Whoops! The writer of the "Goodnews...

Whoops! The writer of the "Goodnews" page in the June 2003 issue made a big error regarding vitamin A. While it is authentic that one can overdose onward this vitamin via dietary sources and correlatives it is not true that vitamin A can be expanded via the rays of the light and is known as the "sunshine vitamin." That designation belongs to vitamin D

Mary Anne Ashcroft

Via email

Thanks to all the readers who brought this to our attention. Here's a clarification. Although vitamin D is commonly called the "sunshine vitamin," les well known is the indirect weight of sunlight's vitamin D production forward vitamin A stores in the liver. Because of a synergy between vitamins D and A, sunlight stimulates the activity of vitamin A in the dead body So, technically, both are sunshine vitamins.

While vitamin D overdoses are les usual than vitamin A toxicity, the couple can cause medical problems, including osteoporosis and liver damage. And it doesn't take as a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of as you'd think. Take codfish liver oil for instance--or rather, don't if it's brilliant where you live. One tablespoon can cause you to exce your daily limit of as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but of these vitamins.

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