Characteristics of nutrients

• Fat-soluble vitamin
• Animal food contains vitamin A
• Botanical food contains β-carotene
• Absorption rate rises when ingested with oil
• Β-carotene becomes vitamin A according to the necessary amount in the body

Function of nutrients

• It has the effect of promoting skin metabolism
• To normalize the mucosa of the skin, throat, nose, gastrointestinal tract
• Prevent night blindness

When nutrients are deficient

• Night blindness
• Dry eye soreness
• Reduction of resistance to pathogenic bacteria in the part in contact with air

When nutrients overdose

• Difficult to overdose
• Β-carotene is converted to vitamin A by the necessary amount in the body
• Headaches, vomiting, rash, fatty liver, hair loss, gout, etc.

Food that contains a lot of Vitamin A

Foodstuff	Ingredient per 100g （㎍)
carrot	3800
green laver	2700
sudachi	360
sea-lettuce	300
malabar-spinach	260
kintoki-carrot	250
ostrich-fern	200
red-pepper	190
string-beans	150
bitter-melon	100
hyacinth-bean	79
Yellow sweet pepper	71