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That's a bold assumption to be making, especially regarding a fat soluble vitamin that builds up in the body.

A bag of carrots wont hurt you yet an equivalent dose of betacarotene (vit A) supplement definitely will and is strongly associated with increasing certain cancers. There's a reason you won't see those on the shelf apart from miniscule amounts in multivitamins.

Nothing in nutrition exists in a vacuum.




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