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Article: Vitamins How Much Is Enough?
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Vitamins and minerals are vital to your health. But can you get too much of a good thing?
"Vitamania" is running rampant. Reports are out that claim vitamins cure everything from cancer to heart disease, promote stronger bones, lower stress, reduce fat, build muscles, and help you live a longer life. Hard to swallow?
Sales of vitamins are soaring to new records. Americans are spending approximately $6.5 billion a year on vitamin and mineral supplements. The list of claims for these nutrients is so long they seem nothing short of miracle drugs. More and more people are stockpiling their cupboards with bottles of white and amber-colored pills--in doses up ...