No Deaths from Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids or Herbs
 

john wrote:

No man, woman or child died from nutritional supplements. Period.

Quoting from:

http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=70

Iron poisoning, caused by acute ingestion of large quantities
of iron-containing supplements, causes nausea, vomiting, damage
to the lining of the intestinal tract, shock, and liver failure,
and is a leading cause of death among children.

Quoting from:

http://www.upstate.edu/poison/pdf/pp...s,%2520etc.pdf

Do you take vitamins or iron supplements? Many
people do and never realize that these products can
pose serious risk for fatal poisonings if directions
are not carefully followed.

• Iron poisoning is a leading cause of death in
children due to poisoning.

Quoting from:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156684/

Iron is a leading cause of death due to poisoning
in young children. Because perinatal iron therapy is
common, the presence of these tablets, which have a
candylike appearence, in the home may pose a hazard
to a mother's other young children.

Quoting from:

http://www.calpoison.org/hcp/2003/callusvol1no3.html

From 1999-2001, 10852 cases of iron poisoning were
reported to the American Association of Poison Control
Centers (AAPCC), with 60% occurring in children under
the age of 6 years. Patients presenting to heath care
facilities with minor symptoms of poisoning accounted
for 75% of cases; patients with moderate symptoms
accounted for 21.5% of cases; and patients with severe
symptoms accounted for 2.5% of cases, and there were
3 deaths.

No Deaths from Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids or Herbs
 

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:08:54 -0800, in misc.health.alternative, Mark
Thorson wrote:

john wrote:

No man, woman or child died from nutritional supplements. Period.

Quoting from:

http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=70

Iron poisoning, caused by acute ingestion of large quantities
of iron-containing supplements, causes nausea, vomiting, damage
to the lining of the intestinal tract, shock, and liver failure,
and is a leading cause of death among children.

Quoting from:

http://www.upstate.edu/poison/pdf/pp...s,%2520etc.pdf

Do you take vitamins or iron supplements? Many
people do and never realize that these products can
pose serious risk for fatal poisonings if directions
are not carefully followed.

• Iron poisoning is a leading cause of death in
children due to poisoning.

Quoting from:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156684/

Iron is a leading cause of death due to poisoning
in young children. Because perinatal iron therapy is
common, the presence of these tablets, which have a
candylike appearence, in the home may pose a hazard
to a mother's other young children.

Quoting from:

http://www.calpoison.org/hcp/2003/callusvol1no3.html

From 1999-2001, 10852 cases of iron poisoning were
reported to the American Association of Poison Control
Centers (AAPCC), with 60% occurring in children under
the age of 6 years. Patients presenting to heath care
facilities with minor symptoms of poisoning accounted
for 75% of cases; patients with moderate symptoms
accounted for 21.5% of cases; and patients with severe
symptoms accounted for 2.5% of cases, and there were
3 deaths.

I read in the Blogsphere just the other day that the herb cohosh was
attributed to directly cause three deaths.

There is also dozens of reported deaths reported yearly due to the
use of suppliments containing herbs which contain ephedra, including
"ma huang" or Ma-Wong, and it is believed some deaths which are
reported a stroke or heart attack can be also attributed to the use
of herbs and suppliments.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...&gl=us&strip=1

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/39/3/24.full

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/fe...3/ephedra.html

Very stupid people...

--
Bob Officer
Posting the truth
http://www.skeptics.com.au