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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/vegan-nutrition-101-vitamin-a/">Vegan Nutrition 101: Vitamin A</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted September 15, 2007 at 11:00 AM by James Flesher</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Like all vitamins, vitamin A is a non-caloric molecule without which our bodies could not function properly.&nbsp; Like it’s fellow fat soluble vitamins D, E and K, vitamin A is absorbed with fats and oils in the intestine, and is stored in our liver fatty tissues until it is needed.&nbsp; (Vitamin C and B vitamins must be consumed daily for optimal health as they are water soluble and thus excreted constantly in urine.) Because of this, vitamins A, D, E and K can be absent from our diets for weeks and, in some cases, even months before we experience compromised health.&nbsp; However, vitamin A is abundant in many vegan foods, and there is no reason to wait weeks or even days to get a healthy serving. Read the rest of this entry at our partner site, HesFit.com…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/vegan-nutrition-101-vitamin-a/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/vegan-nutrition-101-vitamin-a/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/vegan-nutrition-101-vitamin-a/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/vegan-nutrition-101-vitamin-a/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/diet-myths/">diet-myths</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/vegetarianism/">vegetarianism</a><br /><br /> </P>