Microbes and beta catotene - is it really GRAS

January 28th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

I came across this news item in a Medical News feed today.  I was really surprised.  Beta carotene supplements had been thought to be unsafe for some men and here they are approving them for use in DAIRY products and in fruit and vegetable juices.  I don’t like this!nakedchicken Microbes and beta catotene is it really GRAS

Here is the link to the Medical News article and here is the article link in the Lancet. Here is the last couple of sentences from the abstract of that article:

In fact, the risk of fatal coronary heart disease increased in the groups that received either beta-carotene or the combination of alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene; there was a non-significant trend of increased deaths in the alpha-tocopherol group. We do not recommend the use of alpha-tocopherol or beta-carotene supplements in this group of patients.

Here is a video I made about this.  Your comments please!

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