| FSA issues vitamins warning
(8 May 2003)
A warning that taking high doses of certain vitamins is dangerous has been issued by the Food Standards Agency.
Following the publication of a report (PDF 1.4 MB) by an expert group the FSA said that it is to
seek a ban on the inclusion of chromium picolinate in food supplements because it can cause cancer.
It
has
also
warned that taking more than 1g of vitamin C, 1.5g of calcium or 17mg of iron a day can cause reversible
abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Other supplements — beta-carotene, nicotinic acid, zinc, manganese
and phosphorus — can have irreversible harmful effects if taken at high doses for long periods.
Advice has also been issued on levels of
biotin
folic acid
pantothenic acid
riboflavin
niacin
thiamin
vitamin B12
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vitamin D
vitamin E
vitamin K
boron
cobalt
copper
iodine
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molybdenum
nickel
selenium
tin
magnesium
potassium
silicon |
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