Boost Vitamin A Intake: Foods & Dietary Strategies

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that helps make and maintain healthy skin
and hair, promotes bone growth and tooth development, and contributes to good vision.

Things You'll Need

• Chard
• Cheeses
• Eggs
• Livers
• Milk
• Orange Vegetables
• Red Vegetables
• Yellow Vegetables
• Yogurt
• dark, leafy vegetables

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Instructions

• 1

  Eat liver and eggs.

• 2

  Add fortified milk and low-fat dairy products to your diet.

• 3

  Stock up on yellow, orange and red vegetables such as pumpkins, winter squash, carrots, red peppers, apricots and papayas. These vegetables contain beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A.

• 4

  Eat dark, leafy greens such as chard, spinach, mustard and turnip greens, and beet tops.

• 5

  Start your day with vitamin A-fortified cereals for breakfast.