Carrots (and sweet potatos) contain exactly ZERO micrograms of vitamin A.
There is NO vitamin A in ANY plant food. Period.
What carrots have is Beta Carotine, which is NOT vitamin A. It is a vitamin A precursor, which means that SOME people can convert SOME of it to vitamin A, but it is a very inefficient process.
At most, a person will convert about 2-3% to real vitamin A that the body can utilize, and some people will convert 0%.
Why bother, when all animal foods have REAL vitamin A, if consumed in their natural form?
As I stated, sweet potatoes and carrots cover Vitamin A needs.
Your body knows exactly how much you need and won't convert any more than it needs to. You're stating that fact like it's a bad thing.
Meanwhile, you're failing to acknowledge too much vitamin A is toxic and can cause liver and kidney damage and many other issues. Eating a single serving of polar bear liver can kill you.
Additionally, sweet potato and carrots provide other benefits.
A sweet potato slathered with Kerrygold butter would be my recommendation for those wanting to optimize Vitamin A levels. Doesn't get much cleaner than that.
"Vitamin A is a classic example of a substance that is beneficial in small doses and toxic in higher doses. It is required by the body for a variety of purposes. It plays an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, immune activity, cell division and cell differentiation, the process by which a stem cell becomes a brain, muscle, lung blood or other specific cell. But amounts are important. While vitamin A is needed in small doses for all these bodily processes, in larger amounts it interferes with them. The result can be blurred vision, loss of hair, infections, birth defects and death. Outside of consuming polar bear liver or going crazy with supplements, an overdose of vitamin A is not an issue. Underdosing is a greater concern."
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/nutrition-you-asked/it-true-you-cannot-eat-polar-bear-liver
No, not exactly. They contain vitamin K, but there are TWO forms of vitamin K: K1 and K2.
Plants are rich in K1 and deficient in K2, while SOME animals foods have the K2. Fermented foods, mostly. K2, of course, is the one that is helpful to humans, and K1 does nothing for us. (This is a common theme when comparing animal foods and plant foods.)
You wrote a lot of garbage here just to admit fermented plant foods contain K2.
In fact, not are they only high in K2, but they also have a higher concentration than animal sources.
One tablespoon of natto contains 150 micrograms of K2, over 13 times what you'd get from a 100 gram serving of beef liver, one of the best meat sources. A 50 gram serving of cheddar cheese contains 12 micrograms of K2.
Eggs are only a good source of K2 if chickens are eating natural diets. Bet you didn't know factory farmed chickens are often fed soy and corn only, and ths eggs they produce are often deficient in K2 and many other key nutrients as a result.
Vitamin F is probably not important to human health. Besides that, these are all seeds, which are always toxic to humans. The plants do not "want" animals to eat their seeds, since the seed is the next generation for the p it's eating grasslant species to survive.
This is why they are found in the sweet-tasting fruit of the plant. They "want" animals to eat the fruit, let the seeds process through the animal's digestive tract (unbroken), and deposited on land in a pile of fertilizer, so the next generation can sprout.
Eating any type of seed is not good for us. Hey, I like nut seeds too, but they are not a healthy food to eat. They are junk food.
You're spreading falsehoods at this point.
"Vitamin F is the combination of two essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are fats that must come from your diet—your body can’t make them. Vitamin F is ALA (alpha-linoleic acid), an omega-3 fatty acid, and LA (linoleic acid), an omega-6 fatty acid.
Every single organ in your body needs these two essential fatty acids. They help you absorb calcium, build cell structures, maintain cell flexibility, and grow cells.
The problem with a typical Western diet is that it includes far too many omega-6 fatty acids and far too few omega-3 fatty acids. In a Western diet, people consume between 10 to 20x more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids (10-20:1 ratio). This ratio should be 2:1 or 1:1.
The first sign of symptom of a vitamin F deficiency is dry, flaky skin. If you have this problem, make sure you begin to restore a healthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3.
It’s best to get your omega-3 fatty acids from natural sources, like fatty fish, fish oil, and cod liver oil.
Vitamin F deficiency can cause:
• Prostate enlargement
• Inflammation
• Vision problems
• Heart problems
• Brain problems
The best sources of vitamin F/omega-3 fatty acids are:
• Avocados
• Greens
• Almonds and walnuts
• Sprouts
• Chia
• Sunflower seeds
• Olive oil
• Fish (especially fatty fish)
• Eggs
Avoid junk food, processed foods, and fast foods."
https://www.drberg.com/blog/the-first-sign-of-a-vitamin-f-deficiency
Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
God doesn't instruct us to gift toxic foods.
Plants do not contain fats (with a few exceptions, like coconut and avacado), and their oils are not fats, either. CLA in plant foods is an imitation, not the real thing (which is only found in animal foods).
CLA is CLA. Also, unless you're eating grass-fed beef, or consuming milk or cheese sourced from grass-fed cows, or turkey or chicken eating natural diets, you're getting a neglible amount CLA whatsoever. CLA can be created by the human body as well.
There are 9 essential amino acids. They are "essential" because the human body does NOT produce them. We MUST get them from our food.
Animal foods have these in abundance, but plant foods do not
Rice and beans alone contain all the essential amino acids one needs. Our bodies can create every protein they need with the building blocks contained in most legume and grain combinations found in nearly all traditional native diets.
