CAROTENES

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By: Ms.CiCi

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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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