VITAMINS A, C
Are you fighting an infection? Expecting to have a surgical operation? On a detox? Working on an anti-aging programme? Then it would be wise to consider these great anti-inflammatory Vitamins. They are vitamins A and C. What is Vitamin A? Vitamin A is known as Retinol; Retinol is absorbed when eating animal food sources, it is a yellow and a fat-soluble substance. Retinol (vitamin A), is in herbivore and omnivore animals which possess the enzyme required to convert these compounds to retinol. This vitamin also has four carotenoids including beta carotene. The carotenes are; alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, gamma-carotene and the xanthophyll beta-cryptoxanthin. Why do we need Vitamin A? Vitamin A promotes normal growth and health of the body's cells and keeps the skin healthy. There are animal sources (retinol) and vegetable sources (carotenoids) in foods as well. However, only a few of the carotenoids in foods are converted to vitamin A in the body. Beta-carotene is the most famili...