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Vitamin and mineral dietary supplements appeared on the market roughly after 1950 and since then many people have been taking them to support their health and to eliminate nutritional deficiencies.
People usually consume them in the form of multivitamins.
This type of product makes up as much as 40% of sales of all vitamin preparations. Global vitamin sales are estimated at 40 to 50 billion Euros annually.
The problem is that these products, besides vitamins, also contain many additives. Some are harmless, but others affect the human body very harmfully.
The benefits of vitamins are then negated in this way. The resulting effect may be that taking the wrong vitamin preparations will harm your health more than help it.
In this article we will reveal which substances these are. If your vitamin supplement contains such substances, then you should rather avoid it and get another one.
1. Calcium carbonate (calcium carbonate)
This substance occurs in nature in rocks, shells, or pearls. It is added to vitamins as a form of calcium.
The problem is that it is difficult for the body to utilize and it increases the risk of vascular calcification, which leads to heart attacks and strokes. This mainly concerns older people.
It is not uncommon that in an attempt to prevent osteoporosis, people bring on a much more serious illness by taking them.
2. Polyethylene Glycol (polyethylene glycol)
This chemical is used in industry in the construction of coal-fired power plants or in rocket fuel. In medicine it is used as a laxative.
If it is part of vitamin supplements, long-term use leads to kidney damage, hives, allergic reactions, bleeding of the esophagus, tissue tearing and neurological diseases.
In children it can cause encopresis, which is the involuntary leakage of partially formed stool.
3. Hydrogenated oil
Hydrogenated oils become very quickly toxic when exposed during processing to high temperatures, pressure or certain metals.
Consumption of these oils clogs the arteries, which causes extensive heart attacks. It also raises levels of bad cholesterol in the blood and causes inflammation in the body.
In the brain it leads to the development of conditions such as attention disorders (ADHD) and later in life to Alzheimer’s disease.
4. Artificial dye Yellow 6 (E110)
It is a toxic, even carcinogenic substance. It causes allergies, tumors on the kidneys, ovaries or testicles, damages chromosomes and induces DNA mutations.
It can also cause ADHD, hyperactivity and nervous restlessness.
5. GMO (genetically modified) corn starch
This substance has several harmful effects on the human body. It damages the kidneys, spleen, heart and adrenal glands.
Sometimes it can even lead to hepatotoxicity, in which the kidneys completely fail. This then has the potential to end up fatal.
6. Titanium dioxide (titanium oxide)
Titanium dioxide is now added almost everywhere, not just to vitamins. You will even find it in many medicines and toothpastes, usually as a white pigment, or rather a bleaching agent.
It has been found that it potentially has carcinogenic effects in humans. It was once considered safe, but recent research shows that it may cause stomach and lung cancer.
7. Copper(II) oxide
Although copper is necessary for the body, the form of copper oxide is rather harmful. It causes kidney disease and childhood cirrhosis of the liver.
Besides that, it is also dangerous for the environment.
8. Artificial sweeteners
Some vitamin supplements are meant to be sucked. Then manufacturers add artificial sweeteners instead of sugar, which is now fought against due to obesity.
The most commonly used are aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, and acesulfame K. The problem is that these artificial sweeteners are often worse than sugar itself.
And the worst of all are apparently aspartame (a neurotoxin and carcinogen) and also sucralose.
9. Zinc oxide
This substance is added to vitamins as a form of zinc, usually to the cheaper vitamins.
However, it has poor bioavailability for the body and moreover can cause diarrhea, constipation, an irritated stomach and other health problems.
10. Artificial dye Blue 2 (E133)
Similarly to artificial Yellow 6, artificial Blue 2 is extremely toxic to the body.
This dye is associated with brain tumors, learning disorders and inducing general fatigue and lethargy.
