Natural sources of vitamin A
What is vitamin A?
Vitamin A is a nutrient of global importance. Vitamin A is also a fat soluble vitamin like vitamin D as described in the previous post.
Why vitamin A is important?
This vitamin is important for normal vision, it’s deficiency may cause night blindness.It helps to maintain glowing skin and used as a drug to prevent cancer.Also essential for proper functioning of immune system.
Natural sources of vitamin A
Vitamin A exist in natural products in many different forms. It exists as preformed retinoids as stored in animal tissues. And as pro-vitamin A carotenoids,which are synthesized as pigments by many plants and are found in green, yellow and orange plant tissues.
- milk
- meat
- eggs
- sweet potatoes baked
- spinach
- pumpkin instant cereals
- kale
- maize
- capsicum
- legumes and seeds
- peas
- yellow fruits
- green pepper
- red palm oil
- soybeans
- beans
- lentils
