What is Beta Carotene?
Beta Carotene is another chemical that has antioxidant properties (remember, we’ve covered a few of those before). You can find it in such things as palm oil, fungi and algae… but don’t let that turn you away. For those of you who liked high school chemistry, the chemical symbol for Beta Carotene is C40H56. That, my friends, is a lot of carbon and hydrogen.
The important thing is that your body can turn this chemical into retinol. Does that sound familiar? Well, keep reading.
What’s In It for Me?
Do you remember Vitamin A and its form in animals, Retinol? You know that lovely chemical that does all sorts of lovely things for your vision. Well, one of the things your body does with is convert this chemical into Retinol.
Well, this is required for the production of the chemical rhodopsin… and I know I’m throwing a lot of chemical names at you here, but rhodopsin is a visual pigment in your eye that is used in low light situations. You remember when you were a kid and your parents told you carrots would help you see in the dark better? That’s Beta Carotene.
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