Vitamin Poisoning - Fat Soluble

Fat Soluble

With few exceptions, like some vitamins from B complex, hypervitaminosis usually occurs more with fat-soluble vitamins, which are stored in the liver and fatty tissues of the body. These vitamins build up and remain for a longer time in the body than water soluble vitamins.

Conditions include:

  • Hypervitaminosis A
  • Hypervitaminosis D
  • Hypervitaminosis E
  • Hypervitaminosis K

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