Multivitamins and Nutrition

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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 [...]

Brief Definition Vitamin A belongs to the group of fat soluble vitamins (soluble in fat) is essential for the organism. This vitamin is present in foods of animal origin as a pre-formed vitamin A and retinol is called while the plant appears as provitamin A, also known as carotenoids that stands out among the beta [...]