Daily doses of dead

Skrevet af Jonas Meersohn

When you think about dietary Supplements you often think about pills, powder, or liquids, with an positive effect on our bodies. But that is not all ways the case.

So common is it

45% of the Danish youth at the age of 11-24 are using dietary supplements. 20% of these are daily users. The 11-14 year-old boys are the most frequent users, 55% are taking supplements compared with 46% of girls in the same age group. Among boys the intake of supplements decreases with age. 39% of the 15-24 year-old boys use supplements compared with 44% of girls.

Increasing risk of death

A new Danish study shows from countless experiments preformed in the world that vitamin pills containing antioxidants in the form of vitamin A, E and betacarontene, on the contrary are dangerous to us. These antioxidants increase the chances of sudden death to the persons who eat this particular type of supplements, to those who do not.

DTU fødevareinstituttet has estimatet that Danish vitamin pills are safe.

Carina Torp Geugjes says that it is not healthy for kids to eat any kind of supplement, unless it is to overcome a disease.

If you are eat a healthy and balanced diet and follow the 8 dietary guidelines then you will get plenty of vitamins and minerals. Different foods contain different vitamins and minerals, so if you eat varied will you easily get the vitamins and minerals needed.

Sources

• http://www.altomkost.dk/Kosttilskud/kosttilskud_til_unge/kosttilskud_til_unge.htm
• http://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed
• http://www.food.dtu.dk/Nyheder/Ern%C3%A6ring.aspx?guid=%7B47959689-C0E4-4FB7-8A1E-BA96876F2A87%7D