Expert perspective: Is taking dietary supplements harmful?
Used to support treatment, prevent disease, improve physical condition, functional foods are becoming one of the important product lines in today's life. However, although nutritious and good for health, is there any harm in taking functional foods? How to drink scientifically, ensuring that this product line "promotes" all its effects?
The expert's answer below will help you answer your questions!
I. The benefits of functional foods cannot be denied!
Currently, in Vietnam, there are about 20 million people using dietary supplements. This proves that: This product line is playing an important role in life. We also cannot deny the benefits of this product line:
→ Quickly replenish nutrients that the body lacks and that daily meals cannot provide.
→ For patients who cannot eat regular meals, functional foods can temporarily replace regular meals.
→ The refined products are very convenient, easy to use and preserve.
→ There are many products to choose from to suit each person's physical condition.
→ Helps limit and minimize disease conditions. Used with medicine to treat diseases.
→ Helps improve physical condition, prevent and reduce the risk of disease.
Besides the above effects, is there any harm in taking functional foods? Here is the answer from experts!
II. Is there any harm in taking dietary supplements? – Expert perspective
Even medicine has 3 toxic parts, so are functional foods 100% safe? According to experts, this product line still has certain potential harmful effects. These include:
Some dietary supplements contain active ingredients with strong biological activity that can be dangerous to users or worsen their health. In some cases, they can even be life-threatening due to misuse or overdose.
American research agencies also point out that: There are dietary supplements that increase the risk of bleeding and change the body's response to anesthesia if used before surgery.
Many experts also give specific examples of how dietary supplements can cause harm if not used properly:
- Vitamin supplements may reduce the effectiveness of the anticoagulant Marfarin
- Vitamin C, Vitamin E reduce the effects of chemotherapy
- Abuse of Vitamin A supplements causes headaches, liver damage, and birth defects.
- Using Vitamin E can cause stroke due to cerebral hemorrhage
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Looking at the examples above, we can see that functional foods themselves are not necessarily harmful to users. They are only harmful when USED INCORRECTLY. Functional foods can become “harmful foods” if you use them unscientifically.
III. How to use functional foods properly?
1. To use it correctly, you need enough knowledge!
Is there any harm in taking dietary supplements? They will be harmful if you misunderstand or abuse them. Here are some basic knowledge about ABUSE of this product line, you need to know:
- Vitamin A: Liver toxicity
- Calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin C: kidney stones
- Vitamin B6: Peripheral neuropathy
- Fish Oil: Causes Gastrointestinal Discomfort and Bad Cholesterol
- Too much zinc: causes loss of taste
- Iron abuse: causes constipation
- Magnesium: causes diarrhea
- Iodine Abuse: Thyroid Problems
Sometimes using too many functional foods will cause adverse effects on the body.
2. Take the right dose at the right time
As mentioned above, abusing dietary supplements will definitely harm your body. Therefore, NanoFrance recommends that you only take the correct dose stated on the product packaging.
In addition to taking the right dose, you also need to take it at the right time. Choosing the right time to take functional foods scientifically is also an important measure to help limit "adverse effects" as well as help them "promote" their full effects. Specifically: Magnesium should be taken in the evening; Vitamin B, C should be taken in the morning before eating anything...
3. Understand the notes when taking functional foods
Some important notes when using functional foods:
First , functional foods are NOT drugs and do NOT have the effect of replacing medicine.
Second , dietary supplements can NOT replace daily meals. They should be used in conjunction with a healthy diet.
Third , do not use dietary supplements continuously.
Have you found the answer to the question: “Is taking dietary supplements harmful?”? Don’t turn dietary supplements into “poison”, use them wisely!
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