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Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by Hendrikto on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:01AM (#40843554)
> So I might as well take the multivitamin

It is possible to overdose on vitamins, and you can get adverse effects. It‘s not really a good idea to indiscriminately ”just take everything every day“.

Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by The_Colonel on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:06AM (#40843572)
Depends on the vitamin. It's difficult to overdose on Vitamin C for example. Vitamin D should be dosed with caution, but taking e. g. 1000 IU a day should be safe even if you get it from other sources.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by razakel on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:04AM (#40843562)
That's true, but you have to do some really silly things to get to that point. You're not going to overdose on a multivitamin from the supermarket.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by ekianjo on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:06AM (#40843574)
overdosing on Vitamin D is not really a thing
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by OJFord on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:27AM (#40843698)
Hypercalcæmia?
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by beiburg on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:28AM (#40843705)
Actually, it is possible to overdose on vitamin D, though it’s relatively rare. Vitamin D toxicity, also known as hypervitaminosis D, occurs when there is an excessive amount of vitamin D in the body. This can happen through very high doses of supplements over an extended period or by accidental ingestion of high-dose vitamin D supplements.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by ekianjo on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:31AM (#40843719)
everything including water can be toxic at high doses. when I say its not really a thing, it means that it is indeed very uncommon compared to the amount of people who take supplements.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by OJFord on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:23AM (#40846683)
Ok, so paracetamol (aka Tylenol, acetaminophen) overdose is also 'not really a thing', because despite it being absolutely possible to trash your liver and die, the number of people who do that (including as a suicide attempt, as does happen) is miniscule compared to the approximately everybody who takes it.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by ekianjo on Sunday July 07, 2024 @09:34AM (#40897609)
The safety margin for Vitamin D is on a totally different scale vs the safety margin of Paracetamol (which is very thin, it's easy to overdose on it). bad analogies are bad.
Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by Beretta_Vexee on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:03AM (#40843904)
Unfortunately, this is quite common among parents who want to make their own infant formula. They don't know how to dose milligrams and give ten or a hundred times the prescribed dose to infants.

https://www.anses.fr/en/content/vitamin-d-opt-medicines-avoi...

Re:Multivitamin does not improve longevity by staticman2 on Monday July 01, 2024 @09:25AM (#40845653)
The blood test for vitamin D my doctor showed me includes a safe range.