"David Wright" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Dee Randall <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote:
> >
> >"Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >> neurocratic malfunction wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 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?
> >
> >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 :-)

Licorice is touted for indigestion. (Buy the kind that doesn't cause
elevated hypertension.) I was referring to foods that were naturally good,
not ones with known poisons in them as in seafood. Polar bear liver -- can
you give me another example )