Sunday 17 December 2023

VITAMIN A

Fruits and vegetables. Dark green leafy vegetables, for example amaranth (red or green), spinach and chard. Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. Carrots. Squashes/pumpkins. Yellow maize. Mangoes. Papayas.

  • Animal sources. Liver, eggs, milk (including breast milk)
  • Oils. Red palm oil or biruti palm oil.
  • Vitamin A (retinol, retinoic acid) is a nutrient important to vision, growth, cell division, reproduction and immunity. Vitamin A also has antioxidant properties.
  • a list of vitamins and minerals that are crucial for good health, plus the best food sources of each:
  • iron — meat, poultry, fish, and beans.
  • vitamin A — carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale.
  • vitamin B12 — meat, poultry, fish.
  • vitamin E — nuts, seeds, vegetable oils.





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