vitamin A toxicity

Question

The cap is 10000iu per week but why taking supplement that has 5000iu cause toxicity
But eating whole carrot which has 8000+ iu doesn’t?

In: 2

Answer 1

The carrot contains beta carotene, not vitamin A. Beta carotene can be made into vitamin A by your body (it’s a provitamin), but will never be converted at such high amounts that it will cause health issues.

Answer 2

What the other person said. Also just as an fyi the cap is 10000 iu per day, not per week. Nevertheless, you should be extremely careful with vit A supplements, vitamin A toxicity can happen even at relatively low doses over a prolonged time.