Vitamin Diet

Vitamin A Nutrition


Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin required to maintain healthy skin, teeth, soft tissue, skeleton and mucous membrane Vitamin A is derived from two sources – provitamin carotenoids and preformed retinols. Carotenoids have the highest vitamin A activity for example beta carotene and are found in dark and yellow/orange vegetables and plants. Retinoids that is retinoic acid and retinal are mainly found in animal sources like organ meats, eggs and dairy products. Caratenoids like beta carotene, alpha carotene and gamma carotene are sometimes referred as 'pro-vitamin A' as the body can convert these into vitamin A.

Vitamin A nutrition is very important as this fat soluble vitamin is required for different physiological functions in the body. Vision is the best known function of vitamin A.