CAROTENES
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By: Ms.CiCi
The best way to get your hands on an assortment of carotenoids is to get your hands
literally on a carotenoid-rich food like carrots or sweet potatoes. Carrots are
a great source of beta-carotene. What we really should know is the best way to get your carotenes
(carotenoids) is in a nature-made assortment of this wonderful phytochemical subfamily which includes
alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, gamma-carotenes, lutein, lycopene. The research keeps stacking up on the
health benefits of foods rich in carotenoids/carotenes.
In June, 2006 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition June 2006 suggested that
high daily intakes of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as vegetables in general, reduces the
risk of Non-Hodgkins' lymphoma which is a cancer that starts in the lymphatic system and becomes about 29
different forms of lymphoma by almost 50%.
The researchers found that people with the highest intake of the carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, had a 46% lower risk of
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, compared to people with the lowest intake. The researchers also found that people
with a higher number of weekly servings of all vegetables had a 42% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those
with the lowest intake of vegetables.
Make it a habit of eating more carrots. A carrot a day may help keep a whole
assortment of diseases away. Indeed! Something decreases your risk by almost 50% should get anyone's
attention!
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