Food supplements are far safer than foods

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August 6, ,2003

" Food supplements are far safer than foods. There are over 76 million cases of food poisoning annually in the US which causes 5000 deaths. Yet consumers may hear exaggerated reports of potential liver toxicity from high-dose vitamin A. Yet no person has ever died taking vitamin A tablets and the 50-60 cases of liver toxicity associated with vitamin A supplements reported annually in the USA occur largely among adults with pre-existing liver disease or misguided individuals who mistakenly overdose. The side effects of vitamin A overdose are completely reversible and are not lethal."

-Bill Sardi, The New Truth About Vitamins & Minerals, Here and Now Books, 200064

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