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If you have to many nutrients / vitamins, does the excessive stuff turn to fat or is it saved somewhere?

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Nutrients...: ...Can turn to fat if eaten in excess of body's needs; vitamins usually get peed out, except a and d (especially a) which can actually become toxic if over-over-dosed.

Dr Higginbotham agreed

Answered 10/11/2013

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