Fat Soluble Vitamins

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VITAMIN A

Vitamin A - BETA CARROTENE ( Oranges, mangoes and carrots) RETINOL ( Milk, cheese, egg yolk)

Needed to make rhodopsin a pigment found in the retina needed for vision in dim light

healthy skin and growth and maintenance of body cells

Has antioxidant properties meaning that it protects you from cancer and heart disease

Deficiency

can cause night blindness

lowers the resistance of infection due to the poor condition of the mucous lining in the respiratory tract

Excess

hypervitaminosis A- irritability, enlarger liver and drowsiness

Can cause birth defects, stillborn or miscarriage

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VITAMIN D