Too Much Of A Good Thing? Scientists Explain Cellular Effects Of Vitamin A Overdose And Deficiency

Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 11:35 in Health & Medicine

If a little vitamin A is good, more must be better, right? Wrong! New research shows that vitamin A plays a crucial role in energy production within cells, explaining why too much or too little has a complex negative effect on our bodies. This is particularly important as combinations of foods, drinks, creams and nutritional supplements containing added vitamin A make an overdose more possible than ever before.

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