RFK Jr.'s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts

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17. And vitamin A is still poison in even a surprisingly small dose - one you'd never get from carrots 'cause you can't ...

... eat enough physically to get sick or produce the allegedly "therapeutic" effect RFK Jr claims will fix.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vitamin-a-toxicity

it'll kill your ass.


The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for men is 900 MCG REA, or 3,000 international units (IU). For women the RDA is 700 mcg RAE, or 2,330 (IU). For all adults, the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) — the most vitamin A one can take without experiencing negative health effects — is 3,000 mcg RAE, or 10,000 IU.


https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2024/vitamin-overdose.html

it'll kill your ass unitentionally

1. Vitamin A

Vitamin A is important for vision, the immune system, cell division and more. Most people get sufficient vitamin A, also known as retinol, through diet. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), women should consume 700 micrograms of retinol activity equivalents (RAE) per day and men should have 900 mcg RAE.

An excess of vitamin A is absorbed in the body and can build toxicity in the liver. Acute toxicity, called hypervitaminosis A, occurs when a person repeatedly takes a higher dose, more than 4,000 international units (IU) daily over months, which is more than 100 times the recommended dietary allowance, according to the NIH.

“You can have some acute symptoms like nausea, vomiting, vertigo, blurry vision,” Farrell says. Other symptoms typically include severe headache, aching muscles and coordination problems. In severe cases, too much vitamin A can cause an increase in cerebral spinal fluid pressure, leading to drowsiness and, eventually, coma and even death.

If you have a preexisting liver condition, excess vitamin A is concerning. “It can hurt your liver if you already have liver problems,” Haggerty says.

Recommended daily amount*

700 mcg for women
900 mcg for men