 Next question is from Huntley. Michael, does taking too many supplements or vitamins have possible negative consequences in regards to liver and kidney health? It depends what you mean by too much. Like if I took a whole bottle of vitamin D, I mean, will that affect my organ? Well, we talked about this a long time ago, and I actually think that this part is more common, especially from health and fitness people, that take a shake, take a bar, take a multivitamin, and now you've got things like your iron and magnesium and some of these things that you don't need to have, and all of them are giving your RDA. So like, a lot of times you'll flip around the back of a supplement. You have vitamin fortified supplements, and then you take a multivitamin. Yeah, you have a protein shake that is basically saying, here's all the vitamins you need for the day, and then in addition to that, you also take a multivitamin, in addition to that, you're also taking a bar, and all of them are saying, this is everything you need for your day, and there's certain things you don't want a bunch of. There's certain things that are gonna matter, that are gonna be negligible, but then there are certain things that we don't want too high of levels, and I think that have an adverse effect. Yeah, it depends on what you're talking about and what you mean by too much. You can get away with a lot of vitamin C. If it's fat-soluble vitamin, you can't really get away with too much. Creatine is very safe, but at some point, I mean, anything taken too much, you can drink too much water, that'll kill you. Well, you can drink, take too many BCAs throughout the day, and it'll actually affect your mental state, right? It'll make you depressed, yeah. I mean, there's some cause and effect there, but there are some that would actually provide a more toxic kind of environment if you inundate your body with it. What are those? It's like what I said, right? Magnesium, zinc, iron. Minerals and fat-soluble vitamins. So that's basically the- Those are all the ones your body stores. So it doesn't get rid of what it doesn't need, it stores them, and if you keep taking them in, you'll store more and more and more until you get- It's just piles, yeah. Yeah, until you get to- It becomes problematic. And then it's just, and basically you're overwhelming the kidneys because it's having to filtrate. I don't know if it's gonna be so much of the kidneys. It depends on the nutrient, but you'll get calcium, you can start developing calcium deposits in your arteries. Too much vitamin D, I think, can cause issues if I'm not mistaken with your skin. So it depends on the, or it can cause deficiencies. So like too much zinc can cause a deficiency in copper, which can have its own issues. So it really does depend. When it comes to herbs and other weird supplements, I mean, if it's a stimulant, can you take too much? Yeah, too much stimulant's gonna not be so good for you. What was it a factor that like, because pharmaceuticals are so concentrated that that's more of an impact if you overdose versus supplements. Well, it's easier. It's not being as concentrated. Yeah, like it's really hard to overdose on nutrients in nature. Is it even possible? I've never heard of it. I mean, I guess you could eat a lot of beef liver and you'll get too much iron, because it's so dense in liver. I mean, for me, it's unheard of though, right? I mean, maybe it's possible if someone actually actively tried to do that. So an eight, four pounds of liver in a day, which I don't know anyone's. You got to really share your heart. But I don't know anybody. That's why I think we always recommend to go the whole food-wise, right? Like go natural. Like if you, I mean, this is something we still have yet to create. I've always wondered, and I know you can Google and find it so we don't need to create it, but you know, I've found tables where it's like all the different foods and what vitamins and minerals they provide that your body needs. And if you look at that table and you go like, oh, I do a pretty good job of eating all those things in rotation. And you just become aware of like, oh, wow, you know what? It's been a week or two since I've had any real fruit or any of these things that, to me, that's where you supplement. That's when you utilize those things. We're going into winter. I wanna keep my vitamin D level. Right, versus just, you know, every day I take this, this, this and this regardless of what you're dieting. You don't know where levels are. Yeah, and regardless of you know what your diet is. I mean, maybe you got plenty of that in your diet. So why are you supplementing for that? I mean, so a waste of money and then it could potentially have some adverse effects. Now if you look at the reports of liver and kidney issues, very few of them are related to supplements. The vast majority are related to pharmaceutical substances and drugs over the counter, like Tylenol. Tylenol can cause some serious issues with liver. And there's lots of these pharmaceutical drugs that people use and they have to get processed through the liver or the kidneys and they can cause lots of issues. I know back in the early 2000s when I was, you know, I mean, and lots of people were taking these over the counter kind of designer steroids and we thought they were pro hormones or whatever that they had to get processed through the liver. I mean, could you overload your liver with that? Well, yeah, you totally could. So it depends on what you're talking about and what your levels are. I do suggest when it comes to minerals and fat soluble vitamins to know what your levels are. So you know if your supplementing is okay or if you're taking in too much. Everything else, I would always stay within reason. What's recommended and what's found in studies. I mean, this goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, you can take too much of anything. Yeah, more isn't always better. Yeah, it reminds me that there was like a contest or something where these, I don't know if it was hazing at some college, but... No, I was on a talk show already. You talking about the water competition? Yeah, who could pound the most water in a short period of time? The person died. The person died. Their cells literally drowned. So this is true for any substance. And you know what I think this comes from? It sounds like a kid who's taking like three or four supplements and their mom is like, you're gonna hurt your liver, that's my mom. Are you gonna hurt your liver and your kidneys? So probably not, but if you are overdosing on things that get stored on your body, they can definitely cause issues. So again, get those levels tested so you know what to supplement with. Hey, if you enjoyed that clip, you can find the full episode here or you can find other clips over here. And be sure to subscribe.