Children make the conversion
very poorly and infants not at all — they must obtain their
precious stores of vitamin A from
animal fats6 — yet the low - fat diet is often recommended for children.
Children make the conversion
very poorly and infants not at all — they must obtain their
precious stores of vitamin A from
animal fats — yet the low - fat diet is often recommended for children.2 Strenuous physical exercise, excessive consumption of alcohol, excessive consumption of iron (especially from «fortified» white flour and breakfast cereal), use of a number of popular drugs, excessive consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, zinc deficiency and even cold weather can hinder the conversion of carotenes to vitamin A3, as does the low - fat diet.