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The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

The Risks of Low Vitamin A & How to Increase Your Levels | Ep 182

Nov 23, 2021
29:14

If you have skin issues, immune issues, autoimmunity, allergies, asthma, food sensitivities, or get sick often - you’ll want to listen in, because Vitamin A is crucial for all of these things!

In today’s episode Erin explains the Beta Carotene/Vitamin A connection and differences, and why a vegetarian or vegan diet may not give everyone the Vitamin A their body needs. To break down the importance of Vitamin A, Erin dives into the conditions often associated with low Vitamin A, the benefits of having healthy Vitamin A levels, and what you can do to increase your Vitamin A if you have secured the data that you’re low (hint - the first step is to find the reason why!)


In this episode:


-The Nutrition Scoring System episode & Erin’s concerns with the villainization of meat [5:09]


-The difference between Vitamin A / Beta Carotene & why you might not be able to get Vitamin -A from vegetables [10:51]


-Why should we care about low Vitamin A? How it affects skin, immunity, inflammation & more [16:40]


-How to test your Vitamin A status [20:08]


-Reasons your Vitamin A might be low & One way you can support your nutrition [23:52]


-Supplementation for Vitamin A [26:55]


FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2021/11/19/episode-182-the-risks-of-low-vitamin-a-amp-how-to-increase-your-levels

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