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kanester

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First, a little information to help with my question. I am a 23 year old male. I am 5-10" and weigh 170 pounds. I work out four days a week.
I have recently found out about the negative side affects of taking excess iron. I take one multivitamin on off days and take two multivitamins on workout days. Each multivitamin contains 18mg of iron. I am very worried that I may be poisoning myself, I have been following this regimen for about 2 years. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am greatly concerned......
 
There are men's multi's with no iron. Look into that option. 2 MVI's a day is a lot of well....vitamins and minerals. THere is no real benefit with going above the RDA of V and M's. Research of V anf M mega dosages are poor. You may want to use 1/2 a MVI and let your diet take care of the rest. Only problems may be in zinc and magnesium.

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Unlikely. If you'd poisoned yourself along the way, you'd know by now.

Most of the long-term ill-effects are just that; long-term. High iron levels over many years will heighten your free-radical damage, which is associated with things like cardiovascular disease. If you take care of yourself from now on, you need not worry.
 
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