Episode 182: The Risks of Low Vitamin A & How to Increase Your Levels

If you have skin issues, immune issues, autoimmunity, allergies, asthma, food sensitivities, or get sick often—you’ll want to listen in, because Vitamin A is crucial for all of these things!

In today’s episode Erin explains the Beta Carotene/Vitamin A connection and differences, and why a vegetarian or vegan diet may not give everyone the Vitamin A their body needs. To break down the importance of Vitamin A, Erin dives into the conditions often associated with low Vitamin A, the benefits of having healthy Vitamin A levels, and what you can do to increase your Vitamin A if you have secured the data that you’re low (hint—the first step is to find the reason why!)

In this episode:

The Nutrition Scoring System episode & Erin’s concerns with the villainization of meat [5:09]

The difference between Vitamin A / Beta Carotene & why you might not be able to get Vitamin A from vegetables [10:51]

Why should we care about low Vitamin A? How it affects skin, immunity, inflammation & more [16:40]

How to test your Vitamin A status [20:08]

Reasons your Vitamin A might be low & One way you can support your nutrition [23:52]

Supplementation for Vitamin A [26:55]

Resources mentioned:

The Carb Compatibility Project™ (Available for free within the Funk’tional Nutrition Collective)

Bio-Kult Boosted probiotic supplement (save 15% on your order with code FUNK15)

Coyote River Hemp Co CBD products (save 10% & free shipping on your order with code FUNK10)

Organifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK)

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