Info on Vitamin a
HEALTHY eyes rely on a wide range of food and minerals. Here are the vitamins you want to maintain a good vision
Vitamin A. It may protect membranes in the eye against oxidative damage and is thought to have a role in the fixing of cells which have been injured. Foods with Vitamin An are liver, dairy products and eggs.
Vitamin C. It is in high concentrations in the tissues of the eye. Inadequacies may result in numerous eye Problems.
Foods high in Vitamin C are kalamansi, blackcurrants, strawberries and citrus fruits.
*Zinc. It is found in a considerable number of tissues in the eye, where it is said to play a protective role against age related wear and tear.
Eggs, seafood, meat, nuts and legumes all are high in zinc. Potatoes in the UK, everyone eats 207lb of this versatile plant every year and surveys suggest two-thirds of us believe – in the case of the jacket spud at least – that it qualifies as one of our recommended ‘five portions of fruit and vegetables a day ‘. surprisingly, it doesn’t, according to the government at least.
Vitamin a Regardless of the proven fact that the potato is a hundred percent natural, fat and cholesterol-free and brimming with vitamins and minerals, the Office of Health ( DoH ) has never included it in the ‘five a day ‘ standards since it launched its healthy-eating campaign in March 2003. In fact , it doesn’t even class the potato as a vegetable at all .
‘Potatoes are botanically catalogued as a vegetable, but they are classified nutritionally as a starchy food, ‘ recounts a DoH spokesperson. ‘This is really because when eaten as part of a meal, they are generally used in place of other starchy carbs,eg bread, pasta or rice.
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