Health Benefits of Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin and required by the body for maintaining its optimum health. As you all know that vitamin A is very good for eye health but not only that, it is good for eyes, but it has lot of other health benefits.
Vitamin A is required by the body’s immune system for strengthening and also enhancing its efficiency in fighting against various diseases and prevents the disease causing bacteria from entering inside the body.
It also helps in safeguarding our skin against the harmful effects of disease causing pathogens, harmful effects of pollution and free radicals. Hence, helps in preventing various skin diseases and provide a natural and healthy glow to your skin by nourishing it with its antioxidant properties which play a vital role in preventing harsh effects of pollution from damaging your skin’s vital structure.
It also helps in improving blood circulation and also helps in preventing rise of blood pressure, therefore is very good for hypertensive patients who have a prolonged history of high blood pressure. It also helps in preventing diabetes due to its antioxidant nature which helps a lot in lowering blood glucose level of body.
Vitamin A is very good for eyes. It helps in preventing various eye diseases like night blindness in children, xero-opthalmia, conjunctivitis, glaucoma, myopia, cataract, retinitis and various degenerative diseases of different tissues of eyes. Beta-carotene which is precursor of vitamin A is found in various vegetables like tomato and carrots.
Vitamin A also helps in preventing keratinization of skin tissues. It also helps in preventing brittle nails. It also helps in rapid healing of wounds and also prevents precancerous changes in body tissues and organs.
Vitamin A is found in good quantity in tomatoes, carrots, strawberry, papaya, mangoes, broccoli, apricots, banana and green leafy vegetables. Include them in your diet to have efficient supply of vitamin A in your diet.
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