11.01.03
Indication: Heart disease
Source: Am J Clin Nutr, 2003;77:1390-1399.
Research: Using a modified food questionnaire for carotenoids in 1984, Harvard researchers studied the eating habits and health of more than 73,000 female nurses. During 12 years of follow-up, nonfatal heart attacks or fatal heart disease occurred in 998 of the subjects. The researchers investigated relationships between specific dietary carotenoids and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), taking into account the possible effects of weight, smoking and other risk factors.
Results: Women with the highest dietary intakes of beta-carotene and alpha-carotene were least likely to have fatal or nonfatal heart attacks. Those with the highest intake of beta-carotene were 26% less likely to have CAD than those with the lowest intake and those with the highest intake of alpha-carotene were 20% less likely to experience CAD. There was no significant association between intakes of lutein/zeaxanthin, lycopene or beta-cryptoxanthin and risk of CAD.
Source: Am J Clin Nutr, 2003;77:1390-1399.
Research: Using a modified food questionnaire for carotenoids in 1984, Harvard researchers studied the eating habits and health of more than 73,000 female nurses. During 12 years of follow-up, nonfatal heart attacks or fatal heart disease occurred in 998 of the subjects. The researchers investigated relationships between specific dietary carotenoids and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), taking into account the possible effects of weight, smoking and other risk factors.
Results: Women with the highest dietary intakes of beta-carotene and alpha-carotene were least likely to have fatal or nonfatal heart attacks. Those with the highest intake of beta-carotene were 26% less likely to have CAD than those with the lowest intake and those with the highest intake of alpha-carotene were 20% less likely to experience CAD. There was no significant association between intakes of lutein/zeaxanthin, lycopene or beta-cryptoxanthin and risk of CAD.