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Using too much of Vitamin A has proved to impact human body negatively. A new study has discovered that even though Vitamin A is essential for producing energy in the cells, extreme doses can prove to be harmful.
This is vital when combinations of foods, drinks, creams, and nutritional supplements containing added Vitamin A leads to a higher ‘overdose’.
"Our work illuminates the value and potential harm of Vitamin A use in cosmetic creams and nutritional supplements," said study co-author Ulrich Hammerling of Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York.
"Although Vitamin A deficiency is not very common in our society, over-use of this vitamin could cause significant disregulation of energy production impacting cell growth and cell death."
Even though Vitamin A plays a major role in nutrition and foetal development, the reason behind Vitamin A deficiencies and overdoses hampering human organs is not yet known.
The discovery by Hammerling and colleagues explains why these effects occur, while also providing insight into Vitamin A's anti-cancer effects, says a Sloan-Kettering release.
These findings were published in the FASEB Journal.
