Vitamin A, otherwise known as retinol, has antioxidant properties similar to Vitamin C that helps protect cells against oxidative stress and damage caused by environmental toxins. It also serves several other important functions in your body, contributing to:
– Normal iron metabolism
– Maintenance of normal skin and mucous membranes
– Maintenance of normal vision
– Normal function of the immune system
– The process of cell specialisation/differentiation
Good dietary sources of Vitamin A include cheese, eggs, oily fish, liver, milk and yoghurt.