but polar bear is my favorite!
I bought some multivitamins, with extra calcium, because I am so very concerned about developing osteoporosis in forty years.
The vitamins make me kind of sick if I take them on an empty stomach. (Which is probably why the bottle says "Take with food"). However, I'm suspicious of anything that is supposed to be good for you, but needs to be masked by breakfast. So I did some research on vitamin toxicity and discovered this priceless paragraph:
(Further Googling indicated that Arctic explorers have, in fact, been poisoned by eating polar bear liver. No word on whether any of them were pregnant).
The vitamins make me kind of sick if I take them on an empty stomach. (Which is probably why the bottle says "Take with food"). However, I'm suspicious of anything that is supposed to be good for you, but needs to be masked by breakfast. So I did some research on vitamin toxicity and discovered this priceless paragraph:
Thanks for that warning! No polar bear liver for me!Expectant mothers who take 10 mg vitamin A or more on a daily basis may have an infant with birth defects. It is possible to take in toxic levels of vitamin A by eating large quantities of certain foods. For example, about 30 grams of beef liver, 500 grams of eggs, or 2,500 grams of mackerel would supply 10 mg of retinol. The livers of polar bears and other arctic animals may contain especially high levels of vitamin A.
(Further Googling indicated that Arctic explorers have, in fact, been poisoned by eating polar bear liver. No word on whether any of them were pregnant).
posted by JenIsFamous at 8/23/2006 11:31:00 AM
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Polar bears are funny animals: cute, playful and sometimes extremely violent. It's a real shame that their livers are lethal to human beings.
If you want to get your vitamins, make soup. Get yourself some bok choy, pigs liver, yeah throw in some ginger too, perhaps some ham and white carrot. Simmer it up with some garlic salt, then throw in a whole load of spring onion. That's yum
What are you, Zombie, Chinese or something? ;-)
Proud Chinese. My family poem tells me that I am descended from philospher, Chen Zi, one of Confucious' top students; that's why I know so much about polar bears.
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