May 20, 2004
Carotenoid Antioxidants: Nature’s Protector
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is turning pink.
A recent article in BBC World News reports that the lake’s color, although strange, has everything to do with science and survival. With water levels of this inland lake at a 30-year low, the salt load has reached a saturation point of 30 percent. This is 10 times saltier than seawater. In this very hostile and almost surreal environment, scientists are amazed to find that instead of death, the lake is in fact teeming with life.
The color of the lake and the fact that life continues to thrive in this adverse environment are closely related. Both are caused by carotenoid pigments (which are pink in this case) that the lake's microbes are producing to protect living organisms. Quite simply, carotenoid antioxidants at The Great Salt Lake are shielding the DNA of living organisms from salt and sun damage by providing a sort of built-in sunscreen.
This natural ability of carotenoids to protect living cells from free-radical damage (such as the sun, cigarette smoke, pollution, and other toxins) also occurs in humans all the time. As a metabolic defense against the dangers of free radicals, our bodies have the natural capacity to generate antioxidants. Certain foods in our diets—mainly fruits and vegetables—also contain antioxidants that can help defend against scavenging free radical molecules.
However, new research shows that our own natural production of antioxidants and the average diet may not provide sufficient antioxidant protection against a growing onslaught of free-radical invaders. For example, a recent study in the Journal of Nutrition found that taking a nutritional supplement containing beta-carotene, plus other carotenoids such as lutein and lycopene, may help protect the skin against harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun (Journal of Nutrition, 2003;133:98–101). But our skin is not the only part of the body that is protected by antioxidants. Green tea, for example, delivers antioxidant protection at the cellular level.
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To read the BBC World News article, go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3725973.stm
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