July 28th, 2010 by Stand Team

Vitamin A is known as the ‘vitamin miracle’ because it favors to our immune system and to growth. The same is included in many foods, and in what concerns to food and nutrition then we can receive it from several sources.

The benefits of vitamin A are:

It is an excellent antioxidant, because it helps to protect cells against cancer and other diseases. Improving the light and prevents the night blindness. Favors the formation of strong bones. Acting as the protector against bacteria, viruses, and parasitic infections
Protects us against the heart disease, stroke and reduces the level of blood cholesterol.

You can improve the health of the skin, especially the dry skin or with psoriasis. Reduces the marks of expression, the fine wrinkles of the skin and clarifies the spots that are formed with age. The vitamin A supplements are listed for children suffering from respiratory problems.

Also the supplements are recommended for people with measles and glaucoma.
Foods with vitamin A:

In the nature vitamin A is presented in two ways. One of them is the retinol:
It is in the liver, dairy products, eggs and oil cod-liver.

The second way is the beta-carotene, a pigment of color that goes from orange-yellow to red that the body converts to vitamin A when necessary. The beta-carotene is found in fruits and vegetables in bright colors. The more brilliant is the fruit or vegetables more beta carotene contains.

Some of these fruit plants are the apricots, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, spinach.
Consume for too long vitamin A supplements may cause side effects. Therefore it is always preferable molded of nature.