties of what is essentially the same type of food have different nutritional compositions. Romaine has more vitamin c than other types of lettuces, for example. DIfferent types of beans have different proportions of vitamins and minerals.
Yes, the whole thing is complicated.
Copied from a comment I made elsewhere on this site.
