Monday, September 15, 2014

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Vitamin A: Improve Your Health And Growth

Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin that supports the activities of the immune system and appears to function in maintaining normal skin health. Millions of children around the world lack Vitamin A. Each year due to Vitamin A deficiency many children are born blind. 

Vitamin A plays an important role in our life. Those benefits are: 

- It promotes good vision
- It helps your skin to be healthy
- It develops bone metabolism
- It helps the immune system to function normally
- It supports tooth growth
- It helps in reproduction of the body 

Although Vitamin A is found only in foods with animal origin, some fruits and vegetables can also be converted into Vitamin A by your body. Eating a variety of foods that contain Vitamin A is the best way to get enough amount of it. Always practice eating a balanced diet food to be healthy but make sure to eat and take an adequate amount of Vitamin A because too much of it can also be toxic to our body. 

Frequent viral infections, goose bump-like appearance of the skin, and night blindness indicates a lack of Vitamin A in your body. Vitamin A deficiency affects the health of the skin, eyes, and hair. It can also lead to loss of appetite, poor immune system, bone and growth abnormalities. 

To avoid these, always have a healthy diet and eat different kinds of food that is rich in Vitamin A: 

- Mango
- Broccoli
- Tomato Juice
- Beef Liver
- Sweet Potatoes
- Carrots
- Pumpkins
- Butternut Squash
- Eggs
- Milk
- Cheese
- Meat
- Cream
- Butter
- Leafy Vegetable
- Apricot
- Papaya
- Pea
- Cantaloupe Melon 

Vitamin A can be lost due to food preparation, cooking, and storage. To retain the vitamins on your food always keep in mind to serve fruits and vegetables raw whenever it is possible. Keep vegetables and fruits covered and refrigerated all the time and avoid frying it because some Vitamin A is lost during the process. 

Vitamin A is widely available from different foods that we eat everyday. So, before you reach for the bottle of your vitamins try eating a variety of healthy foods and get your Vitamin A the natural way. 





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