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Vitamin A
By Adge747 Parker of Healthy Answers
Well known as the vitamin that helps you see in the dark, it does do this but an excess to help you see better is a fallacy. A deficiency can cause night blindness. Vitamin A is an antioxidant and a shortage can lead to certain types of cancer. Vitamin A may help protect against heart disease it is necessary for sexual function and helps to fight infection. It also helps the formation of bones and teeth, helps keep skin and hair healthy.
It’s found in some foods from animals e.g. liver, eggs and butter are very rich source, however there are two problems with these sources they are often very rich in fat, which can block your arteries, lead to the development of heart disease and cancer. Some of the animal products are so rich in Vitamin A they can be dangerous and you can overdose. Most of the vitamin A that you need can be obtained from plant foods—carrots and other red and yellow vegetables, dark green leafy vegetables are another excellent source of beta-carotene the precursor to vitamin A. you can get plentiful amounts of beta-carotene from carrots, broccoli, chicory, spinach, endives, lettuce, apricots, elderberries and mangoes. Other useful suppliers of vitamin A are sweet potatoes, pumpkin, peas, kale, peppers, melons, cabbage, peaches, asparagus, watermelon, tomatoes, parsley and avocado. You don’t need to worry much about a deficiency of vitamin A as the average person has enough stored in their liver to last about two years. But you should keep eating a wide variety of foods to ensure that you do not run out.
Deficiency: can be a cause of night blindness, lack of tear secretion, changes in the eyes and eventual blindness if deficiency is severe and untreated, respiratory infections, dry skin, changes in the mucus membranes, weight loss, poor bone structure, weak tooth enamel, diarrhoea and slow growth.
Overdose: Retinal—the animal form of vitamin A—can be harmful, and cause liver and bone damage. Anorexia, drowsiness, irritability, hair loss, headaches and skin problems are some of the symptoms. Excessive consumption during pregnancy has been linked to birth defects. Children are more sensitive and are more likely to develop toxicity at high doses. Oral contraception may increase concentration.
Should you wish to be in the very best of health and obtain these products at a discounted price contact adrian@healthyanswers.co.uk to find out how you can.
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Thanks for the listing of all of the foods you can find vitamin A in, gotta get those veggies and fruit servings! I am always interested in food and nutrtion articles, thanks for the post.
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You will also get other nutrients from these foods as that's how nature intended us to get them. I firmly believe that the 7 deadly diseases are all caused and/or prevented/cured by optimum nutrition. Unfortunately you cannot eat sufficient food to get this without becoming obese as the nutrients are not in your food in the quantities that they used to be, hence I use the supplements that are on my web site and not the ones made synthetically from, at best, corn oil. Which you will have seen from the intel about it that it's not good for you, even though the food manufacturers use it a lot. Synthetic vitamins are made from it for the ssame reasons, PROFITS!
Sorry, I went on a bit there I do feel rather passionately about it.
Kind Regards,
Adrian.
Thank you for sharing these facts on vitamin "A".Most people need information on the foods in their diets.
Keep up the good work.
Frederick
CONTRIBUTOR'S REPLY
Thanks Frederick, I will try my best to keep the information coming as and when I find out about it.
Adrian.
As with everything these days, what once was good for you is now considered bad, and vice versa. As Mr Newton once uttered, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction," and it wasn't only Physics he was referring to. I always believed that carrots MUST be good for you, because rabbits eat carrots and I have yet to see one wearing glasses! *smiles* Good intel and thank you for sharing it.
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Thank you.
I apparently need to cut back on the
Vitamin M Thanks for the informative article.
CONTRIBUTOR'S REPLY
Yes it is one of the very few vitamins that can have an adverse effect if you overdose on it. Pleased it helped you.
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