High intake of
the preformed types of Vitamin A are associated with toxicity, and can cause nausea, dizziness, elevated intracranial pressure (pressure around the brain), headaches, coma and death.
Not exact matches
If still uncertain whether consuming additional
preformed vitamin A would be beneficial (either from cod or fish liver oil, other
types of supplements, or from foods like liver), discuss this with your obstetrical care provider.
The body can not convert beta - carotenes into adequate levels
of vitamin A. To achieve optimum health, we need liberal amounts
of preformed vitamin A from foods like liver, seafood, butter, egg yolks and cod liver oil, along with
vitamin D from the same
types of foods, not from
vitamin D pills.