Adolescents in most of the developed countries take dietary supplements despite a lack of knowledge about possible harmful effects or drug interactions. Moreover, males turn to dietary supplements in an attempt in order to enhance their performance for sports whereas the females are more concerned with preventing illness and disease. To understand the underlying reasons and sources of recommendation for dietary supplement use among adolescents recognized in both athletes and nonathletes.
Individuals using dietary supplements at least many times a year were more likely to be involved in team sports such as football and basketball than in individual sports. Frequent use of dietary supplements is mostly high in nonathletes and athletes of both genders although available evidence warns against noncritical use the supplements were actually not beneficial for their health. In fact, some people actually get cancer while on vitamins. The advanced effects of beta-carotene supplements, when taken in more than the recommended dosage, show an increased risk for developing both lung cancer and heart disease by 20 %. Folic acid is the one which helps to reduce the number of polyps in a colon, actually increased.
Nutrition and dietary supplements, especially at high doses, are more accurately described as inhabiting a mid-ground between food and drugs. Mostly like drugs, supplement ingredients are biologically active sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. Selenium, Beta-carotene and folic acid is taken up to three times their recommended daily allowance, these supplements are probably harmless. Intake at much higher levels as some supplement manufacturers suggest, these three supplements have now been shown to increase the risk of developing a host of cancers and related diseases.
High intake of any particular nutrient is more likely to be a bad thing than a good thing.
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