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People do seem to know that their ordinary diet lacks in various trace minerals and vitamins. The effects of taking supplements especially ones that are synthetically made are that the body does not absorb them as you might think. This article is about being careful about taking supplements.
The body is remarkably resourceful. It takes what it gets and it does the best that it can. Many take vitamins because they know they aren’t eating like they should, but even some of those people are taking too much. What they don’t realize is that when they are taking too much, the liver must work overtime to rid the body of what it cannot use. Unlike storing energy for later, the body cannot store vitamins. If they are not useful, they are discarded. Those who take advanced nutrients might be doing more harm than good. (more…)
