Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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 Studies looking at large populations have found that consuming more foods rich in beta-carotene and vitamin A lowers the risk of developing some types of cancer. However, when researchers have looked into whether taking supplements made up of these two nutrients would reduce the risk of cancer, the results have been either mixed or negative. This suggests that betacarotene and vitamin A boost health when we get them from foods, but not necessarily from supplements. |
| Which Nutrients Are Robbed
Taking this medicine may deplete your supply of, increase your need for, or interfere with the activity of:
• beta-carotene • Vitamin E
• Vitamin B12 • Iron
Additional Ways This Drug May Upset Your Nutritional Balance
Clofibrate can cause abdominal distress, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting, all of which can upset your eating habits and possibly interfere with good nutrition. It can also cause diarrhea, which can hamper nutrient absorption.
This drug can also trigger hyperkalemia, or too much potassium in the blood. |
| Which Nutrients Are Robbed
Taking this medicine may deplete your supply of, increase your need for, or interfere with the activity of:
• beta-carotene • Vitamin B12
• Thiamin • Iron
Additional Ways This Drug May Upset Your Nutritional Balance
Pantoprazole can cause loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal discomfort and pain, all of which can upset your eating habits and possibly interfere with good nutrition. It can also cause diarrhea, which can hamper nutrient absorption. |
Jack Challem
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 This test measures blood levels of various nutrients, including vitamins E and C, beta-carotene, and other nutrients.
• Antitissue Transglutaminase. A positive test for anti-tTG indicates gluten intolerance, the cause of celiac disease.
• Aspartate Aminotransferase. An extremely sensitive test to assess functional vitamin B6 levels. It measures the activity of an enzyme dependent on B6, instead of just measuring the vitamin.
• BRCA1 and BRCA2. Mutations in these genes are associated with an increased risk of breast and cervical cancer.
• C-Reactive Protein. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It is the mother strain, called the Lycium Eleganus, and it's very nutritious and very high in vitamin C, beta-carotene and trace minerals -- over 20 trace minerals, in fact. It also contains a full broad spectrum of amino acids, including all eight essential amino acids. It's very tasty, delicious and juicy -- it tastes quite a bit like a cherry, cranberry and raisin all mixed together.
To complement this product, we also work directly with our partner company in Peru that produces our maca and our cacao products. |
Jack Challem
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| Scientists at the University of Bath in England, determined how UV rays activated the HO-1 gene, which helps promote the inflammatory response in skin after sunburn. beta-carotene, however, suppressed the activity of the HO-1 gene.
Pycnogenol
Pycnogenol, a natural complex of antioxidants, derived from French maritime pine trees, has also been shown to increase antioxidant reserves in the skin and build resistance to sunburn. Researchers asked 20 fair-skinned men and women to take Pycnogenol supplements (approximately 75 to 120 mg) daily for eight weeks. |
Eric R. Braverman
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 Studies have documented the benefit of vitamin A in reducing stroke damage, as well as possibly the general category of antioxidants, which include vitamin E, selenium, cysteine, vitamin C, and beta-carotene. There may be some additional benefit in giving low dosages of Dilantin or other antiseizure medications to patients after a stroke, because following a stroke as many as 5 to 15 percent of patients may experience a seizure. In France, studies have shown that Ginkgo biloba has also been thought to be helpful in cerebral insufficiency. |
Dr Bernard Jenson and Mark Anderson
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 Chlorophyll, the "green blood" of plants, and oxygen producer of our planet through photosynthesis, contains a preform of vitamin A called beta-carotene. This substance is critical to preventing free radical degeneration in the plant. beta-carotene is also a powerful anti-free-radical agent in the bodies of animals and humans who consume green plants. It is interesting to note that vitamin A in its full form can be toxic in excessive doses, but beta-carotene in its pre-vitamin A form has never been shown to be toxic at any level. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 TOXICITY: None known with beta-carotene, believed safe up to 83,000 international units (50 mg.) daily. 100,000 units of A Carotene daily for several months, a body buildup of2,000,000units, may cause headaches, chapped lips, blurred vision, hair loss, dry skin, irritability, and anorexia. Duringpregnancy, take under 20,000 units of A-Carotene at a time. A polar bear's liver has 10,000,000 units and is lethal if eaten by humans. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| In green leafy vegetables, beta-carotene is the predominant carotene. Orange-colored fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, apricots, mangoes, yams, and squash, are excellent sources of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-carotenes, but in most plant foods, other non-provitamin A carotenes typically predominate. For example, yellow vegetables have higher concentrations of yellow carotenes (xanthophylls), hence a lowered provitamin A activity, but these compounds, including lutein, are showing significant health benefits due to their antioxidant effects. |
| Again, mixed carotene preparations are preferred to isolated beta-carotene supplements. For lutein and lycopene the usual dosages range from 2 to 5 milligrams for general health and from 15 to 30 milligrams for specific applications (e.g., lutein in the treatment of macular degeneration and lycopene in prostate cancer).
