May 06
It’s not by chance that beta-carotene is the main ingredient in food supplements recommended for sunbathers. This substance, which the body converts into vitamin A, is beneficial in many ways. For instance, it protects us from free radicals and improves the skin’s ability to renew itself.
The sun’s ultraviolet rays cause oxidation in the body and thus greatly increase the number of free radicals, which are responsible for ageing and contribute to some kinds of skin cancer. Singlet oxygen is a prime example of how destructive free radicals can be: it dries the skin, harms the cell walls, damages the connective tissue and collagen. and even creates molecules capable of suppressing the body’s immune system. Before exposing the skin to the sun, you need to provide it with protection against these damaging effects. Nature offers the ideal protection: beta-carotene. This nutrient provides us with a defence against free radicals and stimulates the skin’s capacity to repair itself more quickly and effectively after the damage done by the sun’s rays.
As its indicates, beta-carotene is found in large quantities in carrots. It is a vitamin A precursor: in other words, the cells lining the intestines split beta-carotene to form vitamin A. Just enough of the vitamin is produced to meet the body’s needs and no more, so there’s no risk of overdosing: you can eat as many carrots as you like. The only side effect that comes when you eat them in vast quantities is that they can give a yellow tinge to the skin. Beta-carotene is also found in all orange-coloured fruits and vegetables, such as apricots, pumpkins and melons, as well as in tomatoes and some green vegetables, like cabbages, spinach and broccoli.
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When my husband was diagnosed with liver cancer and hepatitis C, I turned to drugs instead of God. When I had reached my lowest point a friend held my face in her hands and said three words that changed my life, “JESUS LOVES YOU.” We began going to church. Our pastor prayed for my husband and three weeks later, when my husband was tested, they found nothing wrong with his liver and his blood tested normal. I have been drug free for a year and my entire family is saved and looking forward to Heaven. Being a Christian is not easy, because Satan does not want to let go of you. But we have to pray and have faith that the Lord will protect us and He will. Cynthia. “The prayer of faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will raise him up...”
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