Vitamin A or Retinol has many properties such as protecting us from solar radiation, protects the mucous membranes and helps wound healing.
There is vitamin A or retinol supplied by animal foods and provitamin A and Carotenoids (which will become active when transformed into retinol during intestinal absorption) of plant origin.
Retinol is also the main way the body stores and uses vitamin A.
It is stored in the liver by 90% and can ensure the reserves for several months. After the liver, the tissue more stores this vitamin A is the retina of the eye.
The safest way to take it is in the form of beta-carotene.
Sun drying destroys it completely.
In canned lost between 15 and 30% disappears as frying.
In cold climates have to eat more foods with vitamin A.
It is very stable and resists heat cooking water.
Benefits of Vitamin A or Retinol
* It increases immunity, protects against radiation, prevention of chronic disease, prevent infection in the mucosa and helps wound healing.
* It is a good ally anticarcinogenic.
* It is essential for harmonious growth of the body.
* Has anti-aging effect on skin: it maintains the hydration, elasticity and helps remove stains senile.
* Prevents night blindness, xerophthalmia (drying of the cornea of the eye with vision loss) and prevents glaucoma (eye strain) cholesterol and arteriosclerosis.
* Increases male and female fertility as involved in the formation of steroids, the basis of sex and adrenal hormones, particularly in the synthesis of progesterone.
* It is essential to the proper maintenance of cartilage, bones and teeth. (more…)
