Vitamin warning for liver lovers
People should limit eating liver to once a week and be careful about other sources of vitamin A, say food experts.
Too much is toxic and increases the risk of bone fractures, according to advisers to the Food Standards Agency.
Combining supplements with vitamin A-rich foods such as liver is particularly risky, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition says.
Post-menopausal women and older people at highest risk of fractures should not have more than 1.5mg per day, it says
Source BBC News
Too much is toxic and increases the risk of bone fractures, according to advisers to the Food Standards Agency.
Combining supplements with vitamin A-rich foods such as liver is particularly risky, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition says.
Post-menopausal women and older people at highest risk of fractures should not have more than 1.5mg per day, it says
Source BBC News
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