vitamin A full info

Vitamin A  Health benefits # and requirement

 

About Vitamin A 

Vitamins are the very essential requirement of our body and these are not produced by body itself. 

Vitamin A can be found naturally in plants and also in the animals.
the name of Vitamin A   when we take from plants is called carotenoids and called retinol when taken from animals.
Vitamin A is fat soluble.

Work of vitamin A 

Vitamin A helps in glow of skin ,makes teeth stronger,helps for hairs,makes our bones strong and keeps eyesight good.

Vitamin A  from plant means carotenoids works as fighter for heart disease  and also prevent from cancer because it works as antioxidants.

Vitamin A helps in reproduction .

This vitamin  regulates our immune system.

sources and #  many food types 

1. from plants 

   in case of plants Vitamin A means carotenoids are found in many types of plants these are 
   
   1. orange coloured fruits 
   2. Dark coloured orange 
   3. sweet potatoes
   4. turnip green 
   5. mangoes  
   6. carrots
   7. from pink grapefruit 
   8. from broccoli
   9. spinach
   10. peaches 
   11. cantaloupe and many others  

   2-from animals 

   there are many sources of Vitamin A means retinol in case of animals like
   
   1. from liver
   2. swiss cheese 
   3. fish
   4. from eggs 
   5.  from fortified milk
   6. from cod
     

   Problems in case of deficiency of Vitamin A

   there are many problems created when body is in deficiency of vitamin Alike
   
   1. Vitamin A helps to make strong bones ,so deficiency of it weeks the  bones and our teeth also.
   2. our skin becomes dry in case of deficiency of Vitamin A 
   3. deficiency of vitamin A promotes night blindness 
   4. and our body have low resistance towards  diseases , in case of deficiency of Vitamin A