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Vitamin A harmful?
My prenatals have ALOT of vit A in them and this website says it's harmful? Can someone clarify for me, please?
http://www.pregnancy.org/article/safety-vitamin-intake-during-pregnancy
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Posted 3/6/09 9:57 AM  |
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zoe282
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
If it's in the prenatals I can't imagine it being harmful?
What worries me is that I spoke to a friend who's a doctor who said that an influx of diffrent vitamins could be harmful to a baby...
for example if you take a prenatal and then take another type of vitamin or mineral that has more of a certain vitamin then you could be doing harm! I take prenatals and I would take multi minerals to relax me at night...and it turns out the minerals have vitamins in it too so I was taking too much Vitamin D!
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
Posted by zoe282
I take prenatals and I would take multi minerals to relax me at night...and it turns out the minerals have vitamins in it too so I was taking too much Vitamin D!
Oh no!
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| Posted 3/6/09 10:02 AM |
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zoe282
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
Posted by heatherandrichie
Posted by zoe282
I take prenatals and I would take multi minerals to relax me at night...and it turns out the minerals have vitamins in it too so I was taking too much Vitamin D!
Oh no!
All this tricky stuff we are supposed to know! lol
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| Posted 3/6/09 10:06 AM |
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WNA01
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
u have to be careful with fat soluble vitamins A D E K. They are stored in the liver and u dont want to take an excess amount - a prenatal and extra doses of vit A. It can become toxic.
However, u need these vitamins on a daily basis. If u take excess doses of lets say vit C it does nothing bc its water soluble and u flush it out.. everything in moderation.
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| Posted 3/6/09 10:35 AM |
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katiebug
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
Posted by WNA01
u have to be careful with fat soluble vitamins A D E K. They are stored in the liver and u dont want to take an excess amount - a prenatal and extra doses of vit A. It can become toxic.
However, u need these vitamins on a daily basis. If u take excess doses of lets say vit C it does nothing bc its water soluble and u flush it out.. everything in moderation.
I was just going to write the same thing. But you do need to be especially careful with too much vitamin A when pregnant.
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| Posted 3/6/09 11:02 AM |
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itsbabytime
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Re: Vitamin A harmful?
Too much vitamin A can be very harmful. However, you cannot OD on Vitamin A to a toxic degree just by eating Vitamin A rich foods b/c this is in beta carotene form - I think if your prenatals have a percentage of the viamin a as beta carotene it is fine. Look it up on google u will see what i mean 
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