Always eat carrots: during pregnancy when the baby is being formed, when the toddler begins to eat solids or in the daily diet of any person. The main benefit is recognized is to have good vision, for its high content of vitamin A, but this is not the only benefit, and carrots are the only ones who provide it.
Carrots contain a pigment (the best known is beta carotene) which apart from giving them their characteristic color, form of vitamin A. This pigment can also be found in foods including red and green because green belies the yellow pigment:
* Plant yellow: pumpkin, peach, asparagus.
* Plant orange carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato, papaya, mango.
* Plant red peppers, tomatoes.
* Green vegetables: parsley, broccoli, spinach, cabbage.
* Foods of animal origin: egg yolks, fish liver oil and dairy in general.
The benefits of vitamin A include:
* Cell differentiation: They make it possible-especially the cells of nervous tissue, ie brain, nerves, etc. .- reaching mature form that will take forever. They also include the mucous membranes, skin, hair
* Visual: Enables the development and operation of the rods and cones (two types of cells) of the retina responsible for vision in light and darkness respectively, plus revenir visual problems such as glaucoma, cataracts, blindness and conjunctivitis twilight.
* Immunity: both are involved in strengthening the immune system-the system “defender” of the body against infection, and maintained in good condition the mucous membranes (oral cavity, respiratory tract, the entire digestive tract) that are the first barrier body’s defense against different microorganisms trying to enter our body.
* Repair: favors restoration of the infected tissues.
* System Bone encourage good growth and development of the entire skeletal system (bones, teeth)
* Antioxidant function: preventing premature aging of cells.
The question is then an essential nutrient in the first stage of life. The amount of carotenoids that requires the child is obtained by mixing two or three meals of those mentioned above, even better if they are raw and along or close to meals, as the fat (not fried) help to absorb and make better. For example, a salad of shredded carrots with cream cheese is an excellent choice. When food is fried with vitamin A, vitamin is lost because vitamin A is fat soluble.
