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Originally posted by MorganGrayson@Jul 20 2005, 12:10 PM
JR...one comment on an otherwise well thought out post: vitamins come in two different types, water soluble and fat soluble. You are absolutely correct, you can not overdose on water soluble vitamins. The body takes what it needs and rejects the rest. You can, however, overdose on fat soluble vitamins.
http://www.webmd.com/ can provide a list of which is which for anyone interested.
Whether or not this fact has anything to do with the individual on television I don't know.
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good point. i should have been more clear. he was given a lot of herbal stuff with purported anti aging benefits in capsules and was taking a ton of pills everyday. i just meant to say that this will put stress on your liver initially before your body adapts to it and generally speaking, taking vitamins and supplements in moderation is generally neither a health concern or danger.
the silly part of that part of the show, was the supposed shock and awe that he "had liver problems" - simply because the doctor called and said some liver values were elevated and wanted to know why. they never really addressed this further in the show - they just sort of left it as if he had undiagnosed liver problems.