Vitamin A and how to get it.

Vitamin A:

What is it: A pale yellow crystalline compound also known as retinol.

Why you need it: It preserves and improves your eyesight as well as fights viral infections.

BEST SOURCES

Raw carrots (1 cup, 53 calories)
686 percent daily value

Cooked spinach (1 cup, 41 calories)
294 percent daily value

Baked sweet potato with skin (95 calories)
262 percent daily value

Cooked turnip greens (1 cup, 28 calories)
158 percent daily value

Baked winter squash (1 cup, 80 calories)
145 percent daily value

Cooked collard greens (1 cup, 49 calories)
118 percent daily value

Cantaloupe (1 cup, 56 calories)
103 percent daily value

Romaine lettuce (2 cups, 16 calories)
58 percent daily value

Steamed broccoli (1 cup, 43 calories)
45 percent daily value

Cooked green peas (1 cup, 134 calories)
19 percent daily value

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