Supplement critics have spent a great deal of energy wringing their hands over the alleged toxicity of vitamins and minerals. The American Association of Poison Control Centers reported that in one five-year period, the total number of accidental fatalities from legal, FDA-approved prescription and over-the-counter drugs was 1,132. The total number from supplements during the same five-year period was zero. Since that time there have been five deaths reported among children who took large doses of iron supplements that were left out by parents unaware of their potential toxicity. Large doses of Vitamin D can also be toxic but, “Supplements generally are safe, even at doses substantially above the RDA,” says Dr. Block, professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Tia Coatoam, research editor for Garland’s Natural Health Web
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