The Stronghold Miriam Haynie. Her plan was going on successfully, but Amanda did not feel happy. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony Alice Turner Curtis. During the long days that Amanda was away at her work, Gordon Lee had nothing to do but lie on his back and think of his ailments. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories Alice Hegan Rice.
Benefits. 1  Sources. 2  Good sources of vitamin A are milk, eggs, liver, fortified cereals, darkly colored orange or green vegetables (such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and kale), and orange fruits such as cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, papayas, and mangos. Teen guys need 900 micrograms of vitamin A each day.
Two forms of vitamin A are available in the human diet: preformed vitamin A (retinol and its esterified form, retinyl ester) and provitamin A carotenoids [ 1-5 ]. Preformed vitamin A is found in foods from animal sources, including dairy products, fish, and meat (especially liver).By far the most important provitamin A carotenoid is beta-carotene; other provitamin A carotenoids are alpha-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin.he top food sources of vitamin A in the U.S. diet include dairy products, liver, fish, and fortified cereals; the top sources of provitamin A include carrots, broccoli, cantaloupe, and squash [ 4, 5 ].