Mastering Nutrition with MyDietAnalysis with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
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Chapter 7, Problem 3TF
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To examine: Whether the statement, “Consuming too much beta-carotene from foods such as carrots, winter squash, and broccoli can cause vitamin A toxicity”, is true or false.
Introduction: Vitamin A is included in retinoid family that includes retinol, retinoic acid, and retinoic acid. Preformed vitamin A is found only as the form of animal resource foods, such as eggs, liver, and processed milk.
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