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Dee Randall <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote:
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>"Arri London" > wrote in message
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>> neurocratic malfunction wrote:
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>> > i have a theory about digestive enzymes.
>> >
>> > if you take it, over time your body will produce less natural enzymes
>> > to balance the enzymes you've ingested. then, you'll need to take
>> > more and more enzymes until you become overloaded with enzyme pills.
>> >
>> > what are the results of taking too much digestive enzyme pills?
>>
>> A definite thinning of the wallet!
>>
>> Why take them if they haven't been prescribed?
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>To go one step further in this logic, would it be possible for one to get
>too much vitamins, enzymes, etc. from food? I suppose one could eat one's
>way to ill health by otherwise eating healthy, then overindulging in
>yoghurt. Might this be your reasoning?

It can happen with some nutrients and other substances -- eating polar
bear liver can give you a massive overdose of vitamin A, too much
licorice is bad for you due to one of the acids in it, and too much
seafood may cause you to exceed the RDA of mercury :-)

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