Recommended Dose facts

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Phenylephrine, the nasal decongestant that replaced pseudoephedrine in OTC cold medicine, was shown to be ineffective vs placebo at up to 4X the recommended dose, and was not well tolerated starting at 4X the recommended dose.

Phenylephrine, a common substitute for pseudophedrine in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications, has been proven to be no more effective than placebo when taken orally at the recommended dose.

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1. About DNP,a chemical that causes rapid weight loss in humans.It was prescribed to 100,000 people in the 1930s in the US and then discontinued after 2 people used 10x the recommended dose and died.It's being studied as potential treatment for obesity,Alzheimer's,Parkinson's diseases and epilespy.

2. It's super easy to OD on Acetaminophen (Tylenol). Just doubling up the "recommended dose" in a single day can be fatal.

3. Seed is large, oval in shape and protected with woody husk. Even though seed can be consumed, large doses are not recommended because it contains hydrocyanic acid which is poisonous.

4. Wormwood induces severe side effects when consumed in higher dose than recommended. Some of the well known adverse effects include paralysis, renal failure, abnormal respiration, numbness of the legs and arms and delirium.

5. The huge spike in deaths during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 has been attributed to Aspirin poisoning, in part because the Surgeon General at the time recommended an abnormally high dose to treat flu symptoms.

6. Apple of average size contains only 80 calories and ¼ of recommended daily dose of fibers. Other than that, apples are rich source of vitamins and minerals.

7. The recommended dose of melatonin is typically 10x less than the average dose sold in most health food stores

8. Ripe strawberries are bright red colored, juicy and have pleasant, sweet taste. Strawberries are rich source of vitamins C, K, B6, B9, potassium and dietary fibers. Eight strawberries provide 140% of daily recommended dose of vitamin C (they contain more vitamin C than orange of an average size).

9. Average American gets more than twice the recommended daily dose of sodium: 3,466 milligrams of sodium per day

10. Pure powdered caffeine can be lethal if a teaspoon of it is consumed at once. The recommended dose of powdered caffeine in this form is just 1/16th of a teaspoon.