WE ALL KNOW THE BASIC TENETS OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE: EXERCISING, EATING HEALTHY AND FOR MANY, TAKING VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS.<\/p>\n
BUT IT TURNS OUT, SOME SUPPLEMENTS BILLED TO HELP YOU LIVE COULD ACTUALLY BE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.<\/p>\n
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOUR LIVER \u2014- THE ORGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR FILTERING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES FROM THE BLOOD.<\/p>\n
AND WHILE YOUR LIVER WORKS HARD TO DO THAT, IT CAN BE OVERWHELMED BY CERTAIN DRUGS OR SUPPLEMENTS, LEADING TO SOMETHING CALLED \u201cDRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY,\u201d ALSO KNOWN AS TOXIC HEPATITIS.<\/p>\n
ACETAMINOPHIN, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN UNDER THE BRAND NAME TYLENOL, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.<\/p>\n
IT\u2019S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF TOXIC HEPATITIS.<\/p>\n
BUT AS MORE PEOPLE USE SUPPLEMENTS, MORE CASES ARE POPPING UP.<\/p>\n
ACCORDING TO A 2024 SURVEY BY THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION, AS MANY AS THREE OUT OF FOUR \u2013 OR 75% OF U.S. ADULTS TAKE SOME FORM OF SUPPLEMENT, WHETHER IT BE HERBAL OR DIETARY.<\/p>\n
NEARLY 4 IN 5 SAID THEY\u2019D RATHER TAKE SUPPLEMENTS THAN PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS.<\/p>\n
COMPARATIVELY, THE CDC\u2019S MOST RECENT STUDY DONE ON THE SUBJECT SHOWS THAT BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018, JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF ADULTS 20 AND OLDER HAD USED A SUPPLEMENT IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.<\/p>\n
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL \u201cLIVER TRANSPLANTATION\u201d IN 2022 FOUND THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ADDED TO THE WAIT LIST FOR A TRANSPLANT **BECAUSE** OF SUPPLEMENT-RELATED LIVER FAILURE INCREASED EIGHTFOLD FROM 2.9% IN 1995 TO 24.1% IN 2020.<\/p>\n
EXPERTS SAID IT\u2019S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE EXACT CULPRIT IS.<\/p>\n
A 2017 STUDY BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES FOUND 20% OF LIVER TOXICITY CASES IN THE U.S. COULD BE LINKED TO DIETARY OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS.
SINCE THE SUPPLEMENTS CONTAIN MULTIPLE INGREDIENTS, THEY\u2019RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE \u2013- OR ONES \u2013- ARE TO BLAME.<\/p>\n
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME YOU CAN MAKE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR.<\/p>\n
A STUDY PUBLISHED LAST YEAR OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOUND SIX COMMON INGREDIENTS **CAN** DEFINITIVELY BE TIED TO TOXIC HEPATITIS:<\/p>\n
THESE ARE TURMERIC, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, ASHWAGANDHA, GARCINIA CAMBOGIA, RED YEAST RICE AND BLACK COHOSH.<\/p>\n
THE STUDY\u2019S AUTHORS SAID ABOUT 15 MILLION AMERICANS TAKE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE SUPPLEMENTS.<\/p>\n
AND SINCE SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT REGULATED IN THE SAME WAY MEDICATIONS ARE, YOU CAN\u2019T ALWAYS BE SURE WHAT YOU\u2019RE GETTING OR IF THE DOSAGE IS CORRECT.<\/p>\n
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