Another Reason to Eat Carrots
A carrot a day may help keep a whole assortment of diseases away. While we all know carrots are a great source of beta-carotene, what we really should know is the best way to get your carotenes (carotenoids) is in a nature-made assortment of this wonderful phytochemical subfamily (including alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, gamma-carotenes, lutein, lycopene).
The best way to get your hands on an assortment of carotenoids is to get your hands literally on a carotenoid-rich food like carrots or sweet potatoes. The research keeps stacking up on the health benefits of foods rich in carotenoids/carotenes. Just this week the results of a new study (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition June 2006) suggested that high daily intakes of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as vegetables in general, reduces the risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (a cancer that starts in the lymphatic system and becomes about 29 different forms of lymphoma) by almost 50%. Whenever something decreases your risk by almost 50%, it gets my attention.
The researchers found that people with the highest intake of the carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, had a 46% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, compared to people with the lowest intake. The researchers also found that people with a higher number of weekly servings of all vegetables had a 42% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those with the lowest intake of vegetables.
Want to know what fruits and vegetables are rich in the carotenes/carotenoids? Besides carrots and sweet potatoes?
* Yellow & orange fruits (i.e. cantaloupe, mangos, apricots, plantains, papayas)
* Yellow & orange vegetables (i.e. Sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, acorn squash, pumpkin)
* Umbelliferous vegetables (carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, caraway, dill and others)
* Dark green vegetables (i.e. Kale, spinach)
* Tomatoes
* Peppers
What are your favorite carotene/cartenoid rich foods?
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Carrot Souffle Recipe, Take the Fruit and Vegetable Challenge
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The best way to get your hands on an assortment of carotenoids is to get your hands literally on a carotenoid-rich food like carrots or sweet potatoes. The research keeps stacking up on the health benefits of foods rich in carotenoids/carotenes. Just this week the results of a new study (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition June 2006) suggested that high daily intakes of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as vegetables in general, reduces the risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (a cancer that starts in the lymphatic system and becomes about 29 different forms of lymphoma) by almost 50%. Whenever something decreases your risk by almost 50%, it gets my attention.
The researchers found that people with the highest intake of the carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, had a 46% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, compared to people with the lowest intake. The researchers also found that people with a higher number of weekly servings of all vegetables had a 42% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those with the lowest intake of vegetables.
Want to know what fruits and vegetables are rich in the carotenes/carotenoids? Besides carrots and sweet potatoes?
* Yellow & orange fruits (i.e. cantaloupe, mangos, apricots, plantains, papayas)
* Yellow & orange vegetables (i.e. Sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, acorn squash, pumpkin)
* Umbelliferous vegetables (carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, caraway, dill and others)
* Dark green vegetables (i.e. Kale, spinach)
* Tomatoes
* Peppers
What are your favorite carotene/cartenoid rich foods?
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Carrot Souffle Recipe, Take the Fruit and Vegetable Challenge
Technorati Tags: carrots, non-hodkinslymphoma, cartenoids, nutrition, vitamins
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The researchers found that people with the highest intake of the carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, had a 46% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, compared to people with the lowest intake. The researchers also found that people with a higher number of weekly servings of all vegetables had a 42% lower risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those with the lowest intake of vegetables.
Thanks - you just given me an excuse to drink more carrot juice. Our store has it, and I love it.
Normally I hate doctors using relative risk reduction numbers, but since there is no harm in eating carrots and carrot juice is delicious this is one case when it fine with me.
There is another advantage to eating carrots: if you get a bag of baby carrots, you can eat them whenever you feel like grabbing something or feel like you need TV food. Keeps you from eating junk food, so you don't get weight.
For anyone who doesn't care for carrots or any other vegetable or fruit, try putting them into a juicer with the ones you do like. You will be pleasently surprised to find that you don't even know that they're in there.
I am understanding that Carrots are good in stopping dementia before it starts.
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