The Dangers of Vitamin A

Most people today have resorted to taking supplement vitamins because of their busy schedules. We just do not consume enough raw fruit and vegetables the way that our parents did. Even if we do make serious lifestyle changes and go organic we still have to take into consideration that the soil does not have the minerals that it used to. So we pretty much HAVE to take vitamins if we want to stay healthy. There are some dangers involved with certain vitamins and vitamin A is one of them. If a large dose of vitamin A is taken in a Short amount of time then your body will build up high storage levels of vitamin A and you will begin to have toxic symptoms. The normal adult dosage should be around 9,240 IU. Make sure that you check your children’s supplements carefully. There dosages vary on age.