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Article: Beta carotene brightens your diet
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 12, 2002
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Savvy fare
Beta carotene brightens your diet
By KRIS PESCHEL MULTHAUF and ANN SHERRY
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, May 12, 2002
Stroll through grocery store produce aisles or your local farmers
market, and you will find a vibrant variety of differently colored
fruits and vegetables. Bright orange carrots, dark green broccoli and
yellow winter squash not only have eye appeal -- they are also good
for your health. Nutrition professionals long have recommended
choosing fruits and vegetables with deep rich colors for their
abundance of vitamins and other beneficial substances.
More than 500 of these substances belong to a group of nutrients
called carotenoids. One such nutrient is beta ...