As part of my food plan, I've been eating a lot of fruits and veggies, and very frequently, when I log my foods, my daily intake of Vitamin A is 300-1000% of the recommended daily value. For example, today my food intake included cereal, almond milk, a banana, Louisana style red beans with turkey sausage, a tangelo, an apple, a small amount of popcorn, and a Butternut squash soup with jalapenos and bacon. Calories - about 1400, but my Vitamin A intake logs at 902% of the recommended daily value. In addition, I take a standard multi-vitamin with even more vitamin A. (and no, my skin is not orange
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My understanding is that too much vitamin A can lead to loss of bone density, but for some reason, I was thinking that there is a difference between Vitamin from food sources as opposed to supplements with regards to recommended daily value. Does anyone happen to know? I'm not eating a pound of carrots a day or anything in the name of weight loss, but between squashes, sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, lettuce, kale, bok choy, peppers, green onions, broccoli, tomatoes, and the many other nummy veggies I work into my menus, my Vitamin A consumption does worry me a bit