Look for the right supplements

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Fit & healthy people are not born as such. Even if your metabolism is working perfectly and your body looks healthy, you shouldn't hesitate and actively promote your physical and emotional fitness. Failure to do so could lead to premature aging and endangering your health.

We tend to be more concerned about obesity than anything else. In doing so, we should focus primarily on our health and maintaining it. There are many people who supplement their diet with products that they believe promote weight loss. Of course, some of these supplements can have positive effects on the body, but there are also some that you should avoid.

Pay attention to the brand before buying!

It is difficult to always know exactly which health products or vitamins you can take. Between all the news about diet trends and vitamins, there is often a lack of information or even misinformation circulating. That's why you should get as much information as possible. Here is a list of supplements that you should avoid and also the reasons why you should do so.

• Eisenhut — also known as storehead, aconite, formerly also wolfwort, leads to: vomiting, paralysis, breathing/heart problems, death
• caffeine powder — also known as trimethylxanthine, causes: cramps, arrhythmia, cardiovascular arrest, death
• creosote bush — also known as Larrea tridentata, Chaparral, Greasewood, leads to: kidney disease, liver damage, death
• coltsfoot — also known as Farfarae folium, leads to: liver damage, cancer
• comfrey — also known as black root, wallwort or legwort, leads to liver damage, cancer
• Sheepwort — also known as Teucrium chamaedrys, leads to: liver damage, hepatitis, death
• celandine — also known as Chelidonium majus, leads to: liver damage
• green tea extract — also known as Camellia sinensis, causes: dizziness, high blood pressure, liver damage, death.
• Kava — also known as Piper methysticum, high pepper, or kava kava, leads to: depression, liver damage, death
• Lobelia — also known as asthma herb, causes: vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, cramps, hypothermia, coma, death.
• methylsynephrine — also known as oxilofrine, leads to: cardiac arrest.
• Penny Royal oil — also known as Hedeoma pulegioides, Mentha pulegium. Causes: liver/kidney/nerve damage, cramps/twitching, death.
• Red rice yeast — also known as Monascus urpureus, red mold rice, leads to: kidney/muscle/liver problems, hair loss.
• usnic acid — also known as beard lichen, usnea, leads to: weight loss, liver damage
• Yohimbe — also known as pausinystalia/ Corynanthe johimbi, leads to: high blood pressure, cramps, liver/renal/heart problems, death.

The big ABC of vitamins: Eat spinach!

Almost everyone supplements their diet with vitamin tablets. Nowadays, taking vitamins is as ingrained in our brain as brushing our teeth every day before bed, and it is also something we pass on to our children. After all, vitamin intake could help — it certainly doesn't do any harm — right? Wrong! The indiscriminate intake or overdose of certain vitamins may very well be harmful.

• Multivitamins: The additional ingredients in multivitamin tablets may increase the risk of death if taken for a longer period of time.
• Vitamin A/beta-carotene: Too much vitamin A leads to visual skin changes, bone pain and liver damage.
• Vitamin B6: High doses of vitamin B6 can cause severe nerve damage.
• Vitamin C-: Doses of 2000 mg or more may increase the risk of kidney stones. Vitamin C neither prevents nor cures colds.
• Vitamin E: The studies by John Hopkins and Mayo Clinic summarize it as follows: “A high dose of vitamin E could increase the risk of death due to all causes. ”

What is the best and healthiest way to get vitamins A, B2, B6, C, E, K, and the nutrients calcium, choline, copper, fiber, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, protein and zinc? It's simple — eat spinach!

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