A LOT of objectors are not going to be happy. But on Tuesday the European Court of Justice upheld a law blocking the sale of products containing 鈥渕egadoses鈥� of vitamins and minerals across the European Union.
Dieticians and mainstream consumer groups have welcomed the decision. 鈥淐ontrary to the many misleading reports, the directive is not anti-consumer choice,鈥� says UK consumer organisation Which?. 鈥淚t will ensure that products are safe.鈥�
Catherine Collins, chief dietician at St George鈥檚 Hospital in London, agrees. 鈥淭hese are not sweets,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have any long-term data on the safety of large doses, or any way of monitoring and recording adverse reactions.鈥� She says she sees half a dozen patients a year suffering from adverse reactions to megadoses of vitamins, most often diarrhoea.
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