Even as much as eating a wide variety of foods is essential for good health, so also is consuming adequate volume of each essential nutrient. In this section we will look at the known micronutrients, their function, recommended minimum volume intake, and foods that supplies the highest amount.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a group of fat-soluble vitamins including retinol, retinal, retinyl palmitate, and the provitamin A carotenoids. Vitamin A is found in two principal forms in foods – retinol sourced from animals and carotene sourced from plants. Beta-carotene - the most important
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