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butternut squash
I have been eating lots of butternut squash recently and realized it has tons of vitamin A which tex mentioned could be a problem. should i be avoiding it. it is one of the few veggies i can have now on the sc diet so i am reluctant to give it up. do you think it could be causing me problems?
Belle
Belle,
In all honesty, in general, I find it very difficult to believe that a vitamin that is in a whole food can be a health problem. Vitamin supplements can be a problem, but I never worry about vitamins that occur naturally in food.
To be specific, less than 10% of the vitamin A in butternut squash is in the form of retinol, (the harmful kind). (Actually, only about 7% is in the form of retinol, which is pretty much an insignificant amount). Most of it is in the form of beta-carotene, which is perfectly safe in any quantity. All the yellow and orange vegetables are high in beta-carotene, so they are good, safe sources of vitamin A.
Tex
In all honesty, in general, I find it very difficult to believe that a vitamin that is in a whole food can be a health problem. Vitamin supplements can be a problem, but I never worry about vitamins that occur naturally in food.
To be specific, less than 10% of the vitamin A in butternut squash is in the form of retinol, (the harmful kind). (Actually, only about 7% is in the form of retinol, which is pretty much an insignificant amount). Most of it is in the form of beta-carotene, which is perfectly safe in any quantity. All the yellow and orange vegetables are high in beta-carotene, so they are good, safe sources of vitamin A.
Tex
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