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Guide to Vitamins and Minerals Here's a thumbnail sketch of what vitamins, minerals and other nutrients do in the body, and where you'll find them. Click on a letter below to view items.
Amino Acids What it's good for: Building blocks that make up proteins like hormones, enzymes and proteins in tissues and muscle. There are nine essential amino acids that we need to get from food; the body can make the other 11.
Where you get it: Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products and beans.
vitamin A (a.k.a. pre-formed Retinol;Beta-Carotene) What it's good for: Promotes growth and repair of body tissue, healthy eyes, good night vision and a strong immune system.
Where you get it: Fish oils, whole and fortified milk and eggs. Spinach and other leafy green veggies, yellow squash, peaches and apricots provide Beta and other carotenes.
Watch out: Vitamin A can be toxic in large doses, and when taken during pregnancy can cause birth defects. Your body stores excess vitamin A so don't exceed the RDA.
RDA: RE for adult women; 1,000 RE for adult men.
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