Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh...
by 300bps on Sunday August 19, 2018 @11:15AM
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I think with uncertainty some people may err on the side of “supplements can’t hurt” and start or continue to take them.
For another perspective, I get a yearly physical and about 15 years ago I was having elevated ALT/AST liver enzyme results in my blood test. This lasted two years in a row while my primary care physician ran a dozen tests including for hepatitis trying to figure out what was causing it. Everything came back negative. She asked me if I took a multi-vitamin and I said I did, a daily Centrum.
She told me to stop taking it. I have never had elevated liver enzymes in the 15 years since. She told me overdosing on some vitamins was causing live damage as my liver struggled to process them.
For another perspective, I get a yearly physical and about 15 years ago I was having elevated ALT/AST liver enzyme results in my blood test. This lasted two years in a row while my primary care physician ran a dozen tests including for hepatitis trying to figure out what was causing it. Everything came back negative. She asked me if I took a multi-vitamin and I said I did, a daily Centrum.
She told me to stop taking it. I have never had elevated liver enzymes in the 15 years since. She told me overdosing on some vitamins was causing live damage as my liver struggled to process them.