Curious to know, as we’ve all been cautioned against too much vitamin A, because it builds up in our fat stores and can become toxic to the body at high amounts. Wondering what would happen to those vitamins and the body, if anything, if someone were to lose weight quickly? And if there are other things stored in fat to be aware of.
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I’m pretty sure nothing important happens. I don’t think you can lose weight fast enough for it to matter.
If you lose the weight surgically (fat extraction, liposuction) the vitamins go with it.
If you lose the weight through even extreme dieting and exercise, it’s still slow relative to your liver just dealing with it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast this guy did fine not eating for a year (he had nutritional supplements)… he would have been releasing these vitamins as fast as is plausible with no ill effect.
If you lose the weight through insane metabolism, like some combination of 2,4-dinitrophenol and ice baths…you are gonna die of fever first anyway.
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