• Question: what is the max amount of nutrients we can take in?

    Asked by christian to Ciara, Elaine, Golnaz, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 10 Nov 2017.
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      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      This depends on the type of nutrient as we need some of more nutrients than others. Here is a rough guide.. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/Dietary-Recommendations-for-Healthy-Children_UCM_303886_Article.jsp#.WgXZUY-0OUk Also if we take in too much of some vitamins such as vitamin C our body will not absorb it as it is water soluble but other vitamins such as those that are fat soluble (vitamin D for example) will be absorbed even if our body already has enough of it.

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      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      there are some amounts of some nutrients that if we eat more of that it can be harmful. But really depends on the nutrient. For macronutrients like proteins, carbohydrates and fats is not very problematic if it is only a couple of days that we eat more. For some vitamins and minerals and other substances in the food that can have a maximum limit of we eat more of that it can become toxic

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