Why are some vitamins sometimes listed as 1500% of your RDI? and wouldn’t that be damaging to your body?

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Why are some vitamins sometimes listed as 1500% of your RDI? and wouldn’t that be damaging to your body?

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For the majority of them, no. But some vitamins are toxic in high doses. Like eating polar bear liver can cause hypervitamintosis a. An overdose of vitamin a. Which can result in vomiting, hair loss, bone damage, and death.