Are vitamins helpful or harmful?

Brian Ratcliffe, a former adviser to the British Food Standards Bureau, said that the British spend a total of £ 6 million a year to buy multivitamins, but some people do not lack vitamins.

Cases that do not have an illness using arbitrary drugs not only waste money, but can also be harmful to health.

Worry

He said that many people are too worried about their health status to use Vitamin medicine to protect themselves.

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DailyMail on his 10 words: ' Not many people use vitamins without thinking about why they should take them, how much they use and whether they should use them. '

In his view, many people use Vitamin completely wasted. He advised everyone before using Vitamin should consult doctors or experts.

Multivitamins can be purchased at any supermarket, pharmacy or health care store. According to statistics, England currently has 40% of women and 30% of men use multivitamins.

Benefits are not good

Brian Ratcliffe, who is currently teaching at Robert Gordon University, said that health is not only beneficial when using vitamins but on the contrary, there may be some side effects.

Last year, American experts, when analyzing 67 research projects, came to a conclusion: Vitamin A and Vitamin E have no effect on reducing aging, but it also reduces life expectancy. There are other studies that show that these vitamins may also be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer.

People in a short time using overdose of Vitamin A will have symptoms of heart, headache ., if used long-term will reduce bone density. For example, people who simultaneously use fish oil and synthetic vitamins have a high chance of getting osteoporosis, because in fish oil and vitamins both contain Vitamin A, and use will lead to excess doses for permission.

For those who take an overdose of Vitamin C, it is dangerous for the body, and more than three-quarters of the body's absorbed drug will be lost.

Not only that, many people have previously thought that using Vitamin C can resist colds, but in a recent study, Vitamin C could not resist the symptoms of runny nose, but it could only be shortened. Symptoms appear.

Different views

Ratcliffe said that every day, just ensuring three meals a day would ensure the need for vitamins. Only some new people have to use more medicine to supplement nutrition. As older people need additional vitamin D supplementation, pregnant women must take folacin supplements .

He said that combining the right diet can help us increase the amount of Vitamin.

But some pharmaceutical factories say that three-quarters of British adults do not meet the standards' using five or more vegetables daily. 'So some important vitamins and minerals may be missing.

Carrie Ruxton - nutrition expert UK health product information center said, changing eating habits is a long process. During this time, using health protection products can help people add vitamins and minerals.