Brain tumor research is a relatively modern science that parallels the explosion of molecular biology and modern neuroimaging. While the science is new, Mayo Clinic has a long history of brain cancer treatment and research stretching back over 100 years.
Vitamins come in two forms: water-soluble and fat-soluble. The water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and the B-complex vitamins. If you take in more than your body can use of these, they end up passing through you as expensive urine. Vitamins A, D, E and K, on the other hand, require fat to dissolve. Your body stores these vitamins, and if you take too much, the amount in your body can build to a harmful level. Tolerable Upper Intake Levels The highest amount of a vitamin you can safely take per day is known as the tolerable upper intake level, or UL.
If You Don't Get Enough Vitamin D. 1  Your bones can become weak and can break. 2  Children can get rickets, a disease that prevents their bones from growing properly, delays their growth, and causes problems with their immune system. 3  Adults can develop osteomalacia, a disease that weakens the bones and makes them hurt, and also causes fractures.