Vitamin A
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
Vitamin A: retinol, beta-carotene (fat-soluble) Essential for healthy vision, especially night vision, and helps some skin disorders, including acne. It is necessary for the mucous membranes of the respiratory, digestive and urinary tracts. It aids in growth of bones, and tissues, important nutrient for reproduction and immunity. Vitamin A works as an antioxidant, protecting cells from cancer. Helps prevent stroke and heart attack. It also slows the aging process.
Vitamin A Deficiency: Low Vitamin A levels in the body will cause dry hair and/or skin, dryness of the eye, poor growth, night blindness, frequent colds, and skin disorders including acne.
Excessive Vitamin A: An excess of the form of vitamin A found in liver can be poisonous to the body and has been related to birth defects like cleft palate and heart defects. The plant form of vitamin A (beta-carotene) is safe.
Good sources of Vitamin A: liver, fish liver oils, orange and red fruits and vegetables like carrots, apricots, cantaloupe, papayas, mangos, peaches, pumpkin, red peppers, sweet potatoes, and leafy green vegetables like broccoli, collards, dandelion greens, spinach, also garlic and several herbs.
Enzyme s play an important role in our body chemistry. Nutrition is al relative depending on the source of your information. The whole food diet is one that is high in vitamins and minerals. Depending on your deficiency, a pectic supplement may be the solution. Most microorganisms and such depend on substrate to assist them. The real action microorganisms complete is in the gut. Follow our real liquid diet later on in the chapter for more information. See the various nutrition chart s available discount on the internet. The real content is in this complete doctor guide.