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2013-08-16 09:48 22004066 Anonymous (gay dinos.jpg 732x595 104kB)
Hey /fit/, do any of you take vitamin A? I take 11,500 of vitamin A, is this too much? I weigh 205 pounds and take A vitamin a supplement as well as a multivitamin

2 min later 22004103 Anonymous
wow 11500 whole vitaman A? i balance it with me 400 proteins and 35 vitiman Cs

2 min later 22004106 Anonymous (Sonofabitch.gif 245x150 688kB)
>dull question to qualify as fitness >inflammatory /pol/ image uploaded Oh yeah. This is bait, alright.

3 min later 22004130 Anonymous
did dinosaurs really fuck same genders o.o

5 min later 22004173 Anonymous
>>22004106 >creationist image >/pol/ hurrdurrdurrrrrrrrrrrr

6 min later 22004176 Anonymous
>>22004066 *11,500 iu of vitamin A whoops, forgot that detail. I've read that 10,000 iu of vitamin A is a safe level, but I've read elsewhere about 12,000 iu of vitamin A causing liver problems.

6 min later 22004182 Anonymous
>>22004106 >>22004173 >implying that anyone ever took that image seriously

7 min later 22004203 Anonymous
>>22004173 Sorry, but the anti-gay thing is totally right up their alley. Are you seriously implying that it isn't?

8 min later 22004225 Anonymous (220px-Tony_Perkins_1.jpg 220x276 13kB)
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11 min later 22004278 Anonymous
>>22004130 Yes. They were also satanists and serial killers.

17 min later 22004389 Anonymous
so uh, anybody wanna talk about vitamins?

18 min later 22004404 Anonymous
>>22004176 I don't know about that IU thing since I'm not from the US, but I'd advise you to NEVER EVER take more than 100%RDA of vitamin A in supplements. With some vitamins, for instance vitamin C (water-solutable), there is a huge gap between "I don't have a defiency" and "I have a hypervitaminosis", but with vitamin A (fat-solutable), those two extremes are quite close. Overdosing on water-solutable vitamins such as most of the various B vitamins (not B12 though) and C is most likely not dangerous, but it's vice versa with fat-solutable vitamins like A or E. I used to take a 200%RDA on everything multivitamin because I didn't know shit about vitamins and such, but I definitely caught up on doing my research as soon as I started to frequently have headaches and hair loss, both of which are typical symptoms of a vitamin A overdose. TL;DR: It's fine to overdose on vitamin C and the other water-solutable ones, but never take more than 100%RDA of vitamin A via supplements. If you eat fairly healthy, it's almost impossible to be deficient in vitamin A anyway. As long as you don't suffer from any diagnosed defiencies, taking supplements (except omega 3 and vitamin D) is most likely just a waste of money, if not even possibly dangerous for your health. That's probably a shitty read, but I'm too lazy to go through all of that again. I hope it helps.

19 min later 22004418 Anonymous
>>22004203 yes, but disliking homosexuals doesn't equal thinking the dinosaurs fag-fucked themselves to death.

21 min later 22004440 Anonymous
>>22004418 Who gives a shit? It has nothing to do with /fit/, regardless.

21 min later 22004452 Anonymous (4da1b94a41631e2284955576d1ae59f625a56698.jpg 750x1000 402kB)
>>22004130 Yes they went full homo.

22 min later 22004466 Anonymous
>>22004404 > tfw was popping 15000 iu of vitamin A cause some faggot said it will cure acne. Fuck this board

24 min later 22004502 Anonymous (Elliott.jpg 408x322 21kB)
>>22004466 >tfw taking 100K IU a day for weeks because someone said it will help with acne 100 fucking thousand IU

25 min later 22004522 Anonymous
I took 100000 IU of vitamin A today. Trying a DIY accutane treatment for my acne.

25 min later 22004523 Anonymous
>>22004404 11,500 iu equals to %230 of the daily value needed. So I guess I should slow down? I found that taking it helped clear up my skin a lot.

25 min later 22004529 Anonymous
>>22004502 Lmfao, chuckled out loud m8

41 min later 22004832 Anonymous
>>22004523 In my opinion, yes, but keep in mind that bodies are different and some might be able to deal with more vitamin A than others. How long have you been taking this much? I believe (but don't quote me on that), there is no "secret damage", your body will store up vitamin A for a while and as soon as toxicity kicks in, you'll notice it. I don't know whether it's possible to damage your liver by overdosing on vitamin A while not suffering from acute symptoms. Short side-note regarding your skin- the tea tree range from The Body Shop did the trick for me, especially the facial wash and the moisturizer. It's not like I have super clean movie star-tier skin now, but at least I don't get these "do you even shower"-looks from everyone anymore. Might give it a shot.

54 min later 22005093 Anonymous
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59 min later 22005204 Anonymous
>>22004832 I've been taking this dosage of vitamin A for about 2 weeks, so far I've had no troubles but I don't want to risk it. Thanks for the tips, I'll definitely check out the tea tree range. I have noticed that my skin produces much less oil now and I'm actually having problems with skin dryness, so I will cut back.

1 hours later 22005494 Anonymous
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1 hours later 22005706 Anonymous
>>22005204 You're welcome, dude, if I were you, I'd stick to the multivitamin only if you're having skin troubles. I'm aware that this contradicts my former advice of avoiding supplements if possible, but my own skin did indeed benefit of multivitamin use, I'm currently using one containing 100%RDA on pretty much everything and it's going well so far. Maybe you should stop taking both supplements for about one week before continuing with multivitamin only in order to let your body get rid of any unnecessary vitamin A reserves. But that's just something that seems to make sense to me and nothing I have actual proof for. Anyway, good luck.

1 hours later 22006021 Anonymous (1364484445598.jpg 800x800 107kB)
>>22004502 The levels in the anti-acne drug accutane have 200,000iu which you are taking everyday for 1-2 months. Be carefull when taking that much vitamin a. Theres a reason you have to get your liver tested every four weeks when taking accutane

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