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Vitamin A Toxic?

Supposedly Vitamin A can be toxic to the liver if taken in excess. Except in the form of beta-carotene. This had me nervous because I'm currently eating 2 sweet potatoes along with …
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Orange Poop and Vitamin A Abosrbtion?

If my poop is always orange after eating anything with beta carotene, does that mean the Vitamin A isn;t being converted or /and absorbed? cause I know I am Vitamin A deficient be …
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Are we in overkill territory with the amounts of vitamin A in our diets ?

I'm making the assumption that like me, most of you eat a vast amount of vitamin A rich foods. So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this thought about too much Vitamin A in our …
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New Study Reveals the Danger Of Excess BETA-CAROTENE

I came across this article in the newspaper a few days ago about the dangers of excess beta-carotene. http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/News/2012/05/Potential--Dark-Side--Found- …
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What safe starches and carbs won’t turn me orange like an Oompa Loompa?

So I do weight lifting 4-5 times a week and I really need my carbs to fuel up and recover properly otherwise my performance sucks. I've been drinking a lot of vegetable juice and …
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“poor” converters vs optimal converters

How do we now if LOW conversion of ALA to DHA and beta carotene to retinol means POOR conversion... Couldn't it be optimal conversion? I have always beens suspicious of this, and …
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Vitamins A, Thiamine (B1), and Folate / Folic acid (B9) deficiencies

Hello, guys. So, I'm on a LC diet, with around 65% fat, 25% protein, 10% carbs. I'm pretty happy with it, but I'm trying to address some of the deficiencies caused by not eating s …
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Dark Urine due to excess Beta-Carotene?

Lately the color of my urine has been darker in the morning. I disregarded it at first but this has been ongoing for the past month and decided to do some Googling regarding this i …
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Does beta-carotene compete with vitamin D?

4 months ago I started having rashes at random moments. I never understood what it was. Now it looks like it's a retinol supplement I was taking sporadically. I know I don't tolera …