Scientists have found that a lot of vitamin F is found in seafood, mainly in fatty fish and marine fats of marine mammals. In addition, sources of vitamin F are found in vegetable oils and animal fat. The richest source of this vitamin is carrot oil.
What foods contain vitamin F?
Products that contain a large amount of vitamin F can be divided into several groups.
- Fish . Herring, mackerel and salmon contain a lot of vitamin F, for example, residents of cold areas that feed on this fish, practically do not suffer from strokes and heart attacks.
- Dried fruits . To obtain vitamin F in winter, you can make compotes from dried fruits.
- Fruits and berries . Black currant and avocado are rich sources of vitamin F.
- Nuts and seeds . Doctors recommend pregnant women to include in their diet walnuts, almonds, peanuts and sunflower seeds.
- Cereals . Among the cereal crops, vitamin F is rich in sprouted grains and corn .
What can the lack of vitamin F lead to?
The lack of vitamin F in the human body leads to serious cardiovascular diseases: heart attack, stroke, thrombosis, etc.
Also, the lack of vitamin F affects the skin very much - it grows older and becomes flabby.
For a woman's body, this vitamin is necessary throughout life and especially during pregnancy planning and bearing of the baby. But pregnant women need to eat food with vitamin F best after consulting with an observant physician.
Vitamin F should be stored only in the refrigerator, as it collapses and loses its useful properties under the influence of heat, light and oxygen, and instead of a useful vitamin you can get toxic poison.