Carrots (and sweet potatos) contain exactly ZERO micrograms of vitamin A. There is NO vitamin A in ANY plant food. Period. What carrots have is Beta Carotine, which is NOT vitamin A. It is a vitamin A precursor, which means that SOME people can convert SOME of it to vitamin A, but it is a very inefficient process. At most, a person will convert about 2-3% to real vitamin A that the body can utilize, and some people will convert 0%. Why bother, when all animal foods have REAL vitamin A, if consumed in their natural form?
As I stated, sweet potatoes and carrots cover Vitamin A needs.
Your body knows exactly how much you need and won't convert any more than it needs to. You're stating that fact like it's a bad thing.
Meanwhile, you're failing to acknowledge too much vitamin A is toxic and can cause liver and kidney damage and many other issues. Eating a single serving of polar bear liver can kill you.
Additionally, sweet potato and carrots provide other benefits.
A sweet potato slathered with Kerrygold butter would be my recommendation for those wanting to optimize Vitamin A levels. Doesn't get much cleaner than that.
"Vitamin A is a classic example of a substance that is beneficial in small doses and toxic in higher doses. It is required by the body for a variety of purposes. It plays an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, immune activity, cell division and cell differentiation, the process by which a stem cell becomes a brain, muscle, lung blood or other specific cell. But amounts are important. While vitamin A is needed in small doses for all these bodily processes, in larger amounts it interferes with them. The result can be blurred vision, loss of hair, infections, birth defects and death. Outside of consuming polar bear liver or going crazy with supplements, an overdose of vitamin A is not an issue. Underdosing is a greater concern."
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/nutrition-you-asked/it-true-you-cannot-eat-polar-bear-liver
No, not exactly. They contain vitamin K, but there are TWO forms of vitamin K: K1 and K2.
Plants are rich in K1 and deficient in K2, while SOME animals foods have the K2. Fermented foods, mostly. K2, of course, is the one that is helpful to humans, and K1 does nothing for us. (This is a common theme when comparing animal foods and plant foods.)
You wrote a lot of garbage here just to admit fermented plant foods contain K2.
In fact, not are they only high in K2, but they also have a higher concentration than animal sources.
One tablespoon of natto contains 150 micrograms of K2, over 13 times what you'd get from a 100 gram serving of beef liver, one of the best meat sources. A 50 gram serving of cheddar cheese contains 12 micrograms of K2.
Eggs are only a good source of K2 if chickens are eating natural diets. Bet you didn't know factory farmed chickens are often fed soy and corn only, and ths eggs they produce are often deficient in K2 and many other key nutrients as a result.
Vitamin F is probably not important to human health. Besides that, these are all seeds, which are always toxic to humans. The plants do not "want" animals to eat their seeds, since the seed is the next generation for the p it's eating grasslant species to survive.
This is why they are found in the sweet-tasting fruit of the plant. They "want" animals to eat the fruit, let the seeds process through the animal's digestive tract (unbroken), and deposited on land in a pile of fertilizer, so the next generation can sprout.
Eating any type of seed is not good for us. Hey, I like nut seeds too, but they are not a healthy food to eat. They are junk food.
You're spreading falsehoods at this point.
"Vitamin F is the combination of two essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are fats that must come from your diet—your body can’t make them. Vitamin F is ALA (alpha-linoleic acid), an omega-3 fatty acid, and LA (linoleic acid), an omega-6 fatty acid.
Every single organ in your body needs these two essential fatty acids. They help you absorb calcium, build cell structures, maintain cell flexibility, and grow cells.
The problem with a typical Western diet is that it includes far too many omega-6 fatty acids and far too few omega-3 fatty acids. In a Western diet, people consume between 10 to 20x more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids (10-20:1 ratio). This ratio should be 2:1 or 1:1.
The first sign of symptom of a vitamin F deficiency is dry, flaky skin. If you have this problem, make sure you begin to restore a healthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3.
It’s best to get your omega-3 fatty acids from natural sources, like fatty fish, fish oil, and cod liver oil.
Vitamin F deficiency can cause:
• Prostate enlargement
• Inflammation
• Vision problems
• Heart problems
• Brain problems
The best sources of vitamin F/omega-3 fatty acids are:
• Avocados
• Greens
• Almonds and walnuts
• Sprouts
• Chia
• Sunflower seeds
• Olive oil
• Fish (especially fatty fish)
• Eggs
Avoid junk food, processed foods, and fast foods."
https://www.drberg.com/blog/the-first-sign-of-a-vitamin-f-deficiency
Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
God doesn't instruct us to gift toxic foods.
Plants do not contain fats (with a few exceptions, like coconut and avacado), and their oils are not fats, either. CLA in plant foods is an imitation, not the real thing (which is only found in animal foods).
CLA is CLA. Also, unless you're eating grass-fed beef, or consuming milk or cheese sourced from grass-fed cows, or turkey or chicken eating natural diets, you're getting a neglible amount CLA whatsoever. CLA can be created by the human body as well.
There are 9 essential amino acids. They are "essential" because the human body does NOT produce them. We MUST get them from our food.
Animal foods have these in abundance, but plant foods do not
Rice and beans alone contain all the essential amino acids one needs. Our bodies can create every protein they need with the building blocks contained in most legume and grain combinations found in nearly all traditional native diets.