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It takes a few months of missing a vitamin for it to have any effect on the body. Then once the missing vitamin is consumed, the body uses it to try to repair what may have been done because of the lack. Often it can't. But conditions such as scurvy (the lack of vitamin C,) take several months to set in, and if not allowed to continue, will reverse itself in a day... Most people do NOT need to take vitamins every day. The dosage required by the body is so minute, and with no need for daily re-supply, that taking a multi-vitamin once a week will serve most people's needs. If you eat a somewhat balance diet, even if it is processed foods, you will meet 99% of your vitamin requirements. Most vitamin excess is excreted by the body; C, B's, E, D, can't be overdosed orally no matter how many you take. They are excreted in sweat and urine. Vitamin A and K can be, but you'd need to eat a lot of them. Remember, Vitamin K dose cause sterility in rats, so of you are a rodent, try to limit your intake of kale, collards, spinach, and turnip greens.
Stitchawl
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