Can vitamins be toxic and contain pesticides? - The Voice of Russia

To add, Filipinos and Thaisuse vitamins over 60 percent of the time, though not on a regular schedule according to a 2009 Nielsen study.

Even in the age of information overload people are still finding an educated risk to take on. Mega dosing, using high amounts of vitamins, is done to ward off infections and help shield immune systems from danger. Vitamin deficient and even efficient pill poppers could overdose causing nonspecific symptoms, like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash, just to name the most popular as reported by Medscape reference. Whether to take them or not is a coin flip for skeptics, while a definite for others.

“Consumers should always be aware of what they are putting into their bodies. Yes, you can overdose on vitamins and minerals the same as you can overdose on water but discussing your supplement use with your doctor as well as monitoring your nutrient intake from your diet will help to prevent this from happening,” said Cara Welch, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs.

Needless to say, the mere mention of vitamins possibly being toxic at high doses may veer someone away from purchasing. Worry should not be warrant as the American Association of Poison Control Centers report showed zero deaths from vitamins A, B, C, D, or E, in 2007 as pointed out by orthomolecular.org.

Though the report seems rather enlightening, those who take enhancers to fill in the missing blanks in their diet beware. Not all nutritional supplements are created equally and perhaps the saying, a person gets what they pay for may be safe to suggest when customers shop for their next month’s supply of pills.

As reported directly from consumerlabs.com, they compared different brands of Asian ginseng (panax ginseng) and American ginseng (panax quinquefolius). Prospective customers would be in awe to know, two supplements contained significant amounts of lead in them, one from each category. A supplement which had lead in it also contained a pesticide, a chemical that shouldn’t be ingested by humans. Although ginseng is an herb, it contains vitamins A, B6, and mineral zinc.

“Vitamin and mineral supplements, or for that matter all dietary supplements, must be manufactured under good manufacturing practices according to federal law and must be tested to ensure each ingredient they contain has the identity, purity, strength and composition that is listed on the label,” said Dr. Welch.

Snatching up a bottle, potential users can see for themselves what they are going to get. It is certainly not jarred up gold, but the way some people take it and talk about it, any foreigner to our planet would be fooled. The vitamin and mineral industry has morphed into an overly complex selection. Choose wisely, the company to trust, the product to choose and the dosage at hand.