Is it harmful to health to swallow more than 4 kinds of health food every day? Six Questions of Pharmacist Analysis &; A

Modern people live a busy life, so it is not easy to cook and calculate food nutrition by themselves! Therefore, many people are used to taking health food to supplement nutritional deficiency; Many friends have to swallow several kinds of pills and capsules a day to feel at ease. But is it really helpful to swallow a lot of health food every day? It is even more rumored on the Internet: "Eating more than four kinds of health foods every day is harmful to health." Is it true?/You don't say. And listen to what the professional pharmacist says!

What's the difference between food, health food and medicine? Professional pharmacist to answer.

Ma Shangrong, a pharmacist, said that before discussing whether taking health food helps to keep healthy and how to eat it correctly, people should first understand what food, health food and medicine are and the positioning differences between them.

● Food: Processed and cooked food can meet the human body's calorie needs. Except for a few species (puffer fish, poisonous mushrooms, etc ...) and accidental pollution in the process of planting and breeding, under normal circumstances, there are few toxic and toxic problems.

"Health food" is made by processing, extracting, purifying and highly concentrating the nutrients in food. There are many forms, such as lozenges, capsules and liquids. ● Health food: It is made by highly concentrating the nutrients in food through processing, extraction and purification. There are usually a variety of dosage forms, including lozenges, capsules and liquids. Proper intake is helpful for human body to supplement daily nutrition and regulate physiological function; However, if there is no relevant little green men seal, the curative effect cannot be claimed.

● Drugs: mainly prescribed for patients with diseases, with quick effect and help to relieve patients' discomfort; However, according to different drug imitations, there will be some side effects (symptoms vary from person to person). In addition, drugs can be divided into "prescription drugs" and "over-the-counter drugs (OTC)" according to whether there is a doctor's prescription or not; Among them, over-the-counter drugs are different from "over-the-counter drugs" and "indications (requiring the guidance of pharmacists and doctors)".