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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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