Hi
So many people have asked for this info and I have responded individually,
so I thought I will post it on Minutus for all to have.
Reminder - This was given to us by Sheilagh Creasy.
Rgds
Soroush
From British Holistic Health Medical Association - No 54, Autumn 97.
Symptoms caused by Vitamins taken in excess.
Vitamin A: Liver damage
Eye damage - blindness
Skin and Bone disorders
Teratogenic effects - damage to foetus
Vitamin B6: Peripheral neuropathy
Vitamin B12: Nothing.
Vitamin C: Oxaluria
Vitamin D: Hypercalcaemia (Too much calcium in the blood)
Vitamin E: Nothing
Iron: GI damage
Phosphor Hypocalcimia
Selenium Neurological disorders
Copper: Bleeding, Haemorrhage
Zinc: Copper deficiency
Iodine: Thyrotoxicosis (Too much thyroid hormone in blood).
Magnesium: Diarrhoea
All claims relating to prevention and disease labelling are misleading.
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Vitamins - Danger of excess
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Re: Vitamins - Danger of excess
I challenge anyone to show me one single patient with proven oxaluria caused
by vitamin C in any amount, or any of the other alleged "complications" of
vitamin C.
The oxalic acid is a laboratory phenomenon, where the ascorbic acid in the
urine is converted into oxalic acid with heating and reactants; it does not
happen in clinical settings.
As for the metal absorption and toxicity, many practitioners use it as a
metal CHELATOR, so it helps to eliminate the heavy metals stocked in the
fatty and nervous tissues; hence it can increase the blood and urine level
of those metals during the time they are eliminated.
With all due respect to Sheilagh Creasy, she is a fantastic homeopath, but
apparently not a nutritionist; the rest of her indications seem correct but
so limited and schematic that they lead to errors. For example, vitamin E at
VERY high dose can cause fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea and is an antagonist of
vitamin K.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".
by vitamin C in any amount, or any of the other alleged "complications" of
vitamin C.
The oxalic acid is a laboratory phenomenon, where the ascorbic acid in the
urine is converted into oxalic acid with heating and reactants; it does not
happen in clinical settings.
As for the metal absorption and toxicity, many practitioners use it as a
metal CHELATOR, so it helps to eliminate the heavy metals stocked in the
fatty and nervous tissues; hence it can increase the blood and urine level
of those metals during the time they are eliminated.
With all due respect to Sheilagh Creasy, she is a fantastic homeopath, but
apparently not a nutritionist; the rest of her indications seem correct but
so limited and schematic that they lead to errors. For example, vitamin E at
VERY high dose can cause fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea and is an antagonist of
vitamin K.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".
Re: Vitamins - Danger of excess
also entirely meaningless without providing figures of what amounts
constitutes an excessive intake. [or do i misunderstand this, maybe she did
provide these figures?]. eg...
liver damage from vitamin A intake..well somone show me a case where an
amount less than 100,000 units has caused this. [if they can do that, can
they show 100 cases?]
andrew
constitutes an excessive intake. [or do i misunderstand this, maybe she did
provide these figures?]. eg...
liver damage from vitamin A intake..well somone show me a case where an
amount less than 100,000 units has caused this. [if they can do that, can
they show 100 cases?]
andrew