Excess of vitamins?

[dot]

I'm taking a multi vitamin that has at least 100% in almost everything it gives you.

I looked up vitamin d. It has 250% in the multivitamin, but i also take a vitamin d/calcium (50% each), and it's still safe.

Is there anything to worry about? I'm still gonna eat veggies so I'm wondering if I'll get too much.

 

[John_Galt]

Too many vitamins can be a bad thing. But those are just suggested daily values. If you're a big guy you can handle more, if you're small, less.

 

[dot]

I'm pretty skinny. I'm 5'10" dunno how much i weigh but I am skinny.

http://www.drugstore.com/products/p...4&aid=337462&aparam=nature_made_multi_for_her
that's what i have ^
and an iron an calcium one that's 50% DV each, same brand.
I didnt buy em online.

I honestly don't eat too many vegetables. I drink orange juice often, maybe some fruit in the morning, lunch or afternoon, and some veggies at dinner.

 

[simon]

Assuming you eat red meat there's no need for your multivitamin to contain iron, especially 100% of the DV. Iron can act as a great oxidant.

Problems with your multivitamin:

- the zinc, magnesium, copper etc. are all in oxide forms that don't absorb for crap
- the vitamin E is the cheap dl- form which doesn't work as well as just the d- form
- the B vitamins are low considering how cheaply they can be made

If you want details on a better choice just PM me.

You should eat as many fibrous and colourful vegetables, and some fruit, as you can. Don't rely on a multivitamin.

 

[mrRuckus]

- the B vitamins are low considering how cheaply they can be made

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I'm not sure if B vitamins matter so much. All I do is p1ss neon yellow if i take a vitamin high in the B vitamins. If you eat eggs and meat you're probably getting plenty of Bs.

 

[dot]

Assuming you eat red meat there's no need for your multivitamin to contain iron, especially 100% of the DV. Iron can act as a great oxidant.

Problems with your multivitamin:

- the zinc, magnesium, copper etc. are all in oxide forms that don't absorb for crap
- the vitamin E is the cheap dl- form which doesn't work as well as just the d- form
- the B vitamins are low considering how cheaply they can be made

If you want details on a better choice just PM me.

You should eat as many fibrous and colourful vegetables, and some fruit, as you can. Don't rely on a multivitamin.

I never eat any red meat. So what's wrong with the iron?

Thanks for detailing the problems.

 

[dot]

im just worried about having excess of vitamins with that multivitamin and the calcium/vitamin d, and everything else i eat in the day.

 

[simon]

You're getting 150% of your DV of iron from supplements, which is probably the most easily absorbed form of iron. Ontop of that you have the iron from the other food you're eating during the day. You simply don't need that much iron. You realise you're taking a multivitamin for women which is higher in iron because of that thing that happens to them every month where they bleed from a hole?

Don't worry about overdosing on Vitamin D with that multi. Worry about not getting enough magnesium and selenium from it.

 

[WC2]

Multivitamins tend to be fine, but I avoid supplementing anything fat soluable, especially Vitamin D. I took a Vit. D supplement one night before the gym and almost fainted on the way there (no joke).

 

[dot]

You're getting 150% of your DV of iron from supplements, which is probably the most easily absorbed form of iron. Ontop of that you have the iron from the other food you're eating during the day. You simply don't need that much iron. You realise you're taking a multivitamin for women which is higher in iron because of that thing that happens to them every month where they bleed from a hole?

Don't worry about overdosing on Vitamin D with that multi. Worry about not getting enough magnesium and selenium from it.

Yea because I thought I would need the iron.