Vitamin A

Description:

Recent scares regarding toxicity miss that it is vital for life

If not eating enough coloured fresh foods, Vitamin A can become deficient.

Why:

If less in the body than needed, this may result in neurological malformation, miscarriage, prematurity, baby’s eyes genitals and feet not developing right.

A deficiency in Vitamin A often may cause miscarriage of an otherwise very healthy baby.

Solution:

Eat a selection of colours on the plate at all meals.

Highly coloured and tasting foods will give a balanced intake of all needed.

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