10:21 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Dr. Hossam Mowafi, a professor of critical cases at Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine, warned about a wrong habit that many people commit, which poses a great danger to their health.
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Muwafi said during his program “My Lord, Increase Me in Knowledge”, broadcast on Sada Al-Balad channel, that the wrong habit he means is “taking nutritional supplements without a prescription.”
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The professor of critical care medicine explained that there are people who take nutritional supplements, thinking that it will make them healthier, pointing out that this common belief is wrong.
He added that nutritional supplements are like other medicines, stressing the need to consult a doctor before taking them, to determine the safe daily dose.
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He stressed that nutritional supplements are prescribed by the doctor to the patient, if the latter suffers from a deficiency of vitamins and minerals in the body, while healthy people are better off getting nutrients from food.
Concluding his speech, Muwafi stressed the danger of taking the following vitamins without the need for them, because they do not dissolve in water, and the excess percentage of them is stored in the body:
Vitamin E.
– Vitamin D.
– Vitamin A.
Vitamin K.
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