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I drink a 11.5 oz of v8 daily, can i still safely take a multi vitamin that has vitamin a in it, just don't want to overdose on vitamin a. thank you.

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

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V8 has NO Vit A: V8 does not contain any vitamin A. Zero. Vit. A only comes from animal foods. V8 does have beta carotene, which our bodies convert to Vit A if needed, but there is no toxic dose of beta carotene. So drink all the V8 you want, and continue your multivitamin. See http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=106

Answered 8/23/2016

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A member asked:

I drink a 11.5 oz of v8 daily, can i still safely take a multi vitamin that has vitamin a in it, just don't want to overdose on vitamin a. thank you.

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