Serum beta-carotene before and after beta-carotene supplementation

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted among men with ages ranging from age 30 to 69 years to determine the effects of oral beta-carotene supplementation on serum beta-carotene levels. They were randomized into beta-carotene (20 mg daily) and placebo groups. Serum beta-carotene levels were drawn at baseline, after two months and up to 12 weeks post-supplementation. There was a positive correlation with dietary beta-carotene which later disappeared, but a ten-fold increase in serum levels was found in the beta-carotene group which remained elevated at 12 weeks post-supplementation.

Beta carotene

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Zinc supplementation: effects on the growth and morbidity of undernourished Jamaican children

Article Abstract:

Providing zinc to undernourished children at nutrition clinics could cut the severity of the usual illnesses experienced and bring about a fall in the numbers of children needing hospitalization, according to research undertaken among children attending nutrition clinics in poor, urban areas of Kingston, Jamaica. However, zinc supplementation does not seem to have a significant impact on growth. It is possible that there is insufficient energy and protein available to prompt a growth response.

Children, Diet therapy, Diet therapy for children, Zinc metabolism

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Beta-carotene concentration in buccal mucosal cells with and without dysplastic oral leukoplakia after long-term beta-carotene supplementation in male smokers

Article Abstract:

The beta-carotene (BT) content of mucosal cells is not statistically significantly connected with the current daily amount of smoking, according to research among male cigarette smokers in Helsinki, Finland. This finding is possibly the result of serum levels having been high for up to six years before the oral mucosa was sampled. There was no evidence to suggest an impact of cellular BC concentration on pre-cancerous lesions among the few participants who had them in their oral mucosae.

Health aspects, Causes of, Smoking, Mouth cancer

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