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  • AKICIF: Topical Hypervitaminosis

    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 29 01:27:38 2022
    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Fri Apr 29 13:38:57 2022
    In article <totm6hhg9f9mu4m681t60ld88dfr11s2iq@4ax.com>,
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    Haven't the foggiest. It would depend on whether human skin is
    permeable to oil-based substances.

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Fri Apr 29 07:54:50 2022
    On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 1:27:40 AM UTC-4, Joy Beeson wrote:
    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    Unlikely. CLO has 1356 IU/tablespoon (13.6g) (from Google)
    (about 100 IU/g)
    I, myself, take 5000 IU/day

    I know Vitamin A can be absorbed by the skin - fish oil
    acts as a carrier, and probably works for D as well. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/520241

    Overdose starts at 77k/day over several days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_toxicity#Recommended_supplement_limits

    That would take absorbing 770 grams of oil a day, which seems challenging, and I
    expect other effects of the oil would kick in first.

    pt

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Fri Apr 29 14:27:09 2022
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    I do not know how much would actually be absorbed, but I am pretty sure
    that it would leave you with body odor that would be a major problem.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Fri Apr 29 14:55:40 2022
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    You know, the more I think about it, the more I believe this would be
    a great thing for a villian to do to James Bond.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to Peter Trei on Fri Apr 29 08:32:43 2022
    On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 10:54:51 AM UTC-4, Peter Trei wrote:
    On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 1:27:40 AM UTC-4, Joy Beeson wrote:
    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in cod-liver oil?
    Unlikely. CLO has 1356 IU/tablespoon (13.6g) (from Google)
    (about 100 IU/g)
    I, myself, take 5000 IU/day

    I know Vitamin A can be absorbed by the skin - fish oil
    acts as a carrier, and probably works for D as well. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/520241

    Overdose starts at 77k/day over several days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_toxicity#Recommended_supplement_limits

    That would take absorbing 770 grams of oil a day, which seems challenging, and I
    expect other effects of the oil would kick in first.

    I note that you will get Vitamin A toxicity a lot faster.
    Limit is 3000 ug/day = 2 teaspoons CLO.

    Of course, skin absorption isn't that efficient, but
    Vit A accumulates in the liver until toxic effects appear.

    pt

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  • From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Wed Jun 8 22:42:40 2022
    On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:27:38 -0400, Joy Beeson
    <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:


    Is it theoretically possible to overdose on Vitamin D by bathing in
    cod-liver oil?

    Monday, 30 May 2022

    XP ate rec.arts.sf.fandom shortly after I posted the above, and I just
    now got around to admitting that there was no way I'd retrieve "The
    Ballad of Chicken Little" and so forth, and started over.

    I wonder what else has been going on that I should have responded to?
    I'll know in a few weeks when I've sorted out the posts I've already
    read.

    Goes back to 2013.

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Thu Jun 9 03:29:32 2022
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
    I wonder what else has been going on that I should have responded to?

    Oh, not much has been going on in fandom, except Mercedes Lackey being
    thrown out of the Nebula award ceremony and Stephanie Burke being
    publicly denounced at Balticon, both for alleged wrongthink.

    I've decided not to attend Balticon next year.

    Welcome back.

    As for your question about vitamin D, I don't know. It's probably a
    bad idea to do anything sufficiently unnatural without good evidence
    as to its safety.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Thu Jun 9 05:40:09 2022
    On 6/8/22 10:42 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:27:38 -0400, Joy Beeson
    <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:



    XP ate rec.arts.sf.fandom shortly after I posted the above, and I just
    now got around to admitting that there was no way I'd retrieve "The
    Ballad of Chicken Little" and so forth, and started over.

    Was that the one with the line "The arching sky is falling"? I once had
    a slip of the tongue while rehearsing "The Green Hills of Earth," and
    and Kate Gladstone ran with it.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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