Scientists Develop Tool To Trace Metabolism Of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Compounds
The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they’ve secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it…
December 1, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health, human, illinois, linked-eating, national, national-institutes, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reduced-risk, secured-funding, the-human, the-metabolism, university, will-help
High alpha-carotene levels associated with longer life
High blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene appear to be associated with a reduced risk of dying over a 14-year period, according to a new report.
November 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 14-year-period, antioxidant, blood-levels, diet, dying-over, on call diets, reduced-risk, the-antioxidant