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is the green pigment of plants found in the chloroplast compartment of plant cells, where electromagnetic energy (light) is converted to chemical energy in the process known as photosynthesis. |
| The best known of this group are beta-carotene and alpha-carotene. Some of the better-known carotenes without provitamin A activity but with very high antioxidant activity are lutein, lycopene, and zeaxanthin.
Preliminary and experimental studies suggest that a higher dietary intake of carotenes offers protection against developing certain cancers, such as lung, skin, uterine, cervix, and gastrointestinal tract; heart disease; macular degeneration; cataracts; and other health conditions linked to oxidative or free-radical damage. |
| These foods, including vitamin C, beta-carotene, vitamin E, and selenium, are the best sources of dietary antioxidants. Several studies have shown that the risk of RA is highest among people with the lowest levels of dietary antioxidants. Excellent sources of antioxidants include flavonoid-rich berries, such as cherries, cranberries, hawthorn berries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Carotenoids are beneficial antioxidants found in yellow and green vegetables, including squashes, yams, carrots, and the cabbage-family vegetables. |
| Amount of Pasture in Dairy Diet
Milk from pastured cows offers additional health benefits, as it is much higher in beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin £, and other vitamins.
Unfortunately, the label on a milk carton won't tell you whether the cows were fed grass or grain. Even an organic label is no guarantee that the cows grazed on pasture. At the present time, there are at least two large organic dairies that make a point of raising their cows on pasture: Organic Valley and Natural by Nature. gestion of milk's main proteins that are very bioactive. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| To boost your beta carotene, eat foods with that beta-carotene orange glow. If you like pumpkin pie, try pumpkin puree and cinnamon mixed into creamy yogurt or
Craving Italian food instead? Eat spaghetti or pizza with tomato sauce for a good dose of lycopene, a cancer-
If you like your cranberry in a glass, remember that more sweetener can mean less cranberry juice. When buying juice at the supermarket, hunt for the product with the highest percentage of cranberry juice and the least sugar or corn syrup. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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| Which Nutrients Are Robbed
Taking this medicine may deplete your supply of, increase your need for, or interfere with the activity of:
• beta-carotene • Vitamin D
• Folic acid • Vitamin E
• Vitamin A • Vitamin K
• Vitamin B12 • Iron
Additional Ways This Drug May Upset Your Nutritional Balance
Colesevelam can cause heartburn, bloating, and nausea, which can upset your eating habits and possibly interfere with good nutrition. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 Orange vegetables are loaded with beta-carotene, a cancer fighter. You will get it from carrots, yams, and butternut squash, among others. Be generous with them.
Instead of the neglected little pile of overcooked vegetables some people park on their plates, have two or even three different vegetables with your dinner. One of my favorite combinations is mashed butternut squash and broccoli. Sometimes I cook them up fresh, and other times, I simply use frozen. The colors contrast, as does the sweetness of the squash with the heartier flavor of broccoli. You do not have to be a gourmet chef. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 Another study, comparing the effect of a combination of vitamins E and C and beta-carotene in non-diabetic and diabetic men, found that the vitamin combination significantly lowered LDL cholesterol oxidation, and also reduced uptake of LDL by macrophages.400 Combined with numerous other epidemiological studies, this study confirms that a combination of antioxidants can significantly reduce risk of having a heart attack or stroke. This becomes especially important in the case of diabetics. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| Beta-Carotene provides 10,000 International Units of Vitamin A. A natural form of Vitamin A is Palmitate. Vitamin A is at 1700 mm. in the long wavelength of the spectrum; with molecular weight of 15 0.
