Definitions
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- noun A dose of a vitamin greatly exceeding the recommended daily allowance.
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- adjective Involving
megadoses ofvitamins .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Appropriate use of supplements, especially with the megavitamin doses found in many health food store products, can be extremely complicated.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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Appropriate use of supplements, especially with the megavitamin doses found in many health food store products, can be extremely complicated.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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To strengthen the body, rest in bed as much as possible, at least double your normal vitamin intake unless you are already on a megavitamin diet, and take lots of food even if you have little appetite.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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They claimed to have striking successes in treating disturbed patients with megavitamin therapy.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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They claimed to have striking successes in treating disturbed patients with megavitamin therapy.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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My synergistic quantities bring about dramatic life-span increases and only require a few grams of antioxidants, which are not only safe and effective, but within the “megavitamin” range used by so many now.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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My synergistic quantities bring about dramatic life-span increases and only require a few grams of antioxidants, which are not only safe and effective, but within the “megavitamin” range used by so many now.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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With heart problems a life extension megavitamin program is essential, even for twenty somethings if they have heart disease.
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor Isabel Moser
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After six weeks of detoxification, I gave Alice a life extension megavitamin formula, discovered she could not handle the acid form of vitamin C (that she had already been taking) and had her start on protomorphogens to rebuild her weakened endocrine system, her exhausted adrenals and weak pancreas.
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor Isabel Moser
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The study reviewed research published on the sugar-restricted, additive-free Feingold Diet, megavitamin therapies, omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and the suspected link between ADHD and a "Western-style" high-fat, low-fiber diet.
NYDN Rss 2012
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