Vitamin A
This topic also includes carotenoids.
- Important in the formation of bones and teeth
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Needed for maintenance and repair of epithelial tissue
Vitamin A (Beta-carotine – the primary form in the plant kingdom, pro vitamin A)
- An anti-oxidant. Can neutralize singlet oxygen.
- Beta-carotine can oxidyze and damage cell membranes
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Apricots, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots, iceburg lettuce, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes
The pivotal antioxidant inside the cell is probably gluthaione.. water-soluable.
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Benefits ∞
- Prevents night blindness and other eye problems
- Prevents some skin disorders
- Enhances immunity
- May heal gastrointestinal ulcers
- Protects against pollution and cancer formation
- Aids in fat storage
- Protects against colds, influenza
- Protects against infections of the kidneys, bladder, lungs, and mucous membranes
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Slows the aging process
Deficiency Symptoms ∞
- Dry hair or skin
- Dryness of the cornea
- Poor growth
- Night blindness
- Abscesses in ears
- Insomnia
- Fatigue
- Reproductive difficulties
- Sinusitis
- Pneumonia
- Frequent colds and respiratory infections
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Skin disorders
Sources ∞
Halibut liver oil was recommended to me for a bad knee.
- Green and yellow fruits and vegetables:
- apricots
- asparagus
- beet greens
- broccoli
- cantaloupe
- carrots
- collards
- dandelion greens
- dulse
- fish liver
- fish liver oil
- garlic
- kale
- mustard greens
- papayas
- peaches
- pumpkin
- red peppers
- spirulina
- spinach
- sweet Potatoes
- Swiss chard
- turnip greens
- watercress
- yellow squash
- alfalfa
- borage leaves
- burdock root
- cayenne pepper (capsicum)
- chickweed
- eyebright
- fennel seed
- hops
- horsetail
- kelp
- lemongrass
- mullein
- nettle
- oat straw
- paprika
- parsley
- peppermint
- plantain
- raspberry leaf
- red clover
- rose hips
- sage
- uva ursi
- violet leaves
- watercress
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yellow dock
