Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>My books say storage capacity of retinol in humans is 1-2 years.
>Shortest lived is vitamin B1  and K (1-2 weeks)
>longest lived is B12 with 5-10 years.
>
>Fredrik Murman wrote:
>> Does anybody know the body's storage capacity for retinol (vitamin A),
>> especially the livers capacity?

Assuming your book is right and the body uses about 800 mcg retinol per day
(RDA) then there's room for between 300 mg and 600 mg retinol in the body.
(300 mg ~ 365 * 0.8 mg; 600 mg ~ 2 * 365 * 0.8 mg) What do you think?

Fredrik