Foods Containing Vitamin A
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 retinol, a name given because of its importance in the health of the retina of the eye. Vitamin A has also been called the “anti-infective” vitamin due to its role in supporting the activities of the immune system.
Although vitamin A is found only in foods of animal origin, some fruits and vegetables contain compounds, called cartenoids, which can be converted into vitamin A by your body. Carotenoids are plant pigments, responsible for the red, orange, and yellow color of fruits and vegetables.
You may need more Vitamin A in your diet if:
- Having difficulty seeing at night
- Having frequent infections
- Goose bump like appearing skin
What can high vitamin A foods do for you?
- Preserve and improve your eyesight
- Help you fight off viral infections
- Cell growth support
- Reproductive processes in both males and females and
- Plays a role in normal bone metabolism.
- Regulating genetic events.
Best food sources of Vitamin A
- Eggs
- Milk
- Calf liver
- Carrots, raw
- Spinach, boiled
- Turnip greens
- Kales
- Parsley
- Bell peppers
- Mustard greens
- Chard
- Canto lope
- Artichoke
- Broccoli
Don’t wait to become deficient of Vitamin A. You should know the foods you need to keep your body in good nutritional health. By reading this article you have taken one small step in knowing the importance of Vitamin A for you and your family. Use it as a simple building block to better health and well being.
