Vita-holics

Andrew Thorton (44) drowned himself drinking too much water. Supermodel Ana Carolina Reston (21) died on a diet of tomatoes and apples. My own mother was sick in bed for a whole week after chewing too many vitamin gum balls.

Why? Because too much of anything is a bad thing!

Since when does health come in plastic packaging?

It is impossible for vitamins to meet 100% of your daily needs. Your body's receptors are not designed to absorb a rush of vitamins all at once. Most of the vitamins from tablets pass through the body and then out in urine.

Don't believe me? Take a vitamin tomorrow and check out your neon yellow toilet bowl when you go to the bathroom.

A vitamin overload can put strain on your liver, and in some cases even poison you.

I would now like to quote Marian L. Neuhouser of the Public Health Sciences Division at the Hutchinson Center who said of her studies :

"...we found that multivitamins did not lower the risk of the most common cancers and also had no impact on heart disease."

Studies have generally shown two things:

a) that vitamins do not greatly benefit the body

b) people who take vitamins are healthier.

This suggests that people who take vitamins are healthier simply because the type of person who buys vitamins is a health conscious individual (the type who eats healthfully, exercises, etc.) NOT BECAUSE OF THE VITAMINS THEMSELVES!

So remember..

Vitamins were not designed to meet your needs.

Vitamins are designed to turn a profit.

The message is: GET YOUR VITAMINS FROM FOOD!

EXCUSES....

1.) Healthy food is too expensive.

Buy cans or bags of beans and large bags of rice; Find fruits and vegetables that you can buy in bulk (carrots, bags of apples, etc.); Plant something. Just one plum tree yields a crazy amount of delicious fruit..

2.) I am busy and have to eat whatever I can.

Plan Ahead -- whenever you leave the house, toss an apple in your bag; throw some fruit in the blender and save your smoothie in the refrigerator to have on hand for a quick snack; only keep healthy food in the house. If you want a snickers bar, you'll have to go out to buy one

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1534393/Tomato-diet-model-dies-of-anorexia.html

http://www.livescience.com/health/090209-multivitamins.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2262683/Man-dies-after-drinking-10-litres-of-water-in-eight-hours.html