The Importance of Understanding Vitamin A

     Today, I will be discussing a vitamin that was the first vitamin ever discovered.  It is important for the health of the body and most importantly, it is important to the health of the kidney.  And since we have learned about the health of the kidney during the month of January, I felt it important to finish off the month of January discussing the vitamin related to that organ.  The vitamin I am speaking of is Vitamin A.  And we are now going to discuss The Importance of Understanding Vitamin A.

     Since we are beginning a New Year, I wanted to help you with some important information about vitamins, and how they are related to health and disease.

     Given that we are starting with Kidney Health Month and discussing the vitamin associated with the kidney, It’s ironic that at the beginning of the alphabet is vitamin A and that it relates to influencing Kidney Health. 

What are Vitamin A Functions?

     It Promotes normal tissue formation: This means it helps to enhance how your cells, tissues and the rest of your body develops and heals.  Therefore, vitamin A is important in overall healing.  And if you are going to Re-Solve your health related issues in 2010, you’ll definitely need vitamin A.  

     It Increases blood platelets: This allows for normal clotting to take place.  Many people have difficulty with their blood platelets, and since your blood platelets are what prevents you from bleeding to death, these are important and therefore so is having enough vitamin A.

     It Promotes normal growth and feeling of well-being:  Everyone would choose to feel well.  AND not everyone does.  In helping people take better care of themselves, making sure they have enough vitamin A is important.

     It Promotes normal appetite and digestion:  Since all health problems stem from poor digestion, making sure you can digest your food is important.  And if your appetite is poor, then digestion at that point doesn’t matter.  Therefore to maintain both normal appetite and digestion, taking adequate amounts of vitamin A is important.

     It Prevents infection, most notably of eyes, tonsils, sinuses, lungs and the digestive tract.  AND with so many people suffering from any conditions associated with the eyes, respiratory and digestive tracts, making sure to have adequate vitamin A levels is important.

And if one has a Vitamin A Deficiency:

If one is Deficient in Vitamin A it can lead to:

     Loss of appetite.  And without proper appetite, the person will not grow or repair themselves very well.  Therefore, make sure you have enough vitamin A in your diet.

     Lack of normal growth and development in children: If your children are not as healthy as you would like them to be, have them evaluated fort vitamin A.  At my office it doesn’t take but two seconds to do and we have a solution if that is a concern for your child or children.

     A failure to conceive or get pregnant: TOO many couples have issues with this now a days, and to think it could be as simple as giving them vitamin A to resolve the issue.  And again, it doesn’t take that much to figure this out.  Therefore, if you are a couple who is having difficulty getting pregnant, making sure you have sufficient vitamin A in your diet is important.  AND I’d be happy to evaluate anyone with this concern.

     Physical weakness: Being weak and feeling unable to exert enough energy to get your life done is an extreme vitamin A deficiency.  Many times, the person will go to their doctor, and the doctor doesn’t find anything wrong.  Supplementing with vitamin A will make a difference pretty quickly.  And again, the ability to evaluate a need for vitamin A only takes a couple of seconds.

     Diseases involving the Upper Respiratory System, the skin, bladder, stomach and colon are all related to a vitamin A deficiency.  I deal with so much of this in the office, it is not difficult to spot this is so many people.  Again, to have this evaluated in my office is easy and quite eye opening.
Susceptibility to diseases of:

     The eyes, such as night blindness, corneal ulcers or inflammation develop as a result of vitamin A deficiency.  For people who experience this appreciate it may be directly related to vitamin A deficiency.

     The ears, such as ear infections are related to vitamin A deficiency.  Therefore, infants and young children who are prone to ear infections, the best place to start after having their neck checked for proper alignment is to look at their vitamin A levels. 

     Now we have been talking about vitamin A and we are in the month of January, which we have learned is Kidney Health Month.   And I mentioned before that vitamin A is related to Kidney health.  And the most painful condition found with this deficiency related to the Kidneys are Kidney Stones.  Therefore, if you are a person who is prone to getting Kidney Stones, it would be important to have your vitamin A levels checked and see if you are deficient in Vitamin A. 

     So we’ve learned a little about vitamin A and what conditions result when you are deficient in vitamin A.  And now we want to go over where you can get your vitamin A in your diet.  Since it is important to eat high quality food, knowing what will give you adequate amounts of vitamin A in your diet is important. 

     What are the Most Reliable Sources of vitamin A:  butter, cheese, egg yolks, green leafy vegetables, yellow corn, yellow sweet potatoes, carrots and other yellow and green vegetables.  Unfortunately, too many people are deficient in these types of foods and as a result develop some of the conditions related to deficiency.  Those conditions again relate to Normal Tiise Healing and Formation, Normal blood clotting, Normal Growth in Children, Normal feeling of well-being, and normal digestion with appetite.  Having any issues involving those areas or the following as a result of a vitamin A deficiency which leads to vision issues, especially at night, ear infections and the most painful one, Kidney Stones. 

     In an effort to always help the reader, the natural question then becomes, "Do I have enough vitamin A in my diet," or more importantly, "Am I assimilating it from my food sources, or do I have a deficiency?"

     I will be happy to evaluate your vitamin A and determine if you are deficient.  If you are deficient, we offer the highest quality whole food vitamin A from Standard Process called Cataplex A.  And we make it available to people who test for a vitamin A deficiency.  Would you like to have your vitamin A levels or your vitamin A supplement evaluated?  Simply bring your vitamin A with you to my next Free Health Care Class and I will evaluate you.

     How do you arrange to come to my next FREE Health Care Class?  Simply Call the Office today at (845) 561-BACK or 561-2225 and have us schedule you for our next FREE Class this coming Tuesday at 6:30 at the office in Newburgh.   Our physical address is 320 Robinson Avenue, one half mile south of exit 10 off I 84, across the street from Newburgh Free Academy and right next to Orange Radiology, right on 9W.  We can help you Start the New Year Off Healthy and make sure to include the vitamin A. 

Dr. Huntoon has a single mission:

To support as many people as possible in their quest for health and enable them to improve and maintain their health to the highest level possible, while educating them about the benefits of Chiropractic, Natural Healthcare and Holistic Living, so they in turn can teach others to support us having a healthy community.

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• Continue doing the same thing and nothing changes or it may get worse

OR

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