Re: here's an article on Vit A and bone health

[Guest guest]

If the articles is true, it would almost mandate that vit a enrichments to food be stopped. There has to be more to the picture. Looks the RDA IS the maximum.

In addition, beta carotene has a limit if you believe the association with Prostate Cancer. I'm using 32000 IU in my spreadsheet now although that is what I inferred from the article abstract. I don't have access to the whole article.

I've been wondering where the redlines were for several years and now it seems someone is beginning to look at them.

Regards.

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From: Francesca Skelton

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Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:24 PM

Subject: [ ] here's an article on Vit A and bone health

Picking a Bone with Vit Ahttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20764-2003Feb3.html

[Guest guest]

> If the articles is true, it would almost mandate that vit a

>enrichments to food be stopped.

Yes - although perhaps more people benefit from vitamin A

supplementation than those whom are harmed by it - and so we all have

to have our food enriched no matter the damage to us personally - doh.

Anyway, the article states that: " Sweden is the only European

country that fortifies low-fat milk products with retinol " . Very

well, it may be the only *European* country but many low-fat milk

products in the U.S. are fortified with vitamin A palmitate. In

fact, I'm not even sure it's possible to buy milk in the U.S.

*without* vitamin A retinol supplementation.

> In addition, beta carotene has a limit if you believe the

>association with Prostate Cancer. I'm using 32000 IU in my

>spreadsheet now although that is what I inferred from the article

>abstract. I don't have access to the whole article.

Question: carotenoids are not implicated in osteo are they?

> I've been wondering where the redlines were for several years and

>now it seems someone is beginning to look at them.