Sufficient intake of vitamins from the diet

In supermarket pharmacies, various types of vitamin supplements such as gummies, buccal tablets, and effervescent tablets are very popular; around us, there are many people who insist on taking various vitamin supplements every day

Children who eat freely can lead to vitamin overdose

Many parents like to buy vitamin gummies as nutritious candies for their children, and the soft and sweet taste of vitamin gummies is also very popular among children.

Ma Guansheng listed the possible adverse reactions or potential toxicity caused by excessive intake of vitamins: excessive intake of vitamin A can cause acute toxicity, chronic toxicity and teratogenic toxicity; excessive intake of vitamin D (a daily intake of 60,000 IU will cause poisoning), It can lead to hypervitaminosis D, causing anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and increased serum calcium and phosphorus, resulting in the development of soft tissue transition calcification and kidney stones; excessive vitamin C supplementation may cause high urate and oxalate stones, which may lead to Affect the growth and development of children; large doses of vitamin E can cause muscle weakness, blurred vision, nausea, diarrhea,

For vitamin A-deficient areas, it is recommended that children supplement 1,500 IU of vitamin A per day.

Ma Guansheng pointed out that not restricting children from eating vitamin gummies will not only increase the risk of poisoning caused by excessive intake of vitamins, because sugar, food coloring, fructose corn syrup and preservatives are added to vitamin gummies, which will also increase children's obesity and dental caries.

Safer to get from the diet

Vitamins are a class of trace low-molecular-weight organic compounds that maintain the normal metabolism of the human body and maintain various basic functions of the human body.

Although vitamins are very important to the human body, the human body does not need many vitamins.

Currently known vitamins include vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, biotin, vitamin B12, etc.

Effervescent tablets cannot be taken as beverages every day

Will taking too much vitamin C cause kidney stones? Professor Fan Zhihong of China Agricultural University said that according to the reference standard of nutrient intake in China, the reference value of vitamin C intake for healthy adults is 100 mg per day

Fan Zhihong believes that under normal circumstances, daily intake of 100-300 mg of vitamin C can meet the needs of nutrition and disease prevention, and one vitamin C effervescent tablet is 500 mg or even 1000 mg

　　Why eating vitamin C effervescent tablets may be prone to kidney stones? Fan Zhihong analysis, this is related to the concentration of oxalic acid

　　Fan Zhihong suggested that vitamin C should be taken from food as much as possible.

　　(Source: China Women's Daily)

　　"China Food News" (06 edition on August 11, 2022)

　　(Editor-in-charge: Zhu Meiqiao)