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Is it ok to use rose hip oil and vitamin e oil during pregnancy? i heard rose hip oil is high vitamin a. is this beta carotene based?

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Yes: No more than 10, 000 iu of preformed vitamin a should be taken during pregnancy but preformed vitamin a is only found in animal foods (meat, eggs, dairy). There are no vegetarian sources of actual vitamin a- any "vitamin a" said to be in those foods are from carotenes and those are very safe in pregnancy. See http://www.Care2.Com/greenliving/is-vitamin-a-safe-for-pregnant-women.Html.

Answered 2/19/2014

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