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Which following vitamins when taken in excess are more likely to be stored in the body?
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What vitamins if taken in excess are more likely to be stored in the body?
The fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K are more likely to be stored in the body.
Are fat-soluble vitamins less likely to be toxic than water-soluble vitamins?
yes
What do your bodies do if you have an excess of fat-soluble vitamins?
Body has got very large reservoir of fat, in which very large quantity of fat soluble Vitamins can be stored. Body has no mechanism to excrete these fat soluble vitamins as fat does not come in contact with any excretory organ like a pair of kidneys. It is stored in fat cells. If you give excess of water soluble vitamins, then they will be excreted by pair of Kidneys. Pair of kidney filters out about 180 litres of fluid/ day and through this excrete water soluble vitamins. Now it is easy to understand that why water soluble vitamins are not stored in body.
When a water-soluble vitamin is consumed in excess of body needs the excess is?
Besides vitamin B-6 and vitamin B-12, water-soluble vitamins are not typically stored in the body. Any excess is excreted via the urine.
What are vitamins that cannot be stored in the body called?
Vitamins that cannot be stored in the body are water-soluble vitamins.
Which of the following vitamins is not stored in significant amounts in the body and must be continually supplied to the diet?
Vitamin C
Excess carbohydrates are stored in humans as?
Excess carbohydrates are stored as fat.
What vitamins are stored in the fatty tissue of the body?
Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble vitamins that are stored in fatty tissue. Other vitamins such as Vitamins B, C, and Calcium are water soluble vitamins that are not stored in fatty tissues. So the answer is: it depends on the vitamin.
What form are excess carbohydrates stored as in animals?
Excess carbs and calories are stored as fat.
What are vitamins stored by the body?
Fats
Vitamins stored in fats cells they do not have to be ingested daily?
There a couple of vitamins stored in fat cells such that they do not have to be ingested daily. The common ones are vitamins A, D, E and K.
What vitamin excess use is dangerous to health?
Excess of vitamin intake or vitamin overdose is called hypervitaminosis. It is a condition of high storage levels of vitamin, which can lead to toxicity.Hypervitaminosis A is an excess of vitamin A, Similarly Hypervitaminosis C an excess of vitamin C, and so on.High or toxic levels of vitamins occur when you have high supplement intake and when you do not take from dietary sources.
