𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐬 🥕 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬

Make sure you have a few extra carrots for dinner this evening, as New research has found that carrots aren’t just good for vision, they can also do wonders for the skin.

The study suggests that even a few servings of baby carrots 🥕 each week is enough to make a difference, and that snacking on a bag of baby carrots 🥕 three times a week increased the levels of skin carotenoids in young adults.

High carotenoid levels found in the skin have a link to increased antioxidant protection and a lower risk for chronic diseases, including cancer and heart disease. A high carotenoid level has also been shown to boost a person’s immune function.

𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀 🥕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐂01.🧬

Eating a handful of baby carrots 🥕 3 times per week might be a great way to increase your carotenoids, but how do your genes 🧬 help you to convert the Beta-carotenes in your diet to possibly the more beneficial retinol.

𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

Vitamin A is more than just a single nutrient but a broad group of related nutrients, each providing us with differing health 💪🏻benefits.

Below is a quick summary showing the differences between them.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 (𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬)🥕

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬

Alpha-carotene, Beta-carotene, Gamma-carotene, Delta-carotene, Epsilon-carotene

𝐗𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐥𝐬

Astaxanthin, Beta-cryptoxanthin, Canthaxanthin, Fucoxanthin, Lutein, Neoxanthin, Violaxanthin and Zeaxanthin.

Carotenoids act much in the same way as retinoids in providing us with unique health benefits. Carotenoids function as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ❄️ nutrients, with some having a special role to play in the protection of our health.

𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 (𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬)🐄 🐟🍳

Retinol, Retinal, Retinoic acid and Retinyl esters.

There are some specific immune 🦠, inflammatory 🔥, genetic 🧬, and reproductive-related benefits of vitamin A that can only be obtained from the retinoid (animal source) forms of the vitamin.

It’s also extremely important for maintaining healthy skin 🥰, as retinoids can significantly reduce wrinkles by producing higher levels of collagen.

Individuals that have one T allele in both of 𝐁𝐂01 𝐫𝐬7501331 and 𝐫𝐬12934922 have approximately 60% lower ability to convert Beta-carotene found in plants 🥕into provitamin A.