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Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin whose best known role is aiding in night and color vision. The vitamin is also necessary for growth and may serve as an antioxidant. A diet deficient in vitamin A makes a person more susceptible to infections and illness due to lack of immune function. A deficiency can also lead to night blindness and in extreme cases, total blindness.
recommendation: 5000 IU for men, 4000 IU for women.
foods in: Spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes, lettuce, cantaloupe, mango, apricots, and broccoli.
Dictionary Definition
A vitamin or mixture of vitamins especially vitamin A, or a mixture of Vitamin A1 and A2, occurring principally in fish liver oils and some yellow and dark green vegetables, functioning in normal cell growth and development, and responsible in deficiency for the hardening and roughening of skin, night blindness and degeneration of mucous membranes.
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