Beta Carotene...Carotenoids are a class of compounds that are related to Vitamin A. Some act as precursors to Vitamin A. Some are important antioxidants. [1] Included in this group are the widely known antioxidants, Beta-carotene, Alpha-carotene, Gamma-carotene, and Lycopene. The liver can convert Beta-carotene to Vitamin A.[2]

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Beta Carotene is a potent and popular antioxidant found in plants and vegetables.

Antioxidants help combat free radicals and molecules which damage cells and DNA.

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Vitamin A is an essential nutrient, required for normal vision and for healthy skin and mucous membranes.

It is also needed by the thymus gland.

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Beta carotene is a nontoxic precursor (building block) of vitamin A and a major component of the body's natural antioxidant defenses.

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Lycopene supports healthy prostate function and protects against damage from free radical singlet oxygen.

Beta Carotene beta carotene in papaya in Papaya

Lutein is an antioxidant carotenoid that occurs in nature with zeaxanthin.

Dietary lutein and zeaxanthin concentrate in the eye’s macula and lens and protect these tissues from oxidative stress.

Beta Carotene beta carotene is very high in palm oil is very High in Palm Oil

Astaxanthin is a highly potent antioxidant carotenoid found in seafood and algae that protects lipids from peroxidation.

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Natural Beta-Carotene contains additional antioxidant carotenoids Alpha-Carotene, Zeaxanthin, Cryptoxanthin and Lutein as naturally occurring in D. salina sea algae.

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Beta Carotene is converted into Vitamin A in the body.

It performs antioxidant functions which regular Vitamin A does not.

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Beta Carotene and Vitamin A are essential for the maintenance of healthy epithelial tissue, which is found in the eyes, skin, respiratory system, GI and urinary tracts.

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Beta Carotene

From The Article In Wikipedia... Jan 22, 2009

Beta-carotene is an organic compound - a terpenoid, a red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits.; As a carotene with beta-rings at both ends, it is the most common form of carotene.; It is a precursor (inactive form) of vitamin A.
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Beta-carotene is also the substance in carrots that colours them orange.

Plant carotenoids are the primary dietary source of vitamin A worldwide.

The most efficient pro-vitamin A carotenoid is beta-carotene, which is abundant in Vietnam Gac (Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng), crude palm oil, yellow and orange fruits, such as mangoes, papayas, and yams and in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, sweet potato leaves, and sweet gourd leaves.

Vietnam gac and crude palm oil have by far the highest content of β-carotene of any known fruit or vegetable, 10 times higher than carrots for example.

Unfortunately, Gac is quite rare and unknown outside its native region of SE Asia, and crude palm oil is typically processed to remove the cartenoids before saleto improve the color and clarity. *

* Read an Article in Wikipedia, Jan 22, 2009

Read an article in Wikipedia with references and links Dec 31, 2011

** Beta-Carotene. (2011, December 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

Retrieved 00:03, January 1, 2012, from

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beta-Carotene&oldid=468360725

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Beta Carotene

Beta-carotene is also known as provitamin A because it can be converted into vitamin A within the body.

Not only can beta-carotene be used to make vitamin A when needed, it is also a powerful antioxidant.

Antioxidants are needed to protect the body from harm due to damaging compounds generated during our body's metabolism called free radicals.

Food sources of beta-carotene include yellow, orange and dark green vegetables and fruits such as carrots, squash and oranges.

There are no known overdose levels of Beta-carotene.

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