Ganoderma Guide

Beta Carotene To Chase Away Those free Radicals


Benefits of Carotene (Beta Carotene) as a Dietary
Supplement
The beta-carotene is in fact famous for the help it gives to
human's body.

One of the most known claims for beta-carotene is
that it prevents cancer
And heart disease and can boost our immune
system.
Beta Carotene is plentiful in vegetables and fruits. The 600
carotenoids are
Important for our
health and is found in yellow,
red, and deep green
Vegetables and fruits.
Studies shows however that taking supplements for a long
duration may in
Fact cause harm, such as the damage to our liver or increased
risk of cancer
Which can determined only by long, large, well-designed
studies.


Large amount of Beta Carotene however can turn your skin
slightly yellow or
Orange-, which is in fact harmless.
Beta-carotene is an antioxidant. Antioxidants help deactivate
free radicals,
Unstable molecules that are by products of cells "burning"
oxygen for
Energy. Free radicals can in fact damage the basic structure of
cells and
Therefore leading to chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart
diseases.

In
Addition, it can accelerate the aging
process.
However, smokers should not take this the pill of beta-carotene
because studies show that smokers have an increase of the risk of
lung cancer when they take beta-carotene pills. According to
studies, taking Beta Carotene even not on high dose actually has a
higher rate of developing lung cancer
And higher mortality rate than those taking a placebo. However,
the risk is
Only for smokers who smoked more than a pack per day and who
drank more than the average amount of alcohol.


Therefore, the moral lesson here is:
. Do not think that any supplements "can't hurt, might help" or
that
Antioxidants are always beneficial. There is a delicate balance
of
Antioxidants and free radicals in our body. Smoking was a
complicating
Factor with beta carotene but who knows what factor such as sun
exposure,
Alcohol, medication, intense
exercise might make supplement
X< Y and Z
Dangerous?
.

Don't Smoke
. Don't take Beta Carotene Pills if you smoke or if you are a
former smoker,
Or if you are a heavy drinker.
. Eat a lot of fruits and
vitamins- Even if you do not smoke,
it is much
Better to obtain beta-carotene from foods not from the pills.


There are no
Any evidence that beta carotene in foods can cause any
danger
Beta Carotene is one of the orange dyes that are found in most
green leaves
And in carrots. Beta Carotene is a member of family of molecules
called
Carotenoides. Beta Carotene is made up of eight isoprene units,
which are
Cyclised at each end.
Beta Carotene is the pigment that gives carrots, sweet potatoes
and other
Yellow vegetables their yellow coloring.

Beta Carotene is also
used as a
Colorant in margarine because the absence of it would only make
margarine
White.
Almost all beta-carotene in supplements are synthetic consisting
of only one
Molecule that is called all Trans beta-carotene.
Natural beta-carotene found
In foods is made up of two molecules - all Tran's beta-carotene
and
9-cis-beta-carotene.
Beta Carotene s the most potent precursor to vitamin A, but its
conversion
To vitamin A in the body is limited by a feedback
system.


Beta-carotene has two roles in our body. It can indeed be
converted into
Vitamin A if the body needs more of the vitamin. In addition,
beta-carotene
Acts as antioxidants, which protect cells from damage caused by
harmful free
Radicals.
The richest sources of beta carotene are yellow, orange, and
green leafy
Fruits and vegetables such as carrots, spinach, lettuce,
tomatoes, sweet
Potatoes, broccoli, cantaloupe, and winter squash to name a few.


The more
Intense the green, yellow or orange color is, the more
beta-carotene it
Possess.
Cooking makes it easier for beta-carotene to be fully absorbed
by the
Body so it does not destroy beta Carotene.
Research shows that diets that are low in beta-carotene
and carotenoids can increase the body vulnerability to damage from
free radicals. As a result, long-term
diets with low in beta-carotene may
increase tissue damage from free radical activity and increase risk
of chronic disease and cancer.

Low
in beta-carotene may also lead to the reduction of the
effectiveness of the immune system.

Joyce Dietzel writes articles for your vitamins.com a website
dedicated to
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