Are there any nutrients/vitamins/minerals you just didn’t realize you could have too much of? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Obviously you can have too much of anything, but have you ever still gotten surprised that you could have too much of something?

For some reason my brain never processed that you could have too much calcium. I think it’s because of how positively calcium is talked about and that there’s quite a few things that emphasize how much calcium they have. That, combined with me never hearing about someone having too much, made my brain short circuit a bit when my blood tests started to record calcium above the normal range But my doctor isn’t concerned, it’s barely above the supposedly healthy range.

 

[athenaaa]

Protein

 

[Selfmate]

I remember like on the Big Bang Theory there was an episode where Sheldon was talking about how sometimes when consuming multivitamins = expensive urine

"Sheldon: There's some value to taking a multivitamin, but the human body can only absorb so much. What you're buying here are the ingredients for very expensive urine."

 

[Michael]

I very much have been overloaded on iron. that made me have a stroke.

 

[ChiaraStar169]

I very much have been overloaded on iron. that made me have a stroke.

oh, no! when did this happen??? I'm glad you're ok, though

 

[ChiaraStar169]

Protein

what does too much protein do? just wondering

 

[athenaaa]

@AllTimeChiara Too much protein can cause fatigue, dehydration, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion, and digestive discomfort.

 

[ChiaraStar169]

@AllTimeChiara Too much protein can cause fatigue, dehydration, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion, and digestive discomfort.

ooooooooofffffff I hope you weren't speaking from experience, then

 

[Michael]

oh, no! when did this happen??? I'm glad you're ok, though

It was about two years ago. People with thalassemia cannot handle iron well. A normal person would reach a cap in which it'd not absorb any more iron. Not so in people with thalassemia.