Vitamin A Deficiency
disease · Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Nutrients connected to Vitamin A Deficiency
A link means the body needs the nutrient for this, or that low intake is linked to it. It does not mean extra supplements help if your intake is already adequate; each link shows how strong the evidence is.
- Vitamin ADeficiency link
Low vitamin A intake is the cause. In a Cochrane review, supplements lowered deficiency, night blindness and Bitot's spots in children where it is common.
- Sweet Potatoes, Carrots & Orange VegetablesPreliminary or mixed
Trials of orange-fleshed sweet potato improved vitamin A status in children and raised vitamin A intake in postpartum women; results are from settings where deficiency is a concern.
- PumpkinDeficiency link
Pumpkin supplies provitamin A carotenoids; deficiency is very rare in the US and no pumpkin-specific trial was found.
- Butternut SquashDeficiency link
Butternut squash supplies provitamin A carotenoids; deficiency is very rare in the United States.
- ApricotsDeficiency link
Apricots provide vitamin A (from carotenoids); one food among many sources, no apricot trial read.
- Cassava (Yuca)Preliminary or mixed
One randomized trial found yellow biofortified cassava modestly raised blood retinol in children; ordinary white cassava has almost no vitamin A.
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