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Show 8B Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, June 20, 1984 Massive Vitamin Doses Can Be Harmful, Toxic CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Stall If small amounts of a vitamins are necessary to maintain the body, then larger amounts are even better for your health. Right? Not exactly. ' Sherry Bridge, a registered dietician at the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful says there are only certain vitamins that the body will use. If more water soluble vitamins-complex and C are consumed than the body needs, the excess will be excreted. And fat soluble vitamins are toxic in excessive amounts and can be more harmful than a vitamin deficiency, Ms. Bridge added. Ms. Bridge answered other questions about vitamins to help inform you about the facts and the fallacies concerning the way your body uses them. Q. Does vitamin C cure the common cold? Ms. Bridge: As far as we know, no. The body needs the amount of Vitamin C daily that can be found in one orange. The rest will be excreted, but we do think that Vitamin C will help build up the immunity system to prevent catching colds. Q. Is vitamin E good for the skin? Ms. Bridge: That is yet to be determined. We really dont B know what it will do. They know that it helps to digest other foods. Some believe that it will increase virility, and that is most likely because when laboratory rats were deprived of E the rats became sterile. However, no human has been brave enough to have the test done on him. Q. Are iron supplements useful in curing anemia? Ms. Bridge: Yes. In iron-deficien- answer is that it is not safe because fat soluble vitamins have to have molecules of fat to bind to in order to enter the body. The Cambridge diet provides no fat. Q. Is there any vitamin or mineral that will strengthen fingernails? Ms. Bridge: There is a lot about nutrition that we just dont know apparently not. Some people have thick healthy hair, and weak fingernails, and there is really no way to explain anemia, but pernicious anemia must be treated with vi-- . tamin B shots. Liver and raisins are the best it. sources of iron, but women in years usually cant Q. In what way are calcium cat enough of those foods to get supplements helpful? the supply of iron they need. Ms. Bridge: A lot of middle Q. Are organic vitamins better women get muscle cramps used by the body than chemical aged in their legs no matter how vitamins? much milk they drink, so calciMs. Bridge: No. The body um supplements are recomdoesnt know what the source of mended for them. the vitamin was. other real good The only Q. Are certain brands of vitaare milk or sources calcium of mins better than others? milk products. Ms. Bridge: Some vitamins dont dissolve in the stomach, so Q. When are potassium sup- to be on the safe side, people plements needed? should ask their pharmacist Ms. Bridge: Diuretics will flush which ones he recommends. out of the system, so potassium it lose be to Would Q. possible supplements are recommended weight safely on a diet of vitafor those who take diuretics. min and mineral supplements Bananas, oranges, and potato and a protein powder? Ms. Bridge: That is basically skins contain the highest what the Cambridge diet is. The amounts of potassium. child-bearin- g A Photo by Robert Regan regularly from the four ba- sic food groups pictured here you wont IF YOU EAT a . . need to take massive doses of vitamins: as some say. Layton Karate Academy Black Belt T eaches Skills JUDY BLACKNER Review Correspondent Local karate LAYTON teachers and students were given the opportunity to improve their fighting skills and techniques under the direction of Sandy Sandoval, a five degree black belt, at a seminar held at the Layton Karate Academy. inSandoval, a structor of Kenpo martial arts, studied under Kenpo master Ed ld Parker, who has been called the Father of American karate. than 400 trophies in his fighting Sandoval spent his childhood of the first graduating class at Roy Sandoval has worked as a background extra in various martial arts movies and has done choreographic work with movie stars. 2 He is currently working on3i musical karate demonstration lie will perform at the masters exposition to be held at the Flag Pavilion in Seattle. in Roy and was a member High School. He began karate at the age of 8 and remained in Utah until he was 19. 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