Beta Carotene Articles:

Natural Vitamin E Dramatically Reduces Heart Disease

A new randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cardiovascular study evaluating natural vitamin E, synthetic vitamin C, and synthetic beta-carotene has shown that natural vitamin E reduced cardiovascular death or serious cardiovascular disease by a statistically significant 13%, the primary end point of the study. Natural vitamin E also showed improvement in secondary end points, including a 22% reduction in heart attacks, a 27% reduction in strokes (31% when combined with vitamin C), and a 9% reduction in cardiovascular death. These results for natural vitamin E are nothing short of astounding as they used the gold standard of human testing!

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Carotenes Reduce Cardiovascular Mortality by 20% in Elderly Men

The Journal of Nutrition has published a study of Dutch elderly men that shows alpha carotene and beta carotene intake reduces cardiovascular deaths by 20%. Study participants were 72 years old on average at the start of the study. They were followed for 15 years to determine these results.

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Are Antioxidants Safe?

A recent Danish study was intended to raise doubt amongst antioxidant consuming Americans. It has been widely circulated in the Big-Pharma sponsored mainstream media – which is typical. Antioxidants are the foundation of health for every cell in your body. If you don’t have enough your cells will die faster and generate inflammation at much higher rates – aging your body faster. Nothing about this simple fact has ever changed – nor will it. Boosting your diet with high quality dietary supplements containing antioxidants is common sense.

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Beta Carotene Protects Your Skin from Sunburn

A new meta-analysis of previous beta carotene studies has found that beta carotene offers significant protection from sunburn, a result that shows up after 10 weeks of consistent supplement use and continues to improve over time.

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Antioxidants Low in Coronary Artery Disease

Antioxidant status was evaluated in 1462 patients undergoing coronary angiography. Researchers found that patients with coronary artery disease had lower levels of vitamin C, gamma-tocopherol, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, alpha-carotene, and beta-carotene, compared to controls.

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Beta Carotene, Lutein & Lycopene Help Maintain Lung Function

The importance of a consistent intake of various types of carotenes in your diet cannot be underestimated. These unique compounds accumulate in organ systems and protect them. A new study shows that over a 15 year period young adults who maintained higher levels of beta carotene, lutein, and lycopene maintained better lung function.

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