How to Eat More Foods with Vitamin A
Watch more How to Get Your Vitamins and Minerals videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/308142-How-to-Eat-More-Foods-with-Vitamin-A Vitamin A is not only good for your eyesight, it also promotes, growth, a healthy immune system, and healthy bones, teeth, hair, skin, and nails. Warning Never change your diet without first consulting your physician. Step 1: Have vitamin A for breakfast Have a vitamin A-rich breakfast with fruits such as apricots, mango, paypaya, and the fruit salad staple, cantaloupe. Tip Milk and many breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamin A. Step 2: Have vitamin A at lunch Include a salad with dark, leafy green vegetables, like spinach or kale, for lunch. Put some shredded beta-carotene-rich carrots on top for a great mid-day dose of A. Tip Vitamin A is fat-soluble and stored in the liver, so choose supplements wisely to avoid toxicity. Step 3: Eat orange foods Eat more orange and deep yellow foods, which contain the organic compound beta-carotene responsible for their color. Sweet potatoes are rich in A, as is the Halloween favorite, pumpkin. Step 4: Enjoy dinner with animal products Enjoy dinner with a wide variety of A-rich animal products, including meat, fish, and eggs. Step 5: Take cod liver oil Heed grandma's advice and take a spoonful of cod liver oil. The vitamin A actually does help ward off bacteria and viruses. Did You Know? Vitamin A was discovered in 1913 by Elmer McCollum as a cure for night blindness.