Vitamins are essential for good health. They assist with almost every function your body performs including the creation of new cells, converting food into energy and healing wounds. However, you can get too much of a good thing. In this article I am going to be discussing three symptoms of vitamin overdose.

1) PAIN AND DISCOMFORT:- Many of the symptoms of vitamin overdose are unpleasant but do not cause any lasting damage. These unpleasant symptoms range from very mild to a bit more serious. For example, overdosing on vitamin B2 can cause your skin to itch whilst overdosing on vitamin A can lead to the more serious symptom of diarrhea.

2) CELL AND ORGAN DAMAGE:- Although the majority of symptoms associated with overdosing on vitamins are unpleasant consuming high levels of certain vitamins can cause serious damage to your body. For example, consuming too much vitamin B3 can cause long term liver damage. Getting too much vitamin B6 can cause permanent damage to your nerves. Overdosing on vitamin D can cause serious damage to a number of organs. Consuming too much vitamin K can also damage your liver and red blood cells.

3) BONE RELATED PROBLEMS:- Overdosing on certain vitamins can lead to a variety of bone related problems. For example, overdosing on vitamin A can cause osteoporosis (a condition where your bone density is reduced). Getting too much vitamin D can also cause your bones to become brittle meaning that they break and fracture more easily.

Vitamins are vital to your health. Without them your body cannot perform a number of essential functions. You need to ensure that you get enough of each. Despite this you can still overdose on vitamins and this can lead to a number of complications. It is very difficult to overdose on vitamins from food alone. A vitamin overdose is generally the result of excessive vitamin supplement consumption.

Therefore, if you do take supplements pay attention to what you are eating and make sure that you are only getting your recommended daily allowance (RDA) for each of the vitamins. For example, if you drink a lot of milk then you are probably getting a lot of vitamin A from this source and are unlikely to need vitamin A supplements. By tracking your vitamin consumption in this way you can avoid all the unpleasant symptoms of overdosing on vitamins whilst enjoying the benefits that they provide.