Vitamin A

All about Vitamin A many uses

Vitamin A is the first of vitamins that are essential and vital supplements to our diets. Vitamin A was given the first letter of the alphabet for a name because it was the first vitamin to be discovered. It was found that vitamin A has a large number of uses in the body, including keeping eyes healthy, aiding cell growth and also helping boost the immune system.

Vitamin A is converted from beta carotene

In addition to being absorbed into our bodies directly, vitamin A is also created by the body by converting beta carotene into vitamin A.

Carrots contain Vitamin A

Vegetables are rich with Vitamin A

Many people will remember being told that eating lots of carrots helps you to see in the dark and that is down to the vitamin A that is produced from the high levels of beta carotene that are found in the vegetables. Other foods which have high levels of beta carotene that can be converted to vitamin A include tomatoes and dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach. Beta carotene is not only used to form vitamin A, but it is also a powerful antioxidant in itself. None of the beta carotene that is absorbed is wasted as any excess after conversion to vitamin A has taken place is used to fight the harmful free radicals within the body. Vitamin A also helps fight infections and illnesses by helping tissues that line various parts of the body, including the eyes, mouth, nose, throat and lungs, to grow and also to repair them if they are damaged to prevent infection. Children also need plenty of vitamin A to help their bones and teeth to develop properly.

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