Dear all:

There is actually a good bit of evidence to show that vitamin A reduces maternal mortality and infections among populations of women that are subclinically deficient in vitamin A.  The results in a study in Nepal showed a 40% reduction in maternal mortality. Vitamin A is relatively easy to come by in developing areas of the world from FOOD and in this case, the studies did show that beta-carotene (from plant sources) worked just as well as retinol (from animal sources).  The beauty of eating your vitamins from FOOD is that it is much harder (short of eating polar bear liver) to ingest enough to be toxic.  All fat soluble vitamins can be toxic in excessive amounts, just as they can have remarkably healing effects when someone who is deficient finally consumes a sufficient quantity.

So, I would include a diet rich in beta-carotene for anyone who is healing from wounds.

Best, Susan Burger

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