Vitamin A to Boost Health in Women 40 yrs Plus

Vitamin A - Vitamins to Boost Health in Women 40 yrs Plus

Benefits of Vitamin A

Vitamin A, also known as Retinol or Carotene, is essential in maintaining the health of our vision. This vitamin is especially useful in fighting against Xerophtha, otherwise known as night vision.

Along with the benefits for vision, Vitamin A has a variety of other benefits. These include many dermalogical applications for boosting the health of skin, improving its tone and suppleness as well as its use to combat blackheads and reduce acne. Boils, carbuncles and open ulcers are also treated with Vitamin A to rejuvenate the cells of the skin and accelerate its healing following a wound.

Vitamin A is also beneficial in the condition of hair and also in maintenance of teeth.

Internally, this vitamin is critical in building resistance to a variety of diseases and illnesses, protects against respiratory infections, strengthens bones, assists the body to digest proteins and aids in longevity.

Symptoms of Vitamin A Deficiency

Symptoms of deficiency of Vitamin A include night blindness, corneal degeneration, eye infections, red and itching eyes, impaired sense of smell, hypokeratosis (development of white nodes at the base of hair follicles), dry and brittle hair, loss of appetite as well as sterility.

Sources of Vitamin A

Natural sources of Vitamin A include certain varieties of fish such as mackerel, cod liver oil, dark leafy vegetables, carrots, butter and whole milk.

Herbal sources also provide vitamin A with such varieties as alfalfa, black cohosh, bee pollen, capsicum, dandelion, echinacea, fennel, fenugreek, garlic, ginger, ginseng, kelp, pepperming, red raspberry, rosemary, sage and yarrow. Many of these herbs have multiple healing properties and contain various amounts of vitamins, that they are recommended for use as general multi-vitamans.

Vitamin A is an essential vitamin and assists in boosting the general health of women 40 yrs plus, especially in the protection of the eyes and skin.

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