In article >,
Dee Randall <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote:
>
>"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 )

It's mostly a question of excess -- if you try to live on carrot
juice, for example, the carotenes will turn you yellow and eventually
you're apt to expire.

Eating a lot of iron-rich foods could be bad for males (elevated risk
of heart attack).

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