Multivitamins and your liver

CoraGregoryCPA

I was told this week by a coworker that Multivitamins that are not organic are bad for your liver. I was being told that non-organic multivitamins have synthetics that cannot leave the body. I know, it doesn't sound right. I mean, how would you not be able to rid of these synthetics??

I didn't understand all of it. The coworker was continuing to say that multivitamins that are not organic are very bad on the liver.

Have you heard of this? I googled some thoughts, but nothing came up about synthetics or that multivitamins were bad directly on the liver.

Thanks.

Dave198lbs

never heard this one. I would ask your friend where they heard this.

CoraGregoryCPA

This is where the story goes sour. It was from an organic health food store salesman. She didn't end up buying his product. But it did make her buy organic vitamins somewhere else.

The only thing I can really find is there can be toxic levels if you have too much Vitmain A, or Vitamin E, etc.

Also, if you already have some sort of Liver disease then it isn't good to take a multi vitamin. I can't find anything else trustworthy to say they are bad to a healthy liver.

I have to take a lot of vitamin supplements because I had had gastric bypass surgery. I've personally never heard any warnings from my doctor about taking the amount of vitamins that I have to take. I wonder...

Lyadeia

This is where the story goes sour. It was from an organic health food store salesman.

Salespeople have a funny way of letting everyone know that their product is the only one that won't kill you.

LabRat529

Oh good grief.

Your liver doesn't care whether something is organic or not. All your liver ever sees is a bunch of compounds being delivered to it by the blood.

LabRat529

P.S. about the multivitamins you are taking and your concerns- don't worry about it. Don't go crazy and take 5 pills when you're only supposed to be taking one. Stick with the dosages your doctor recommends. You should be fine.

Megabot

I would research vitamins, and talk to your doctor about them and how they will help/hurt you.

There are two types of vitamins, fat-soluble and water-soluble basically. The water-soluble ones essentially "rinse" out of your system, but the ones that are fat-soluble are stored in fat, and those you'll notice have some lower daily doses on multi-vitamins.

For example, Vitamin C and some Vitamin Bs leave your body pretty much daily. You definitely can take higher amounts of them, if you need to. You also want to take these daily. Fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K, can have long-term damage if you take too much.

Here's a wikipedia chart so you can see what's what: Also you can see the upper level of dosage - that's the absolute max you should take: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#List_of_vitamins

And really definitely talk to your doctor/health professional about this becaues they should know a lot more than I do about them!!

MarlaChandlerBarton

This is where the story goes sour. It was from an organic health food store salesman. She didn't end up buying his product. But it did make her buy organic vitamins somewhere else.

The only thing I can really find is there can be toxic levels if you have too much Vitmain A, or Vitamin E, etc.

Also, if you already have some sort of Liver disease then it isn't good to take a multi vitamin. I can't find anything else trustworthy to say they are bad to a healthy liver.

I have to take a lot of vitamin supplements because I had had gastric bypass surgery. I've personally never heard any warnings from my doctor about taking the amount of vitamins that I have to take. I wonder...

Where did you see about the multivitamin is not good for an already compromised liver??

CoraGregoryCPA

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090112200950AAB6JgC

Not a reliable source, just something I had read.

mahidac

stuff like this annoys me - half the stuff I hear GNC workers or vitamin store workers say is so inaccurate it scares me - like I know they are trying to sell products, maybe make commissions but they make people waste so much money on products they don't need.

If you take a multivitamin - and you are well hydrated you will notice that your urine is a different color, this is because your body will get red of the excess minerals that it can't really do anything with. The idea that your body can't get rid of excess vitamins is absurd - also in order to cause liver damage like he was describing you need to have either a reactive oxygen species or a liver enzyme inducer, the main liver enzymes are transaminators which do require certain B vitamins as cofactors - but the 5 dollar daily vitamins I buy from walmart (think they were actually 3.88) are in no way inferior at delivering those vitamins. Personally the only reason I take a multi-vitamin is because sometimes I come up a bit short on C because I'm trying to watch sugar intake.

I personally don't believe anything they say at vitamin stores - and I think its extremely unethical the way they try and swindle people out of money, unfortunately I do like St. John's wart or I wouldn't even go in there in the first place

Sorry that is my rant

mahidac

I would research vitamins, and talk to your doctor about them and how they will help/hurt you.

There are two types of vitamins, fat-soluble and water-soluble basically. The water-soluble ones essentially "rinse" out of your system, but the ones that are fat-soluble are stored in fat, and those you'll notice have some lower daily doses on multi-vitamins.

For example, Vitamin C and some Vitamin Bs leave your body pretty much daily. You definitely can take higher amounts of them, if you need to. You also want to take these daily. Fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K, can have long-term damage if you take too much.

Here's a wikipedia chart so you can see what's what: Also you can see the upper level of dosage - that's the absolute max you should take: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#List_of_vitamins

And really definitely talk to your doctor/health professional about this becaues they should know a lot more than I do about them!!

very very true = always consult your doctor, especially expecting mothers before any type of supplementation, just cause its available without prescriptions doesn't mean it can't cause damage