Archive for the 'Health and Nutrition' Category

Types of Vitamins & Supplements

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

There are far too many vitamins and supplements out there to be able to completely list them all however, I will give you a list of all of those that are most commonly used; what they are used for, and what whole foods you get them from. Remember, vitamin supplements are meant to be used [...]

Vitamin Overdose Level Symptoms

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Here is a quick list of what can happen when you overdose on certain vitamins and what to watch out for:
Vitamin A: 100,000 daily can cause irritability, fatigue, insomnia, painful bones and joints, abnormal bone growth, loss of hair, itchy skin, anorexia, decreased blood clotting time, birth defects, and abortions. In children this causes fatigue, [...]

Are Vitamin Supplements Safe?

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Vitamin and mineral supplements are greatly used nowadays, particularly during illnesses or pregnancy. However the safety of some of these supplements has come up quite a bit. But the problem is knowing which supplements are those that can be harmful.
The fact of the matter is that just because a product is called natural, that doesn’t [...]