IAHF urges NNFA member companies to take a serious look at how NNFA's position supporting the NAS paper is designed to cause us to lose in a trade dispute. Questions must be raised by NNFA member companies about conflict of interest within the trade association. The National Academy of Sciences scaring people away from vitamins, again. In the USA maybe 50-60 people a year develop vitamin A toxicity in the liver, but this largely occurs to people with liver disease. Furthermore, the condition is reversible.
Nothing is said of the many millions who are vitamin A deficient and have diminished night vision.
Look, beta carotene found in carrots converts to vitamin A in the liver, and excesses are stored in the skin. You can't overdose on beta carotene. People who are fighting infections need more vitamin A. Notice that the NAS is setting upper limits for vitamins for the first time. Never eat more than 3,000 micrograms a day, because such high levels can cause severe liver disease and, in pregnant women, birth defects, the panel concluded. Vitamin A is crucial for good vision, immune function and other bodily functions.