Excessive dose of vitamin A may cause cancer! However, if you lack night blindness and lose your hair, you can eat more "4 kinds of natural foods" to supplement it

 9:13am, 27 June 2025

In the health food market, it is rare to see vitamin A (vitamin A) products. Most people rarely have problems with vitamin A deficiency, and excessive amounts of vitamin A may cause liver damage and carcinogenic risks. However, don't underestimate it. Once it is lacking, the body will have big problems.

Vitamin A is fat-soluble vitamins. It must be taken with oil to have good absorption. When eating more and more abundantly, most people are not prone to vitamin A deficiency.

Prevent night blindness, protect skin and hair health

Vitamin A can prevent night blindness, maintain normal vision, repair the network membrane, and is related to maintaining epithelial mucosal cells, skin, and hair health, and can maintain normal body gene expression, reproductive function, dental and bone development, and immune function. Once problems such as darkness, dry skin, hair loss, eye dryness, corneal ailment, can be predicted to be caused by insufficient vitamin A in the body.

The daily vitamin A intake for different ages has different upper limits. Generally, adults and pregnant women should not exceed 10,000 IU (3,000 micrograms, 1 IU is 0.3 micrograms) of vitamin A per day. Excessive dose will cause increased internal pressure, headache, heart attack, headache, skin irritation, bone pain, cancer, coma, and even death.

When choosing vitamin A health products, you must confirm that it contains β Hussil or Hussil. If Hussil is taken in excess, it will only cause skin color to become yellow and will not be poisoned. As long as you eat vegetables and fruits appropriately every day, you can meet your body's needs for vitamin A.

4 natural foods are rich in vitamin A

1. Animal liver, pig liver, chicken liver, beef liver, turtle liver, duck liver and other animal liver. If you only take a small bite, the vitamin A content will exceed the standard. Therefore, don’t eat it every day for internal organs, but once a week, it will be enough.

2. Hulu A large root Hulu contains more than 10,000 IU of vitamin A, which is twice the recommended daily intake. It is recommended to stir-fry Hulu with oil, so that the absorption rate is better.

3. Spinach contains vitamin A at most 6000 or more than 6000 grams per 100 grams of spinach. It is recommended to stir-fry it in oil, so the absorption rate is better.

4. The content of red meat sweet potatoes is rich in vitamin A, with more than 10,000 IU of vitamin A per 100 mg, and the content of Hulu is also higher than 6,000 micrograms. It is recommended that you replace one meal of staple food every day, and the amount of each time is about one boxer.

Responsible editor: Chen Yaomei