Search results for 'betacarotene'

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Lycopene protects against heart attacks

... over 1300 men who had suffered a first myocardial infarction. Adipose (fatty) tissue samples were collected and the levels of tocopherols and beta-carotene were determined shortly after the attack. A high carotene level was found to be associated with a lower risk of a first heart attack. On further ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a73b.htm 11/21/05, 3829 bytes

International Health News Letter to the Editor – February 1999

... IU corresponds to 10 micrograms. The potency of most other vitamins and supplements is given in milligrams or micrograms except for vitamin-A and beta-carotene which are usually given in IUs. CATEGORY SEARCH HOMEPAGE KEYWORD SEARCH Copyright 2002 by Hans R. Larsen www.yourhealthbase.com International ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/l86b.htm 03/02/04, 3272 bytes

Prostate cancer and antioxidants

... donation. Comparing the blood levels of micronutrients in cases and controls found no significant differences in concentrations of alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, total carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene, retinol, and ascorbic acid (vitamin-C). There was, however, a difference in gamma-tocopherol ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a138g.htm 03/02/04, 4248 bytes

Supplements and cancer therapy

... and may actually, in many cases, enhance the tumor-killing effects of these treatments. Many studies have shown that vitamins A, C, and E as well as beta-carotene and selenium protect against adriamycin's toxic effects on the heart and, at the same time, enhance its cancer-killing effects. Vitamin-E ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a74h.htm 11/21/05, 4602 bytes

Antioxidants and peripheral arterial disease

... C intake of more than 142 mg/day had a 36 per cent lower incidence of PAD than did women with an intake of less than 80 mg/day. The intake of beta-carotene and vitamin E was not related to PAD risk among women. The findings for men were quite different. Here a vitamin E intake of more than 17.2 mg/day ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a120d.htm 03/02/04, 4277 bytes

Vitamin E helps prevent lung cancer

... analysis at entry to the study and were then followed up for a median period of 7.7 years. The study was designed to examine the effects of beta-carotene and vitamin E supplementation on lung cancer incidence. At the end of the follow-up period 1144 of the study participants had developed lung cancer ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a98j.htm 03/02/04, 4761 bytes

Antioxidants help prevent side effect of chemotherapy

... % of the children reported intakes below the RDA for at least one antioxidant. Sixty-six percent were deficient in vitamin E intake, 59% deficient in beta-carotene intake, and 29% deficient in vitamin-A. Vitamin C intake was considered adequate at 70-100 mg/day. (Editor's note: Although the vitamin C ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a151g.htm 01/09/05, 5854 bytes

HIV/AIDS patients lack antioxidants

... oxidative stress) were also significantly higher among the patients. Antioxidant concentrations (alpha- and gamma-tocopherol [vitamin-E], vitamin-C, beta-carotene, vitamin-A and selenium) were substantially lower among the patients than among the controls. The differences in gamma-tocopherol levels ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a75m.htm 11/21/05, 4834 bytes

International Health News Letter to the Editor – December 2001

... . CZ, Germany Editor : There are many herbs and vitamins that have been found helpful in protecting against breast cancer. Among them are vitamin-C, beta-carotene, alpha-linolenic acid (flax oil), fish oils, soy products, and folic acid. You can find out more about them at www.yourhealthbase.com/breast ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/l120b.htm 03/02/04, 3262 bytes

NEWSBRIEF – OCTOBER 1999

NEWSBRIEF - Cooked vegetables may be healthier. A team of European researchers reports that cooked vegetables are a richer source of beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, and other antioxidants than are raw vegetables. "Absorption of carotenoids from raw carrots is about 3 or 4 per cent, but if you cook ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/n94e.htm 03/02/04, 2904 bytes