Sentences with phrase «carotene rich plant»

It would be great if you could confirm if beta carotene rich plant foods is an optimal way to consume Vitamin A. Also could you throw more light on the nutrients needed for acne scar healing

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Study of healthy, degenerative disease - free Ancestral Cultures demonstrates a preference for Vitamin A rich foods with plant foods containing carotenes consumed at a much lower rate.

It is important to note that plants lack the direct form of vitamin A, but do contain beta - carotene, a form of vitamin A. Moreover, your body metabolizes vitamin A when you consume foods rich in beta - carotene.

It is one of the richest natural plant sources of carotenes with concentrations of 500 — 700 ppm.

The establishment view is as follows: the animal form of vitamin A is toxic and also interferes with vitamin D metabolism, so we should avoid foods rich in vitamin A, like liver, organ meats and cod liver oil; we can get all the vitamin A we need from the conversion of carotenes in plants; it is impossible to obtain adequate vitamin D from food, so we need to take vitamin D supplements.

This is, to say the least, unfortunate, as they were ostensibly taking beta carotene supplements (or eating plants rich in the compound) specifically to mitigate their Vitamin A deficiency.

Spinach is rich in beta - carotene, a phytonutrient (literally «plant nutrient») that your body converts to vitamin A. Beta - carotene and other phytonutrients found in spinach function as antioxidants that help protect your cells from damage and potentially reduce cancer risk (5).

Alfalfa is an extremely nutrient rich plant, high in chlorophyll, beta carotene and amino acids.