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pgs  ·  3432 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the last word you learned?

Yes, and not just obesity. Several vitamins can be toxic, and even fatal, in large enough amounts. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis Health is sometimes about keeping things in balance; e.g. when baking a cake, too much liquid can be as bad as not enough, though in a different way.