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Vitamins


Vitamin A:

Lack of vitamin A produces:

  • visual difficulties
  • dry skin
  • ovarian and testicular atrophy
  • anemia
  • deterioration of the dental enamel

Aliments rich in vitamin A:

  • fish oil: 40000 - 50000
  • beef liver: 5000 - 6000
  • yolk of an egg: 2000 - 2500
  • fat cheese: 1800 - 2600
  • butter: 2500
  • caw milk: 150-800
  • parsley: 30000
  • spinach: 6500
  • carrot: 2000
  • lettuce: 2500
  • tomatoes: 3000
  • apricots: 5000
     * in international unites to 100 g aliment

     brain lesions, liver disease, and partial paralysis, particularly of the motor nerves of the eye. As is the case in all B vitamin diseases, thiamine deficiency is usually accompanied by deficiencies of other vitamins.

Vitamin B1 (thiamine):

The lack of vitamin B1 disease signs:

  • depression
  • apprehension
  • irritability
  • numbness or tingling of extremities
  • torpor

Medical situations which lead to vitamin B1 deficiency:

  • vomiting,
  • intestinal fermentation
  • fever
  • alcoholism
  • long time physical effort

Aliments rich in vitamin B1:

  • barm: 3-30
  • beef liver: 0.2-0.4
  • nuts: 0.3-0.5
  • carrots: 0.1-0.4
  • white bread: 0.05
  • cow milk: 0.05
  • ham,: 0.5-1
  • beef: 0.05-0.2
  • peanuts: 0.5-1
  • dry pea: 0.3-0.5
     * in milligrams to 100g aliment

Vitamin C:

     It is the best known worldwide by amateurs.
     It is found especially in vegetables.
Lack of vitamin C leads to:
  • stop of children's growth
  • gum bleedings
  • disorders in hormones formation
  • lost of appetite

Aliments rich in vitamin C:

  • strawberries: 50-80
  • rose hips: 100-4500
  • melon: 3-21
  • wild strawberries: 70
  • lemons: 50-80
  • tangerines: 40-80
  • apples: 40
  • grapefruit: 40-50
  • green pepper: 123-180
  • squash: 65-75
  • tomatoes: 10 - 38
  • spinach: 58-80
  • cabbage: 60-100
  • green been: 27-37
  • parsley leaves: 150-200
  • nettles: 100
  • green pea: 25
  • green walnuts: 150
  • oranges: 40-100
  • quince: 10-12
  • berries: 30
  • grapes: 21
     * in milligrams to 100g aliment



 

 
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