Is it okay to to eat " too many" vitamins through food?

swimmchick87

I did a search but could only find posts about taking vitamin pills/supplements. I'm talking about going way over your percentages through actual food. My vitamin C for the past couple of days has been almost 400%, and my Vitamin A has been almost 200%. Is this okay or is it possible to have "too many" vitamins? I don't take any supplements or vitamin pills so this is all through food, but I feel like I'm eating pretty normally. The only thing I could think was that I've been eating two clementines/cuties a day (but they're so tiny?) and a spinach salad every day for the past couple of days.

LabRat529

Vitamin C is water soluble and pretty safe. I don't think you can OD on that, so don't worry about vitamin C.

You CAN OD on vitamin A, but you'd need a lot. 200% is not a biggy.

And yes you can OD from a food source- it just takes a lot of work! It's easier to OD with a pill.

Just eat a sensible diet and don't worry about it

NightOwl1

The answer is that yes, you can get too many vitamins from food, but it's not that easy to do. If you have questions about a specific vitamin, google what the "Upper Limit" is for that vitamin, and it will tell you how much you shouldn't go over, so you can know for sure.