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caused by the over intake of
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health functional food. One
Health functional food is known to improve people¡¯s
of the main cause of acute
health.Ifyoueatexcessiveamountsofhealthfunctional
hepatitis is reported to be
food, however, there can be some side effects. The
health functional foods. The
numberofcasesinvolvingsideeffectswas302in2005
reasonwhyhealthfunctional
and increased to 463 in 2006. The KFDA alone has
food causes injuries to the
identifiedabout100casesofsideeffectseveryyear.
liveristhisfoodisprimarily
metabolized through that
organ.
Sideeffectsofhealthfunctionalfoodareirrelevant
toone¡¯sage
According to Son Chang-
According to a KFDA report written in 2008, there
kyu,thedirectoroftheOriental
were 70 men and 251 women out of 321 total people
Hospital of Daejeon University, oriental medicine is
whoreceivedsideeffectsfromtakinghealthfunctional
very risky if a taker is not advised by a doctor to take
food. Of those affected, 76 were in their 20s, 71 in
it. The reason why side effects from oriental medicine
their 30s, 69 in their 40s, 54 in their 50s and 51 in
are frequent is because most people are not prescribed
otheragegroup.AccordingtoadifferentKFDAreport
by a doctor to take it, but do so by decocting medicine
investigatingaperiodfrom2006toOctober2008,there
bythemselveswhichtheyboughtintraditionalmarkets.
were 42 men and 167 women out of 209 people who
The ingredients¡¯ toxicity is not verified, so liver can
experienced side effects. Based on the second report,
be harmful by metabolizing and detoxifying oriental
58 people in their 20s, 53 in their 30s, 29 in their 40s,
medicines.
27intheir50sand42inotheragegroupfeltsometype
ofsideeffects.Thereasonwhytheratioofwomenwho
Sideeffectsoftherepresentativehealthfunctional
food-redginseng
receive side effects is higher than that of men is due
to more women tending to seek out and take health
Red ginseng is the No.1 selling health functional
functional food based on their own self-diagnosis than
food.Redginsengisknownasbeinggoodforrelieving
men.
hangovers, preventing aging, overcoming fatigue,
relieving stress, increasing blood circulation, boosting
the immune system, preventing osteoporosis, curing
Injuryofliversduetotheoverintakeofhealth
functionalfood
anemia, and decreasing high blood pressure and
In Korea, five percent of patients with jaundice and
diabetes. Although it sounds like a panacea, you can
10 percent of acute hepatitis patients are reported to be
receive side effects if you overdose on red ginseng.
Saponin, which red ginseng contains, is able to cause
headache, dizziness, superexcitation, indigestion and
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insomniaifitisabused.Itcanalsocausebloodpressure
and pulse rates to increase and hearts to palpitate
irregularly. People having digestive system disorders or
oldmenandwomenareexposedtosideeffectsbecause
thisingredientisnoteasilyflushedoutofabody.
According to Dr. Son, red ginseng does not have big
sideeffects.However,itcanpreventyoufromsleeping,
reddenyourfaceandmakeyourskinitchy.Ginsenoside,
which is contained in red ginseng, decreases platelet
aggregation which stops bleeding. It can also cause
bleedingifastrokepatientorheartattackpatientabuses
it while they take medicine containing antiplatelet
agents. Meanwhile, soyang, a physiological body type
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