Vitamins play an important role in life of any person. If they are in a surplus or them, on the contrary, is not enough, the person begins to be ill, his health worsens without the reasons seen on that. It is especially important that in an organism there were enough vitamins of group A. They are responsible for the correct work of many internals, influence a condition of skin, improve sight, increase organism resilience to diseases.
In what advantage of vitamin A and how to give it to children?
At adult age the shortage of vitamin A is not so dangerous, than in children's. Children who do not receive necessary amount of this vitamin lag in development far behind, often have rhinitises, have poor eyesight and are subject to skin diseases. For this reason the child aged from the birth about one year has to receive 400 mkg a day. This quantity is enough for the normal growth and the correct development of internals. What the child to become is more senior, the bigger amount of vitamin is required to him that. Aged since a year to three the kid has to consume not less than 450 mkg, further this norm increases to 500 mkg. Doctors at a lack of vitamin A often appoint a special diet which consists in the use of products with the high content of this vitamin.
What products contain a large amount of vitamin A?
Without animal products it is impossible to maintain normal amount of this vitamin B an organism. The liver, cod-liver oil, milk, eggs, kidneys, cream and butter belong to them. Such products are required to be stored in tight packings and in the dark place as vitamin A is afraid of light and oxygen. In the course of heat treatment this vitamin does not disappear, unlike many others.
Products of plant origin also have to be present at the child's diet. Though vitamin A does not contain in the majority of such products, it is presented in them in the carotene form. Getting to an organism, it is processed into vitamin A. Among fruit and vegetables apricots, red pepper, carrots, apples and red tomatoes differ in the largest content of carotene. From berries it is possible to allocate a sea-buckthorn, and from herbs – a sorrel, parsley and spinach. It is possible to do tasty salads, juice of these products or to use them in pure form. Of course, it is impossible to give such products to children about one year. If the child to be on breastfeeding, then mom has to use enough vitamins including vitamin A. At artificial feeding the child receives all necessary of mixes. After a year the kid can already give such products as carrots and apples, only in small quantity therefore delivery of vitamin A to a children's organism becomes simpler. If in the child's organism there are critically not enough vitamins, then the doctor can appoint special medicines which can be given only to destination. Most often it is the polyvitaminic complexes which are selected strictly individually. Independently it is impossible to give to the child any vitamins, it can lead to development of diseases.