View Photos Why do I bother about vitamin A rich foods? Well because if you don't, you can have bad skin, weak immunity and worst of all, go blind. While we concentrate on citrus fruits nutrition for the new found health fad of consuming as many antioxidants as we can, we forget their poor cousins, the orange fruits and orange vegetables. Yes, the colour of health as far Vitamin A is concerned is red to orange. May be because orange fruits are not as popular as yellow ones, that we neglect them.
Here is a list of the most vitamin A rich foods that should be part of your daily diet because consuming just one nutrient group just doesn't make sense.
Foods Rich In Vitamin A:
1. Carrots: When we are in the vegetable category then nothing like them when you need to provide nutrition to your eyes. These orange vegetables are teaming with vitamin A that is best consumed raw or at most boiled. You add it to your salads or toss it in your soups. The roughage it provides along with the vitamins will ease your bowels.
2. Green Leafy Vegetables: These are not orange in colour but still very good sources of vitamin A. you need to favour the darker greens like fenugreek, mustard leaves, dandilions etc as opposed to lettuce which is light green. The fresher the greens you eat more nutritious they are. Lettuce if it is reddish in colour will provide extremely high amounts of Vitamin A. You need to have them minimally cooked for the calcium they provide too. You will sprout some good quality hair if you can live on these.
3. Squash: Now coming to the orange fruits. Squash is not a fruit that looks orange from out side but you cut it open and you see bright orange pulp staring at you. The nutrition of this fruit is extremely important for your immunity because it is one of the richest sources of Vitamin A. although it is not widely popular it is worth a try to find it.
4. Apricots: Bright orange fruits that are most rich in vitamins when they are dried. You can get this in an assortment of dry fruits and even two to three are enough for your basic daily needs. Add them to your curries or salads and garnish your sweet casseroles with it. Very low fat and easy to snack on when you need that 'something' to munch on.
5. Red & Orange Spices: It does not stop at just fruits and vegetables, the orange blanket extends to spices too. Paprika, red chillies and cayenne pepper are some of the most Vitamin A rich foods in the world. You have them in low concentration still it is enough to sustain you. Use these spices to make your stir fries and salads interesting.
Follow some good health tips and include these Vitamin A rich foods in your diet.