Archive for the 'Vitamin A' Category

Vitamin A Functions – Is The Prevention of Breast Cancer One of Them?

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Any woman can tell you that they know someone with breast cancer and how they would like to be able to impart life changing advice if they could. So, with the many functions of Vitamin A, is the prevention of breast cancer one of them?
Vitamin A is also known as Retinol and is a [...]

Vitamin A Overdose

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin, is stored in the body in the liver and can therefore be a vitamin that you can overdose. It is involved in the formation and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes. Vitamin A helps us to see in dim light and is necessary for proper bone growth, [...]

What is Vitamin A?

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

There are 13 essential vitamins needed for the body to function. By 1917 one of these substances, Vitamin A was discovered by Elmer McCollum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Lafayette Mendel and Thomas Osborne at Yale University.
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin and is stored in the body’s fat, then utilized for body [...]

Foods Containing Vitamin A

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

We should all be eating foods containing Vitamin A as it is an essential nutrient for our bodies. It was identified in 1913 and was the first fat-soluble vitamin out of thirteen to be discovered. It is stored in the liver and is a light yellow crystalline compound.
Vitamin A is also known as [...]

Important Vitamin A Sources

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

There are many important Vitamin A sources. But first let’s learn the basics of the first Vitamin to be discovered of the thirteen known vitamins. It plays a few vital roles in our bodies and is fat soluble, stored in the body in our fat tissues of the liver. It was identified in [...]

Vitamin A uses

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

What is it?
Vitamin A uses are many and important, but first we need to start from the beginning. Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin stored in the liver. It is a yellow powder that was the first vitamin to be discovered in 1903.
How do you store it?
Vitamin A capsules and drops should be [...]

Interesting Facts About Vitamin A You Should Know

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Interesting facts about vitamin A you should know
This article was written to provide you with some interesting facts about vitamin A you should know. First off Vitamin A, also known as Retinol, was identified in 1907 when comparing rats that ate food with protein and lard in it and rats that ate food with [...]