Explain why you are more likely to overdose on vitamin a than on vitamin c

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Nathen Combs

Chemistry

22 January, 00:23

Explain why you are more likely to overdose on vitamin a than on vitamin c

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German Walter · Answer 1

The difference is in how the vitamins are dissolved into the body. Vitamin C is water soluble, so your kidneys are able to filter them out and expel them from the body. Whereas vitamin A is fat soluble and the body cannot get rid of those vitamins and just store them inside the body.