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TexasBushwhacker

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12. Most vitamins are water soluble

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 01:58 PM

Mar 29

and any extra you take isn't stored in your body. It's just excreted in your urine. Vitamin A is fat soluble and any extra you consume is stored in your liver. That's why it can build up to toxic liver. The livers of polar bears and bearded seals are so high in vitamin A that you can die from eating too much of them. The Inuit will eat most of the parts of animals they hunt, but they not to eat the liver of these animals.

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Liver damage from high doses if vitamin A, some of it irreversable showing up in kids in Texas. [View all] Swede Mar 29 OP

And I am going to say Horse with no Name Mar 29 #1

And make the children pay for the sins of their parents? No. Just no. You're right. What you said is awful. chia Mar 29 #4

It is realistic Horse with no Name Mar 29 #6

Maybe better to remove them Mountainguy Mar 29 #11

I would be okay with that. N/t Horse with no Name Mar 29 #13

They already deny organs to people who refuse to vaccinate. Gore1FL Mar 29 #8

To me, one of the worst things about the misuse of a vital nutrient... Hugin Mar 29 #2

But none of RFK jr's kids have it. How can that be? GreenWave Mar 29 #3

Nothing at the link suggests the liver damage they are seeing is irreversible Ms. Toad Mar 29 #5

The liver can be very resilient Emrys Mar 29 #7

Texas hospital treating children with vitamin A toxicity struggle4progress Mar 29 #9

Medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak struggle4progress Mar 29 #10

Most vitamins are water soluble TexasBushwhacker Mar 29 #12

The others are vitamins D, E, and K. n/t Hugin Mar 29 #14

Yup. You can OD on some minerals too TexasBushwhacker Mar 29 #15