Vitamins are necessary in your daily intake of food or vitamins. Your body need to be supported by specific types of vitamins to improve your health, skin, nails, and hair. Vitamin A specifically is a very important vitamin for your body. It has two main components that are extremely beneficial in supporting your body: Retinol, and Beta-Carotene. You can consume Vitamin A through dark green vegetable, and vegetables in red, yellow, or orange colors. You can also get your needed intake of Vitamin A through liver, eggs, and fortified milk. But. Have you ever asked yourself if extra doses of Vitamins could harm you or not?
What excess Vitamin A doses do to your body?
- Hypervitaminosis
Although Vitamin A is one of the most advantageous vitamins, it can cause problems to your body. Excessive doses of Vitamin A are being called hypervitaminosis A, which leads to other problematic consequences. Once you find out that you already have more than needed doses of Vitamin A, you should immediately cut off all the sources that you depend on for Vitamin A intake. As liver already store Vitamin A, it takes time for your body to consume your in-stored amount of Vitamin
- Alopecia
One of the main consequences of extra doses of vitamin A is called “Alopecia”, which means hair loss in areas that should be growing hair like the scalp. This process work by rapid reach and end of the growth period of the hair follicles, then they get weak and fall out. Sometimes the fallen hair follicles do not grow back as they were. In this condition, you should also cut off Vitamin A and rapidly consult a doctor.