Which vegatables and friuts contain vitamin A???!
Which vegatables and friuts contain vitamin A???
Answers:
carrots are a good source of beta carotine - it's a great source for vitamin A, and an easy snack to pack along with you anywhere
Source(s):
House TV show - apparently naturally orange vegetables have vitamin A
In general, Vitamin A is found in bright orange, yellow, and green colored vegetables
Examples: pumpkin, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, peaches, spinach and broccoli.
Generally In Sweet Potatoes, Yam, and Squash
Good sources
Vitamin A is found naturally in many foods. Each of the following contains at least 0.15mg of Vitamin A or beta carotene per 1.75-7 oz. (50-200g):
* Sweet potatoes
* Carrots
* Collard greens
* Kale
* Pumpkin
* Spinach
* Sweet peppers
* Winter squash
* Apricots
* Cantaloupe melon
* Mango
* Liver (beef, pork, chicken, or turkey)
* Eggs
* Broccoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/retinol...
Sources of vitamin A:
Vegetables:
Broccoli
Spinach
Turnip greens
Carrots
Squash
Sweet potatoes
Pumpkin
Fruits:
Cantaloupe
Apricots
Orange
Mango
Papaya
"Vitamin A is principally found in animal products. Plants do contain beta-carotene, a substance that the body can convert into vitamin A. The impression given by some vegetarian sources is that beta-carotene is just as good as vitamin A. This is not true.
Firstly, the conversion from carotene to vitamin A can only take place in the presence of bile salts. This means that fat must be eaten with the carotenes to stimulate bile secretion. Additionally, infants and people with hypothyroidism, gall bladder problems or diabetes either cannot make the conversion or do so very poorly. Lastly, the body's conversion from carotene to vitamin A is not very efficient: it takes 46 units of carotene to make one unit of vitamin A. What this means is that the sweet potato (containing about 25,000 units of beta-carotene) you just ate will only convert into about 4,000 units of vitamin A (assuming you ate it with fat and do not have a thyroid or gall bladder problem).
Relying on plant sources for vitamin A, then, is not a very wise idea. This is why good-old-fashioned butter is a virtual must in any diet. Butter from pasture-fed cows is rich in vitamin A and will provide the intestines with the fatty material needed to convert vegetable carotenes into active vitamin A. Vitamin A is all-important in our diets, for it enables the body to use proteins and minerals."