Vitamin A

Basics

Vitamin A is the collective name for a group of fat-soluble vitamins.

Benefits

It helps from and maintains healthy teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucous membranes, and skin; improves ision and sight. Inhibit tumor development; essential for pregnant women.

Sources

beef, calf, chickin liver; eggs, and fish liver oils, whole milk yogurt butter, cheese, and beta-varotene.

Deficiency

severe visual impairment and blindness; other diseases and death from severe infections due to the deficiency.