Findings from a recent survey found that one in five (22 per cent) adults have broken or fractured a bone since they turned 40 years of age1 Over a third
categories of vitamins, which are essential, and it is concerns that americans, even with dietary habits may not be getting enough. can taking too many vitamins damage our bodies? yeah definitely. it s a common misperception that it s totally safe to take as many vitamins as you want to. i m sticking with the 13 vitamins here. totally wild world of supplements can definitely have dangers. with vitamins you can have the risk of acute toxicity with something like vitamin a, which really can cause liver damage. the rest of the vitamins probably aren t going to hurt you if you od on them in one day. but you can have problems with taking really high doses over time. for example, if you take vitamin d at a really excessive doses, far higher than what you could get from the food or sun, over time that can mess up your calcium metabolism. you need a certain amount of d to have the proper amount of calcium for your bones.