Is this too much vitamin A in my multivitamin??!
Question:
Is this too much vitamin A in my multivitamin??
heres the supplement facts on the box
Vitamin A 15,000 IU 300%
(33%[5000 IU] as retinol palmitate and 67%[10,000 IU] as beta carotene) providing (typical analysis):beta cartotene 5,625 mcg, gamma carotene 5.6 trans beta carotene 5.4 mcg, beta zea carotene 1.1 mcg
Answers:
If you are a pregnant female 8,000 IU a day is too much and can cause birth defects.
If you are a male then you can safely take greater amounts. Although 15,000 IU of Vitamin A would not give you any problems the recommended amounts are usually much smaller.
You had better conduct a Yahoo search for "Vitamin A" + toxic or a search for "Vitamin A poisoning" to learn more.