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Vitamin C and B complex are both water soluble (ie hydrophilic), which is why a daily dose is recommended. Your body only uses what it needs in a day, and any excess in your body will be dissolved in water and excreted (this is why your urine is very yellow after taking a B complex, it's the excess B2 - riboflavin that is naturally yellow.)

Vitamins A, D, E, and K are all fat soluble (ie hydrophobic). The excess which is not used is stored in adipose tissue (fat cells) until needed. This is where people started saying you'll turn orange if you eat too many carrots: carrots contain beta-carotene which the body turns into vitamin A with bile salts.

So it is possible to get too much of the A, D, E, and K (though none are toxic at high levels except vit D - so watch out), but it is silly to take tablets with large amounts of vitamins B and C because you'll just excrete it!

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