0 a form of carotene that the body is able to change into vitamin A, found especially in green, red, and orange vegetables
There are no studies on beta-carotene and prevention of elevated blood pressure.
However, there is some indication that beta-carotene in the diet offers some protection against gynecological cancers.
While alphatocopherol supplements have no impact on the risk for cancer, beta-carotene supplements were clearly associated with an increased risk for lung cancer in two of the high-quality studies.
One fraud ring is accused of coloring low-grade soy oil and canola oil with industrial chlorophyll, and flavoring it with beta-carotene.
The rice plant can naturally produce beta-carotene in its leaves, where it is involved in photosynthesis.
Preliminary results from the field tests have shown field-grown golden rice produces 4 to 5 times more beta-carotene than golden rice grown under greenhouse conditions.
The beta-carotene turns the processed (white) rice a gold color, hence the name golden rice.
Their colour is so intense that it masks the presence of other pigments, chlorophyll a and beta-carotene.
