What are the good sources of vitamin A?  

animal sources such as eggs and meat. Vitamin A, in the form of retinyl palmitate, is found in beef, calf, chicken liver; eggs, and fish liver oils as well as dairy products including whole milk, whole milk yogurt, whole milk cottage cheese, butter, and cheese. Vitamin A comes from animal sources, such as eggs, meat, milk, cheese, cream, liver, kidney, cod and halibut fish oil. However, all of these sources - except for skim milk that has been fortified with Vitamin A --are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Preformed vitamin A is found only in animal products, one of the richest sources being fish-liver oil, and is readily destroyed with exposure to light, heat, and air.

The vegetable sources of beta-carotene are fat and cholesterol free. The body regulates the conversion of beta-carotene to vitamin A, based on the body's needs. Sources of beta-carotene are carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, winter squashes, cantaloupe, pink grapefruit, apricots, broccoli, spinach, and most dark green, leafy vegetables. The more intense the color of a fruit or vegetable, the higher the beta-carotene content. Beta-carotene is a precursor for vitamin A. The body needs to convert it to retinol or vitamin A for use. Beta-carotene is found naturally in plant foods, mostly orange and dark green ones, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, mangos and kale. Carotene is found only in fruits and vegetables, and must be converted to vitamin A so the body can use it. Carotene is found abundantly in carrots, but is found in higher amounts in green leafy vegetables such as beet greens, spinach, and broccoli. These vegetable sources of beta-carotene are free of fat and cholesterol. Margarine is rich in beta-carotene, because this chemical is used as a coloring agent in margarine production.

Answered by ankita , an ibibo Advisor, at 3:38 PM on March 05, 2008

The good sources of Vitamin A - Halibut liver oil, beef liver, eggs, butter, apricots,
carrots, cantaloupe, tomatoes, spinach, peaches, peppers, yams.

Answered by Shilpa , an ibibo Citizen, at 3:56 PM on March 04, 2008

The good sources of Vitamin A - Halibut liver oil, beef liver, eggs, butter, apricots,
carrots, cantaloupe, tomatoes, spinach, peaches, peppers, yams.

Answered by DEEPA , an ibibo Advisor, at 3:53 PM on March 04, 2008

Dark-green vegetables and deep-yellow fruits and vegetables provide about half of the vitamin A in the form of carotenes

Answered by Anil , an ibibo Advisor, at 11:58 PM on March 01, 2008

Vitamin A is also known as retinol. Good sources of vitamin A include cheese, eggs, oily fish (such as mackerel), milk, fortified margarine and yoghurt.

Liver is also a rich source of vitamin A. But, because it's such a rich source, if you already eat it every week, you might want to choose not to have it more often.

If you're pregnant, you should avoid eating liver because of the amount of vitamin A it contains.

Answered by nidhi , an ibibo Advisor, at 11:21 PM on February 26, 2008

Good sources of vitamin A are milk, eggs, liver, fortified cereals, darkly colored orange or green vegetables (such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin,

Answered by bhanu pratap , an ibibo Citizen, at 10:58 PM on February 26, 2008

Pumpkin,liver ,venttani,eggs ,carrots,spinach,leafy vegetables etc are the good sources of vitamin A.

Answered by Gurpreet , an ibibo Advisor, at 7:30 AM on February 26, 2008

Yellow fruits and vegetables like mango,carrot etc which are good for eye sight are rich sources of vitamin A.

Answered by Neetu G , an ibibo Advisor, at 11:48 PM on February 25, 2008

Vitamin A is present in many animal tissues, and is readily absorbed from such dietary sources in the terminal small intestine. Liver is clearly the richest dietary source of vitamin A.

Plants do not contain vitamin A, but many dark-green or dark-yellow plants (including the famous carrot) contain carotenoids such as beta-carotene that serve as provitamins because they are converted within the intestinal mucosa to retinol during absorption.

Vitamin A is stored in the liver as retinyl esters and, when needed, exported into blood, where it is carried by retinol binding protein for delivery to other tissues.

Answered by kharag , an ibibo Specialist, at 11:14 PM on February 25, 2008

Pumpkin,liver ,venttani,eggs ,carrots,spinach,leafy vegetables etc are the good sources of vitamin A..

Answered by Mehak , an ibibo Advisor, at 8:42 PM on February 25, 2008