Vitamin A help

Azza13 · 01-06-2008, 04:05 AM

i have just read that too much Vitamin A in ur diet can lead to fractured hips i know i eat/drink more the 100%RDI

I usually have 2 carrots a day i love those things lol
and i usually have atleast 1 piece of corn which has A in it
and the milk i drink has A in it

Should i cut down to 1 carrot a day because i belive just one carrot gives you 90% of your RDI?

AngelEyez · 01-06-2008, 04:17 AM

I wouldn't worry about cutting down on your carrots. The only thing I basically eat are vegetables..and that means a lot of carrots. I've been doing this for 3 years...and my hips are doing alright. Can hips fracture without being physically hit? I doubt bone can deteriorate...

Puma · 01-06-2008, 04:19 AM

Nothing to worry about. You're doing great.

star2008 · 01-06-2008, 04:55 AM

I think the hip fractures were more to do with excess retinol (a form of vitamin a) in supplements. The vitamin a in carrots is mainly beta carotene and probably won't harm you.
I personally don't believe you can get enough fruit and vegetables.

ghost69 · 01-08-2008, 10:38 AM

just don't take any pills on top of it. i think u can get stones from A.

01-06-2008, 04:05 AM	#1
Azza13 Offline Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 56	Vitamin A help i have just read that too much Vitamin A in ur diet can lead to fractured hips i know i eat/drink more the 100%RDI I usually have 2 carrots a day i love those things lol and i usually have atleast 1 piece of corn which has A in it and the milk i drink has A in it Should i cut down to 1 carrot a day because i belive just one carrot gives you 90% of your RDI?

01-06-2008, 04:17 AM	#2
AngelEyez Offline Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canada Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 419	I wouldn't worry about cutting down on your carrots. The only thing I basically eat are vegetables..and that means a lot of carrots. I've been doing this for 3 years...and my hips are doing alright. Can hips fracture without being physically hit? I doubt bone can deteriorate... __________________ ()¤·.¸¸.×º¤Ångel¤º´Eyez¤º×.¸¸.·¤()

01-08-2008, 10:38 AM	#5
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,424	just don't take any pills on top of it. i think u can get stones from A. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

01-06-2008, 04:19 AM	#3
Puma Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern California Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 294	Nothing to worry about. You're doing great.

01-06-2008, 04:55 AM	#4
star2008 Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 188	I think the hip fractures were more to do with excess retinol (a form of vitamin a) in supplements. The vitamin a in carrots is mainly beta carotene and probably won't harm you. I personally don't believe you can get enough fruit and vegetables.