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Vitamins are good for our health, aren't they? Perhaps not. New research suggests that rather than ward off disease, high doses of certain vitamins may make more harm than good and could even put you in an early grave

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Some recent studies suggest that far from improving health, these vitamins, when taken at very high doses, may actually increase the risks of cancer and a range of debilitating diseases, a discovery that has sent the medicinal world into a spin

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Scientists are unsure as to when vitamins, so essential to health, can be toxic in high doses. The most likely explanation is that the body is only equipped to deal with the levels found naturally in the environment

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If the intake is too far for the normal range, then the body's internal chemistry must be shunted out of alignment. What this means is that the commercially sold vitamins and those provided by nature is not always compatible. The commercial forms may interfere with the body's internal chemistry by “crowding out” the most natural and beneficial forms of the nutrients

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The vitamins obtained in food are also allied with a host of other substances which may moderate or augment its activity in the body. The latest advice is to eat a balance diet to ensure you get all the nutrients you need, and if you must take supplements make sure you take the lowest recommended dose and follow the instructions on the bottle.

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