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Vitamin question
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[font color=magenta]Hi Jessica,[/font color=magenta]
A page on the National Health Institute's site says that the maximum tolerable amount of vitamin A for women over 19 is 3,000ug or 10,000IU. So, you'll be fine taking a supplement that has 100% RDA. Here's a link to the page:
http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/supplements/vita.html#osteo
Gina
A page on the National Health Institute's site says that the maximum tolerable amount of vitamin A for women over 19 is 3,000ug or 10,000IU. So, you'll be fine taking a supplement that has 100% RDA. Here's a link to the page:
http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/supplements/vita.html#osteo
Gina
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Jessica...we get so much misinformation from every kind of media today as far as how much of this and how much of that we should be taking. I'm not a pill taker so I am always skeptical of recommendation's for mega doses of one vitamin or another...let alone all the supplements you see advertised in the fitness magazines these days! Uf-dah! I do take a multi-vitamin everyday, one with 100% RDA for iron since I am always borderline anemic and still having regular periods so that is something I have to stay on top of. But as long as we are eating a well balanced diet everyday, and taking a regular multi-vitamin for insurance (my Gyn likes to have all of her patients taking a multi-vitamin every day), I feel most of us are getting the nutrients we need.
And thanks for the link to that article, Gina!
And thanks for the link to that article, Gina!
Jessica,
I may have more "misinformation" but I read an article in Prevention??? magazine (I think) recently that stated that the amount of Vitamin A should be much less than 10,000 IU. Newer vitamins are now starting to contain the lesser amount. This is because research shows that an abundance of Vitamin A was leading to osteoporisis in older men and women. I wish I can find the article for you, but I don't remember where I saw it. Maybe you can do some research.
Nonetheless, I take Nature's COde vitamins (from QVC) and I love them. It's a pack of 6 pills, but I can definitely feel the difference when I take them!
Hope I didn't confuse you more...
Joy
I may have more "misinformation" but I read an article in Prevention??? magazine (I think) recently that stated that the amount of Vitamin A should be much less than 10,000 IU. Newer vitamins are now starting to contain the lesser amount. This is because research shows that an abundance of Vitamin A was leading to osteoporisis in older men and women. I wish I can find the article for you, but I don't remember where I saw it. Maybe you can do some research.
Nonetheless, I take Nature's COde vitamins (from QVC) and I love them. It's a pack of 6 pills, but I can definitely feel the difference when I take them!
Hope I didn't confuse you more...
Joy