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To: ConservativeMind

This study is talking about the forms of Vitamin A that can’t cause any problem with “excess.”

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I read the entire article at medicalxpress.com and didn’t find any mention of forms of vitamin a.


15 posted on 03/20/2023 9:46:29 AM PDT by TTFX
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To: TTFX
The actual paper, which I reviewed, put the Medical Xpress writeup’s words of “Consuming a diet rich in vitamin A or its analogs” into better context. They measured “plasma carotenoids,” to determine Vitamin A, which can only be non-retinyl palmitate forms that mattered, so I put the beta-carotine mention in my first comment.

It also specifically stated the items I put into the first comment of analogues “lutein, meso-zeaxanthin, and zeaxanthin” as greatly reduced, along with the reference for food-based amounts of Vitamin A, of which nearly all food forms have Vitamin A in beta-carotene form, except for organ meats. Milk products have it from supplementation, as do breakfast cereals, and that form is the active form (not beta-carotene).

Hope that helps.

16 posted on 03/20/2023 10:41:58 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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