Finding the Right Balance In Vitamin A ?
Tags: alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, beta-carotene, cell reproduce, chronic alcoholic delirium, green leafy vegetables, nutrition supplemental, retina, toxic effects, Vitamin A, yellow vegetablesTopic: Supplement|
Research suggests that long-term alcohol use causes the liver to excrete vitamin A and impairs the body’s ability to convert beta-carotene to vitamin A.
Vitamin A Food Source
So it should come as no surprise that people with cirrhosis of the liver, a disease commonly caused by chronic alcohol use, are frequently deficient in vitamin A. Vitamin A plays an important part in helping you to reproduce, to grow new cells, to fight infection, and, because of its important role in the retina, to see at night. Read the rest of this entry »
