YOUTH NUTRIENTS: THE FLAP ABOUT BETA-CAROTENE SUPPLEMENTS
In Finland, researchers doing a study gave a large group of longtime smokers beta-carotene supplements. The idea was to see if these supplements could reduce the risk of lung cancer in these folks. The results showed that there was no reduction in the risk of lung cancer, and some indication that there was more lung cancer in the group. Panic set in. The study was terminated. Other studies dealing with beta-carotene supplements were suspended. Now that the dust has settled what do we know? We know that the smokers were in a very high risk group for developing lung cancer. We know that there are hundreds and hundreds of studies showing beta-carotene in food to be a powerful and healing antioxidant fighting all kinds of diseases including cancer very successfully. We know that Nature may have included some element we still haven’t figured out in food sources of beta-carotene that was left out of the synthetic version. We know that food is crucial when it comes to our longevity. We ki^ that this small ripple is no reason not to eat our carrots.
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