Dangerous Supplements: Do NOT buy these dietary supplements

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Dangerous Supplements

I recently interviewed Catherine Price, author of Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food. The book is a habit-altering romp through the seemingly banal topic of vitamins.

Price got the idea for her book when her husband asked her the question, “What’s a vitamin?” and Price found that she didn’t have an answer. Vitamins, to spare you the suspense, are organic compounds that we tend to come across in food—and without which we would die. There are 13 human vitamins: A, C, D, E, K and seven B vitamins (thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyroxidine (B6), biotin (B7), folate (B9) and cobalamin (B12)).

Although the book was published in 2015, it couldn’t feel more relevant today. From Gwyneth Paltrow to Alex Jones of Info Wars, it seems like everyone is promising that vitamins— and their creepy alter ego, supplements—can soothe what ails us. Supplements are now a multi-billion-dollar industry that many say will continue to grow. Full Story

Dangerous Supplements: Do Some Research before you buy

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“Things that are natural are not necessarily safe,” says David S. Seres, MD, director of medical nutrition and associate professor of medicine at Columbia Medical Center.

He explains that much of the reasoning for taking different supplements comes from looking at large populations that consume these substances through diet and seem to have positive health outcomes as a result. However, when a substance is put in supplement form, it’s much more concentrated.

“Consumers should not be surprised that there is the potential for interactions and toxicity when it comes to supplements,” he says. Full Story

Dangerous Supplements: Do Not Buy these dietary supplements