Synthetic Vitamin A Retin-A Tretinoin is used for acne and smoothing wrinkles; also found to revert precancerous skin and cervix cells to normal, may reverse cervical dysplasia and cervix cancer; reverses and rids dysplastic nevi moles, lessening risk of melanomas. May cause birth defects, do not use during pregnancy. |
| Residual beta-carotene is absorbed with the help of Fats; and 90-95% is stored in the liver or underskin fat for subsequent liver conversion to Pro Vitamin A form. Liver reserves may last from months to years, but adequate supply is third behind Protein and Calories in world malnutrition. The kidneys have 40 times the Vitamin A found in muscles, it prevents kidney stones. Vitamin A helps secrete gastric juices for Protein digestion. |
| Contains Vitamins A beta-carotene, B1, B2, B6, C, E; 21 Minerals, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, and Zinc; higher Protein than Bee Pollen with 18 Amino acids. American Wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) is a different species.
•WOOD BETONY (Betonica or Stachys off., Pedicularis grayi) Many leaves spring from the root, with slender square hairy stalks and pink flowers with white spots, growing in the shade. Aromatic, astringent, sedative, antispasmodic. |
| Take Antioxidant 100,000 units Vitamin A beta-carotene (helps invaded T-4 Helper cells); 20 mg. Lutein 2-3 times daily with 500 mg. BHT and Cod liver oil controlled retinitis; 20-50 mg. B1,20-50 mg. B2,20-50 mg. B6,500 meg. B-12, and 1 gr. Folic acid (for Brain protection). |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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| You will find huge amounts of beta-carotene in orange vegetables, such as carrots, yams, and pumpkins, but there is also plenty in green leafy vegetables. Vitamin C is in citrus fruits, of course, but also in many other fruits and vegetables. And whole grains, vegetables, and beans are healthful sources of vitamin E.
At the University of Toronto, Dr. David Jenkins took this approach to its ultimate conclusion. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Because of their antioxidant (page 467) activity, it has been suggested that beta-carotene (page 469) and other carotenoids might prorect against atherosclerosis (page 38) by preventing oxidative damage to serum cholesterol. However, research is conflicting in this area. One thing is clear—carotenoids are significantly-less effective in protecting against damage to serum cholesterol than is vitamin E (page 609). |
Jack Challem
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| Many of these studies have used natural vitamin E succinate, beta-carotene, and silymarin (an antioxidant extract of the herb milk thistle). In one of these studies, researchers at the AMC Cancer Research Center in Denver found that silymarin stopped the growth of breast-cancer cells just before they were about to replicate DNA for a new cancer cell. None of these nutrients has been found to cause apoptosis in healthy cells, suggesting that they have normal roles in regulating healthy DNA. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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| For example, beta-carotene appears to have no affect on oxidation of DNA, but is an excellent antioxidant in preventing oxidation of cell membranes and neutralizing free radicals in the cytoplasm of cells. Many other flavonoids, on the other hand, are very powerful at protecting the DNA from oxidation. |
| It should also be appreciated that this portion of the antioxidant system is highly dependent on our nutritional intake of preformed vitamins and minerals, even though some of the vitamins can be manufactured from other precursors, as in the case of vitamin A from beta-carotene.
When an antioxidant encounters a free radical it is oxidized and becomes a free radical itself, milder than the one it neutralized, but still capable of causing problems. This is why we have numerous types of antioxidants in our bodies, each one regenerates the other. |
| Carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, alphacarotene, lutein, and lycopene generally are found in the fatty parts of the cell as well, but can enter the watery cytosol of the cell. Minerals like zinc and magnesium are found principally within the cell.
So we see that this vitamin/mineral antioxidant network is highly compartmentalized so that each has its own zone of defense, much like football or basketball. This is another reason that all of the vitamins and minerals are needed in balance to adequately defend cells. |
Antoinette Saville and Antony J. Haynes
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 HCI facilitates the absorption of folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamins A and E, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, non-heme iron and some forms of calcium, magnesium, and zinc.
Your body makes about 2 liters of gastric juices a day. In turn, the parietal cells produce HCI acid. HCI is produced in minimal amounts when you are not eating, at about 10 percent of maximal rate. The pH on an empty stomach should normally be about 1.8-2.0.
HOW DOES A LOW LEVEL OF STOMACH ACID AFFECT ME?
Low levels of stomach acid can lead to maldigestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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| Most of us have heard of beta-carotene, but there are others such as alpha carotene, lutein, lycopene, canthoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin. Diets poor in fruit and vegetable intakes deprive us of these vital antioxidants.
In 1936, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist by the name of Szent-Gyorgi isolated a factor from plants that had some rather unusual properties. He knew that seriously depriving an animal of ascorbic acid would engender bleeding gums and internal bleeding, and that the animal would finally die as a result of extreme sensitivity to stress—a condition we know as scurvy. |
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