Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin that you need to maintain your eyesight and prevent night blindness. It can also improve your immune system and helps with fat storage and protects against colds, flu and some infections. You also need vitamin A to grow new cells, lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. On top of all that vitamin A slows down the aging process. So where can you get your vitamin A, we can get vitamin A from animal lovers and from green and yellow vegetables. The type of vitamin A from animal sources is called pre forms and it's found in very high levels and fatty liver dishes.

However, as you can imagine, those aren't optimal for most fitness oriented diets. This is why fitness experts recommend getting vitamin A primarily from plant sources. This form of vitamin A is called pro forms, and green, yellow and orange vegetables can be great sources of these types of vitamin A. For example, A single serving of sweet potatoes, carrots and even pumpkin pie has more than 100% of your recommended daily value. Bell peppers Broccoli and leafy greens like spinach also contain a significant amount of vitamin A. the recommended daily intake for vitamin A is around 900 micrograms per day in men and 700 micrograms per day in women, and microgram is one 1,000th of a milligram. So very little.

Now, signs of vitamin A deficiency include night blindness and scaly skin, but most likely you're already getting enough through your balanced diet. So supplementation is not necessary. Unless of course your doctor told you so.