Is just enough too much?

It can be said that any amount of multivitamins is an excess because they are not conducive to a person’s health.  This can apply to my topic of the true usefulness of multivitamins because it is becoming more believed that the supplements are useless. If this is true, then perhaps we can also say that not only are they useless but can be detrimental to one’s health. Researchers are saying that any amount of multivitamins is an excess because we get all the vitamins and minerals from the foods we eat. When trying to figure out how much of these multivitamins we should take if any, we encounter words such as useful, health, and deficiency.

Now let’s say, contrary to growing belief, multivitamins do have some use. It can be disputed how much a person needs. Of course it will differ with age, gender, and other health characteristics.  What is deemed to be an excess to one person may be just right or not enough for another. In the case of multivitamins however, the only way we can compare what is too much for certain people is through multiple tests on their health. With that said, it is not a conscious decision on what may be too much for our bodies or what may not be enough. It would in-fact be easier to define a deficiency. With a deficiency in something, it is likely will see negative effects before an excess.

Nevertheless, one can evaluate how they feel after taking a certain supplement or eating a certain food. For example, taking a supplement for 30 days and recording how it makes you feel, followed by cutting the multivitamin cold turkey and recording how you feel. It is more likely for an adult to try this method than a child. The reason for this can be either because children are less likely to be health conscious; an adult is more likely to have some kind of disorder that prohibits them from eating too much unhealthy products. Regardless of the reason the point is that what is too much for one person can be regular or perfectly normal for another and vice versa.

With that said, an excess can be something tangible or otherwise, that is more than enough for a person. Whether or not this person realizes something is an excess such as in this case with supplements is irrelevant.

In order for us to evaluate the meaning of one word, there may be others that have to be clarified. When we look at what an excess is, we also should look at words such as proper, useful and health. These tie into an excess because in a way, a person’s point of view on the word can be related to how useful they believe something to be. We can also define usefulness as being of service or helpful. In the case of multivitamins however, the argument is that they are useless so any amount is an excess. The definition of proper easily varies from culture to culture, household to household, city to city etc. The important thing when arguing a definition is to remember the different point of views.