{"id":14472,"date":"2009-11-28T01:01:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T06:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=14472"},"modified":"2010-04-08T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:24:53","slug":"vitamin-guide-from-a-to-zinc-vitamin-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/vitamin-guide-from-a-to-zinc-vitamin-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin Guide from A to Zinc: Vitamin A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"carrots\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/vitamin-guide-from-a-to-zinc-vitamin-a\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/carrots-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"carrots\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>If you have ever heard the\u00a0suggestion to\u00a0eat your carrots for good vision, you were actually being told to eat a food high in vitamin A.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin A not only helps with vision but it\u00a0is an <a title=\"antioxidant foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/these-foods-pack-a-mighty-punch-of-antioxidants\/\" target=\"_self\">antioxidant<\/a>, which means\u00a0that this\u00a0substance can prevent damage to our bodies&#8217; cells and also help with repairing damage. Additionally, vitamin A helps with maintaining our skin tissue and it\u00a0is necessary for our cell growth. It also helps fight off infection, which in addition to the benefits listed above, makes vitamin A essential for our bodies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin. Fat-soluble\u00a0means\u00a0that it\u00a0does not dissolve in water and therefore our bodies don\u2019t tend to get\u00a0rid of it through urine as we do with the\u00a0water-soluble vitamins such as the B vitamins. This is important to note as too much vitamin A in the system can be toxic. The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for men is 1000 micrograms and for women it\u00a0is 800 micrograms per day. You should consult your doctor to ensure you are getting the amounts that are right for you.<\/p>\n<p>The best sources for getting vitamin A in your diet are\u00a0through\u00a0vegetables and fruits\u00a0that are deep orange and dark green in color\u00a0such as\u00a0carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, spinach, bok choy and mustard greens. When Vitamin A is obtained through these kinds of plant sources, it is referred to as beta-carotene, which then gets converted into vitamin A in the\u00a0liver.\u00a0Other good sources of this vitamin\u00a0are milk, milk products and eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned next week,\u00a0December 4th,\u00a0as the <a title=\"vitamin guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/vitamin-guide\/\" target=\"_self\">vitamin guide<\/a> continues with the B vitamins, focusing on vitamin B12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sign up for Amy&#8217;s monthly <\/em><\/strong><a title=\"natural health newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>Natural Health Newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have ever head the comment \u201cEat your carrots, they are good for your vision\u201d, you were actually being told to eat a food high Vitamin A.   <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/vitamin-guide-from-a-to-zinc-vitamin-a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[219,2701,29,2664,2680,190],"class_list":["post-14472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-antioxidants","tag-beta-carotene","tag-nutrition","tag-vitamin-a","tag-vitamin-guide","tag-vitamins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14472"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19516,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472\/revisions\/19516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}