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Ep. 358:  Vitamin A and Beta Carotene: The Most Provably Harmful “Vitamin”

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Some researchers set out to prove what pill-form “Vitamin A” and beta carotene could do for smokers and longevity. What they discovered was the opposite of what they expected.
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0:00.0

Ready to live at the higher vibrations where peace, love, joy, and good health are the daily

0:07.4

standard? That's what this show is all about. Welcome to Vibe. And here's your host, Robin Openshaw.

0:18.3

Hey everyone, Robin Openshaw. Welcome to the Vibe Show. And today, I think this is the most compelling

0:26.0

debate that we have in The Take Daily, how supplements hijack our health book is for actual

0:36.5

danger to your health is the vitamin A story. It's a story we never questioned

0:42.1

because we've been told since childhood that vitamin A is essential for eyesight, immunity,

0:48.7

and skin. I don't have any argument about whether vitamin A is actually useful for it.

0:55.6

Whether they've accurately isolated the molecules involved and whether they can actually create those in a lab that mimic what's in food is a whole other story.

1:08.6

So carrots help us see in the dark. Cod liver oil helps us to grow strong.

1:15.4

Frankly, I think the fact that there's a big giant carrot in my breakfast every morning for like

1:19.9

literally 25, 30 years now, I have to assume there's also a chunk of a raw beat is why I still at the age of almost 59 have

1:29.6

no contact lenses or glasses. I don't have any prescription, even though I have a daughter who's

1:37.1

almost blind and my mother is completely blind. And my grandmother went completely blind as well.

1:43.2

So I really believe that food is medicine.

1:46.2

But we assume that vitamin A supplements are harmless,

1:49.8

maybe even necessary, but here's the problem.

1:53.0

Most vitamin A supplements are not the same as the vitamin found in food.

1:58.3

And the synthetic versions can accumulate in the body. They can become toxic and they can

2:04.5

cause long-term harm. Hear me out here. The supplement industry rarely mentions this part,

2:10.8

but it's time we talk about it. Vitamin A isn't just one thing. In nature, vitamin A exists as a complex. It's a family of compounds

2:22.9

found in foods like carrots and sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, apricots, pasture-raised egg yolks,

2:31.5

liver, if you want to eat that. I know most of you probably don't, but your body

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