Urologie pro praxi 2/2017

Effect of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements on human health with a focus on the urogenital system. What are the risks involved in their deficiency or overdose? – 1st part

Abundant literature has been published on the effect of vitamins on the human body. Given the fact that some of the publications are produced by the manufacturers of food supplements themselves, these are frequently written in a tendentious way in order to persuade the reader of the necessity of taking such products, and their scientific validity is often biased. If we wanted to address the effect of vitamins in detail, even the entire issue of this journal would not suffice. Therefore, the review article presents, in a relatively brief manner, the fundamental facts for you, doctors-urologists, as a kind of reminder; and since a number of these substances have a direct impact on the urogenital system (vitamins B6, C, D, E) as well, they are dealt with in more detail in the article.

Keywords: vitamins, recommended dose, deficiency, overdose.