Clipping Board » Dangerous Medicinal Tonics ─ Nutrients should be moderate in the body—excessive supplementation only becomes a burden.
Reporter: Hou Liyuan, Hsinchu Report
In Hsinchu, four infants and young children developed symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and dehydration after consuming a vitamin D supplement sold by a drugstore in Miaoli, nearly losing their lives. The families had the product, named "Jin You Bu You Ti Amino Acid Chelated Calcium," tested and discovered that its vitamin D content was 500 times the safe intake level, leading to poisoning in the infants. The Department of Health has now ordered a complete recall of the product.
Eight-month-old Zhao, with her IV-wrapped hand twisted by tape, left her parents baffled. They had only intended to provide their precious daughter with nutritional supplements, but instead, she suffered from consecutive fevers and nearly died from dehydration.
Victim Mr. Zhao: "They told us it was a food product, not requiring a Department of Health approval number, and then showed me a stack of customer records, saying, 'Look, all these people have taken it without any problems, so it's okay, absolutely no problem.'"
What angered Mr. Zhao even more was that he had purchased this harmful calcium powder based on the recommendation of the drugstore's pharmacist, hoping to supplement his daughter's nutrition. Instead, it led to her ingesting excessively high levels of vitamin D, causing hypercalcemia, dehydration, and convulsions.
Reporter: "What does excessive intake cause?" Dr. Lu Xiangru, pediatrician at Hsinchu Hospital: "It can lead to hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and calcium deposits in the kidneys."
Upon closer inspection of the "Jin You Bu You Ti Amino Acid Chelated Calcium Powder," the labeled vitamin D content was 12,000 IU per gram. However, the Department of Health's testing revealed an actual content of 840,000 IU, 70 times higher than claimed. According to Department of Health regulations, infants under one year old should consume no more than 200 IU per day. If a baby consumes four tablespoons of this product, they would ingest 110,000 IU in a day, exceeding the safe intake level by 500 times, which is why it nearly proved fatal.
Currently, four infants who consumed this nutritional supplement have been hospitalized, with two in critical condition. The harmful chelated calcium powder, lacking a valid approval number, was brazenly sold in pharmacies across Taiwan for NT$1,200 per jar. The Department of Health has now ordered a complete recall to prevent further harm to innocent children.
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"Calcium" Betrays Trust: 4 Girls Poisoned by Nutritional Supplements
In Hsinchu, four infants and young children developed symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and dehydration after consuming a vitamin D supplement sold by a drugstore in Miaoli, nearly losing their lives. The families had the product, named "Jin You Bu You Ti Amino Acid Chelated Calcium," tested and discovered that its vitamin D content was 500 times the safe intake level, leading to poisoning in the infants. The Department of Health has now ordered a complete recall of the product.
Eight-month-old Zhao, with her IV-wrapped hand twisted by tape, left her parents baffled. They had only intended to provide their precious daughter with nutritional supplements, but instead, she suffered from consecutive fevers and nearly died from dehydration.
Victim Mr. Zhao: "They told us it was a food product, not requiring a Department of Health approval number, and then showed me a stack of customer records, saying, 'Look, all these people have taken it without any problems, so it's okay, absolutely no problem.'"
What angered Mr. Zhao even more was that he had purchased this harmful calcium powder based on the recommendation of the drugstore's pharmacist, hoping to supplement his daughter's nutrition. Instead, it led to her ingesting excessively high levels of vitamin D, causing hypercalcemia, dehydration, and convulsions.
Reporter: "What does excessive intake cause?" Dr. Lu Xiangru, pediatrician at Hsinchu Hospital: "It can lead to hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and calcium deposits in the kidneys."
Upon closer inspection of the "Jin You Bu You Ti Amino Acid Chelated Calcium Powder," the labeled vitamin D content was 12,000 IU per gram. However, the Department of Health's testing revealed an actual content of 840,000 IU, 70 times higher than claimed. According to Department of Health regulations, infants under one year old should consume no more than 200 IU per day. If a baby consumes four tablespoons of this product, they would ingest 110,000 IU in a day, exceeding the safe intake level by 500 times, which is why it nearly proved fatal.
Currently, four infants who consumed this nutritional supplement have been hospitalized, with two in critical condition. The harmful chelated calcium powder, lacking a valid approval number, was brazenly sold in pharmacies across Taiwan for NT$1,200 per jar. The Department of Health has now ordered a complete recall to prevent further harm to innocent children.
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