Bernardo Herradón García, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
This is the case of vitamin D, which is commonly said to be taken to strengthen bones.
“It is true that vitamin D strengthens bones and is involved in bone formation and maintenance. It is also true that excessive consumption can be dangerous to health”, indicates the CSIC researcher.
“It also became fashionable to consume excess vitamin E because it was associated with greater sexual potency, which has not been demonstrated either. In other words, the consumption of additional vitamins really comes in fashion. In the end, people consume this type of supplement encouraged by , which sells us a healthier life, being more handsome or being more intelligent”, says this researcher. It may interest you: What happens if medicines are combined with vitamin supplements?
But human beings need a small amount of vitamins because the diet already provides us with them and if we resort to supplements we can suffer an overdose.
water soluble and fat soluble
The former, as their name suggests, are soluble in water, so they are very easily excreted because, following all, our body is 70 percent water and, through the digestive system, they are easily eliminated. The vitamins that belong to this group are The 9 water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and all the B vitamins, according to the US National Library of Medicine. Fat-soluble vitamins that are stored in the liver, fat tissue, and muscles of the body. The four fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K.
