JournalofEndocrinology published data obtained by scientists from Sweden. These experts have established that intake of vitamin A can lead to thinning of the bone tissue.
Vitamin a, or retinol, plays a vital role in many biological processes in the body, the body cannot produce it yourself. A large number of people worldwide taking retinol in supplements. However, the scientific experts from the Center for the study of bone diseases and arthritis at the University of Gothenburg came to the conclusion that in most cases, additional intake of this vitamin simply do not need
As the researchers noted, “the problem of excessive consumption of vitamin A in recent years there has been increasingly more and more people are addicted to intake of vitamin supplements”. But conducted on mice studies have shown that extra consumption of vitamin A can reduce the thickness of the bone.
Animals over the ten weeks received supplements retinol in low doses.Despite the low dosage, the thinning of bone tissue in mice had already begun for the eighth day of admission. In the future, it only progressed. Tellingly,previous studies in mice have also shown that a small overdose of vitamin A weakens bones and increases the risk of fractures.
In the end, the Swedish scientists concluded that people should exercise caution in additional to the diet, the intake of vitamin A. According to them, diet that includes meat, dairy products and vegetables, the body should be sufficient to meet the needs valuable vitamin.
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