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The answer is: unfortunately often not!
And unfortunately, this is particularly true for vegans who eat a purely plant-based diet and for people who value a low-fat diet.
The reason: Green vegetables such as kale and spinach or orange-colored vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes provide plenty of ß-carotene and sometimes other carotenoids, some of which the body can convert into the fat-soluble vitamin A, but that assumes that we:
1. Eat lots of these colored vegetables. 🍽
2. Absorb the carotenoids well. ✨
3. The carotenoids are converted into sufficient vitamin A by the body's own enzymes. 🔁
But that is often precisely where the problem lies. Many people eat a low-fat diet due to poor digestion or for figure reasons, which unfortunately means that the fat-soluble carotenoids are not absorbed sufficiently. Or they belong to the group of people whose ability to convert carotenoids into vitamin A is fundamentally poor due to their genetics. In addition, a lack of zinc, iron, protein or thyroid hormones can further limit the body's conversion into vitamin A.
Unfortunately, many people do not know how well they can convert carotenoids into vitamin A and if this conversion is poor, they rely on vitamin A from animal foods (egg yolk, liver, butter, etc.) or from supplements.🥚🐮🧈
In order to best prevent a deficiency, it is always advisable to have a blood test for vitamin A done if you are on a vegan and/or low-fat diet. Genetic analysis would also be an option, but this is often expensive and should never replace a vitamin A analysis. The reason: A deficiency of vitamin A can arise not only from insufficient metabolism in the body, but also from insufficient intake, poor fat digestion or inadequate fat absorption. Measuring is therefore the best and safest option to determine vitamin A status.
What would always make sense in any case is to support fat digestion - and bitter substances are particularly suitable for this 😉
