Too much Vit. A?

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In a message dated 1/6/05 9:07:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, kacheson@...

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> I am wondering if i am getting to much Vit. A. I take a multi-vit and

> Carlsons CLO. I alternate with The Wild Oats brand and Alive! brand. It

> looks like both supply Vit A in vegetarian forms. The Wild Oats " super one

> daily " says that it supplies 160% and the Alive! brand per 3 capsules

> supplies 300% but i normally take 2 and not 3.

>

> I also am taking about a tablespoon of the CLO.

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I think by vegetarian form of vitamin A they mean it doesn't have any vitamin

A.

Carlson's CLO isn't very high in vitamin A (especially compared to

high-vitamin like Radiant Life's and Blue Ice). I don't think there's any way

you could

be taking in too much vitamin A with what you're taking. The only vitamin A

is in the CLO, if the others are vegetarian, which means they probably are

carotenes, not vitamin A, which don't, afaik, contribute to vitamin A toxicity.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

I am wondering if i am getting to much Vit. A. I take a multi-vit and

Carlsons CLO. I alternate with The Wild Oats brand and Alive! brand. It

looks like both supply Vit A in vegetarian forms. The Wild Oats " super one

daily " says that it supplies 160% and the Alive! brand per 3 capsules

supplies 300% but i normally take 2 and not 3.

I also am taking about a tablespoon of the CLO.

I am combating some significant osteoarthritis and while my eating has

improved a lot, i am trying to cover all the bases. However i don't want to

overdo either.

Thanks for any help

Kathy A.

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<<I think by vegetarian form of vitamin A they mean it doesn't have any

vitamin

A.>>

Thanks, that was what i thought, i just had a moment of panic thinking that

i might have missed something and was overdosing. I know that the articles

on WAP talk about how the conversion of veg. Vit A such as the ones in the

vitamins that i use (retinol palmitate & beta carotene) are really lousy with

the utilization rate range anywhere from 4:1 to 16:1. When i actually read

the label i was surprised to read 300% for Vit. A. and it startled me. I

mean really, if it has 300% of the RDA that has to say that it is not being

utilized very well.

Kathy A.