Like Carrot, These Five Foods are Rich in Vitamin A

TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Carrots are believed as vegetables that can provide good benefits for eye health because of the content of vitamin A inside. In addition to carrots, there are still various other foods that can fulfill your body's vitamin A needs. What are they?

Here are five foods that can meet your daily vitamin A needs in addition to carrots.

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1. Spinach

Usually spinach is known as one of the foods that is rich in iron. Even so, don't underestimate the source of vitamin A contained in these dark green leafy foods. Well, there are about 2.699 micrograms (mcg) of beta carotene in 100 grams (gr) of spinach.

2. Papaya

Papaya fruit that is well known with the orange colour of flesh fruit and black seeds scattered in the middle of the fruit, turns out to be a good source of vitamin A. It is videnced by the presence of about 1.038 mcg of beta carotene in 100 grams of papaya.

3. Paprika

You must be familiar with paprika, one of the chili families with a variety of beautiful colors that is often used as a complement to cuisine. It isn't just giving flavor and making the appearance of food more attractive, in 100 grams of paprika also contributes at around 157 mcg of beta carotene.

4. Beef liver

Cow liver is often known as one of the innards which is rich in retinol as much as 1,201 mcg. Even so, you aren't recommended to eat excessive beef liver considering there are various side effects that follow afterwards. Even, your risk is getting bigger to experience excessive of vitamin A.

5. Cheese

If you are a cheese lover, be happy because it turns out that besides being rich in calcium and iron, cheese is also equipped with retinol and beta carotene as sources of vitamin A.

There are around 227 mcg of retinol and 128 mcg of beta carotene in 100 grams of cheese.

Well, those are five foods that are rich in vitamin A besides carrots. If you don't like carrots, now you can fulfill your vitamin A intake with the above foods. (*)

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