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

Read more about this topic:  Vitamin Poisoning

Famous quotes containing the word fat:

    Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system.
    Charles Dickens (1812–1870)