{"id":8791,"date":"2011-02-10T12:08:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=8791"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:11:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:11:38","slug":"nutrient-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2011\/02\/10\/nutrient-info\/","title":{"rendered":"What Nutrients Can I Overeat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was sent a nutrition question that other day and since I can’t answer those, I pulled in one of my Nashville nutritionist friends, Trish Gomez.<\/p>\n

Nutrition Question:<\/em>
\n<\/strong> Basically I was wondering if you know if there are any nutrients that is always OK to go over your daily recommended limit, which are actually\u00a0beneficial\u00a0to go over your limit, and which it does not matter if you go over your daily limit. This actually seems to be pretty hard to figure out, coz’ some things are conditionally OK to go over, depending on what you are trying to actually do, like protein for example. I guess I’m wondering if there are any dead certain ones that’s OK to go over.<\/p>\n

Trish’s Answer:<\/em><\/strong>
\n <\/em>Wow, that is a loaded question. \u00a0I’m afraid he or she may not like my answer. \u00a0That’s because there is no one set answer. It depends on several factors.<\/p>\n

For instance, \u00a0what “recommended limit” are we talking about. \u00a0If we consider the RDA’s, they are set to meet the minimum needs of most healthy people. \u00a0But over the years since the RDA’s were created, our food supply has changed, and the health and nutritional status of the population has changed. \u00a0Many experts feel that the current RDA’s are too low for most people.<\/p>\n

Vitamin C, for example, has an RDA of 60 mg. \u00a0But many individuals, myself included, take at least 500mg daily. \u00a0Some people recommend taking doses as high as 5,000 mg. \u00a0Because Vitamin C is water soluble, most people think it is safe to take as much as you want, and that the excess will spill over into your urine.\u00a0The potential problem, though, is that there is the time in which it takes the body to process the vitamin. \u00a0And if we continue to supplement with megadoses over an extended period of time, there is the potential for toxicities to develop before our bodies have the time to process the excess.<\/p>\n

He is right, that it is hard to figure out, because it is very conditional, on the nutrient itself, some definitely have a greater potential to become dangerous at high levels. \u00a0Fat soluble vitamins A,D, E, and K are much more likely to become toxic at high levels. \u00a0It also depends on the individual’s nutritional status. \u00a0Many of us are deficient in Vitamin D, and should be taking therapeutic doses of 2,000 IU, up to 10,000 units (under MD supervision), while the RDA for an adult female is only 600 International Units. \u00a0The RDA’s also differ according to age and sex.<\/p>\n

Many experts feel that the RDA’s are much lower than they need to be for the average healthy person. \u00a0So I feel it is safe to say that it is “ok” to go over the RDA’s for all nutrients, however, how much over is the question, and it \u00a0really differs according to each specific nutrient, the age and gender of the individual, the current \u00a0health and nutritional status of the person concerned.<\/p>\n

I’d say that the current recommendations are outdated, and many scientists are recommending revisiting them. \u00a0I hope that that is helpful, but I have a feeling it will send this inquirer home with more work to do….<\/p>\n

Have a nutrition question you want a REAL answer to (i.e. NOT yahoo answers)? \u00a0You can ask\u00a0Trish<\/a> directly or send them to me and we’ll post the answer!<\/p>\n

Keep the questions and comments coming!<\/p>\n

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