Each softgel contains:
- 25000IU
- Beta-Carotene
(as pro-Vitamin A 15mg)
- 5IU
- Vitamin E
(from mixed tocopherols)
- 10mg
- Lecithin
(61% Phosphatides)
Other ingredients:
Soybean oil, gelatin, glycerin, water, annatto and titanium dioxide.
Soybean oil, gelatin, glycerin, water, annatto and titanium dioxide.
Important Information:
Contains no sugar, salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, milk, egg, preservatives.
Format
Softgels
90 Softgels
Dosage
Take 1 soft gel daily, preferably with meals.
Product Information:
- From D. salina sea algae
- Naturally contains mixed carotenoids
- Increased bioavailability
- Powerful antioxidant support
- Safe, Non-toxic pro-Vitamin A
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NATURAL BETA-CAROTENE contains additional antioxidant carotenoids, Alpha-Carotene, Zeaxanthin, Cryptoxanthin and Lutein as naturally occuring in D. salina sea algae. This natural balance of related carotenoids is what makes this product more bioavailable than common synthetic Beta-Carotene. Natural Beta-Carotene is a fat soluble food source of pro-Vitamin A.
Beta-carotene is a precursor to vitamin A as well as a potent antioxidant providing other protective functions in the body. Vitamin A is essential for many functions in the human body including: vision, growth, bone development, tooth development, maintenance of healthy epithelial tissues, supports optimal cell growth, reproduction, and co-enzyme and hormone roles. Although vitamin A may have toxic effects at high doses, beta-carotene (as well as other carotenoids) have no known toxicity. Though beta-carotene may be the best known of the carotenes, approximately 500 have been identified, and their health benefits are just beginning to be recognized. Beta-carotenes and other carotenoids act as antioxidants in the body, protecting the body from the harmful effects of free radicals.
Dunaliella salina (D.salina) is salt-water micro-algae that accumulates massive amounts of carotenoids under appropriate growth conditions. Beta-carotene, a vital antioxidant, constitutes about 90% of these. The other 10% are made up of alpha-carotene and xanthophylls like lutein, Zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin - the same carotenoids found in fruits and vegetables. However, the amount of beta-carotene found in D. Salina is many times more than in fruits and vegetables.
Unlike synthetic beta-carotene, the beta-carotene in D. Salina is a mixture of two stereoisomers : all-trans and 9-cis (synthetic beta-carotene has only the all-trans isomer). 9-cis beta-carotene is a powerful antioxidant. It is well known that it contributes significantly to the health maintenance effect of natural carotenoids.
What is an Antioxidant?
antioxidants are nutrients that help to protect your body from the damage caused by free radicals - the toxic molecules that play a role in the development of diseases from cataracts to heart disease, and arthritis. While our bodies produce some of these free radicals as the "garbage" from some its natural processes, we are now exposed to more and more of them from our environment than ever before.
The chemical pollution of our air and water now leave us exposed to very powerful free radicals that we have never been exposed to in the past. In combination with the nutrient depletion of our foods from modern chemical agriculture, we now also get less of the important nutrients from it that would normally help our immune systems fight these chemical invaders. This is why many nutritional doctors recommend their patients take supplements of antioxidants.
How Antioxidants Protect Your Cells:
When a free radical enters your body, it is attracted to the cells that make up the different tissues of it just like a magnet to metal. It then bonds to parts of the cell, which causes it to deteriorate in a way similar to that which oxygen causes metal to rust. If the cell gets damaged enough, it dies. Worse yet, if the cell DNA is damaged and then the cell reproduces, it reproduces abnormally as a result. When this happens to our skin, we get wrinkles; when it happens to our oxygen carrying blood vessels, we get hardening of the arteries; when it happens to our joints, we get arthritis.
Antioxidants work by bonding with the free radical before it can bond to the cells of your body, thus neutralizing it. This now harmless substance is then deconstructed or merely excreted.
Common Disorders Caused By Oxidative Damage
Cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, wrinkles, premature aging, cardiovascular disease are all affected and exacerbated by oxidative damage to different parts of the body. It is now widely accepted even among mainstream practitioners that free radical damage is a major cause of these diseases.
Beta-carotene is a precursor to vitamin A as well as a potent antioxidant providing other protective functions in the body. Vitamin A is essential for many functions in the human body including: vision, growth, bone development, tooth development, maintenance of healthy epithelial tissues, supports optimal cell growth, reproduction, and co-enzyme and hormone roles. Although vitamin A may have toxic effects at high doses, beta-carotene (as well as other carotenoids) have no known toxicity. Though beta-carotene may be the best known of the carotenes, approximately 500 have been identified, and their health benefits are just beginning to be recognized. Beta-carotenes and other carotenoids act as antioxidants in the body, protecting the body from the harmful effects of free radicals.
Dunaliella salina (D.salina) is salt-water micro-algae that accumulates massive amounts of carotenoids under appropriate growth conditions. Beta-carotene, a vital antioxidant, constitutes about 90% of these. The other 10% are made up of alpha-carotene and xanthophylls like lutein, Zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin - the same carotenoids found in fruits and vegetables. However, the amount of beta-carotene found in D. Salina is many times more than in fruits and vegetables.
Unlike synthetic beta-carotene, the beta-carotene in D. Salina is a mixture of two stereoisomers : all-trans and 9-cis (synthetic beta-carotene has only the all-trans isomer). 9-cis beta-carotene is a powerful antioxidant. It is well known that it contributes significantly to the health maintenance effect of natural carotenoids.
What is an Antioxidant?
antioxidants are nutrients that help to protect your body from the damage caused by free radicals - the toxic molecules that play a role in the development of diseases from cataracts to heart disease, and arthritis. While our bodies produce some of these free radicals as the "garbage" from some its natural processes, we are now exposed to more and more of them from our environment than ever before.
The chemical pollution of our air and water now leave us exposed to very powerful free radicals that we have never been exposed to in the past. In combination with the nutrient depletion of our foods from modern chemical agriculture, we now also get less of the important nutrients from it that would normally help our immune systems fight these chemical invaders. This is why many nutritional doctors recommend their patients take supplements of antioxidants.
How Antioxidants Protect Your Cells:
When a free radical enters your body, it is attracted to the cells that make up the different tissues of it just like a magnet to metal. It then bonds to parts of the cell, which causes it to deteriorate in a way similar to that which oxygen causes metal to rust. If the cell gets damaged enough, it dies. Worse yet, if the cell DNA is damaged and then the cell reproduces, it reproduces abnormally as a result. When this happens to our skin, we get wrinkles; when it happens to our oxygen carrying blood vessels, we get hardening of the arteries; when it happens to our joints, we get arthritis.
Antioxidants work by bonding with the free radical before it can bond to the cells of your body, thus neutralizing it. This now harmless substance is then deconstructed or merely excreted.
Common Disorders Caused By Oxidative Damage
Cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, wrinkles, premature aging, cardiovascular disease are all affected and exacerbated by oxidative damage to different parts of the body. It is now widely accepted even among mainstream practitioners that free radical damage is a major cause of these diseases.
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