What are the Health Benifits of Vitamin A

January 26, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Vitamins

What can vitamin A do for you?

  • Preserves and improves your eyesight
  • Helps fight viral infections
  • Important for bone growth
  • needed for reproduction
  • supports the Immune system

What things may show a need for more high-vitamin A?

  • Frequent viral infections
  • Night blindness and other eye problems
  • Hyperkeratosis - Goose bump looking spots on the skin

What are the natural sources of Vitamin A?

  • calf liver
  • milk
  • cheese
  • eggs
  • green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, turnips, collards and Romaine lettuce
  • Carrots

Daily Amount Recommendations:

  • Men ages 11-51+, about 5000 IU
  • Women ages 11-51+, about 4000 I

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