Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a narrowing of arteries as fatty deposits are laid down in the walls of the blood vessels. These fatty deposits becomes hard as calcium is added, forming plaques.

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Beta-Carotene is a powerful antioxidant used to make vitamin A

Beta Carotene is used by the body to make vitamin A. If you don’t get enough beta carotene your body can get vitamin A from other foods, like oily fish.

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What are antioxidants and free radicals?

Antioxidants are chemicals that can clean up rogue free radicals in the body. In doing so, they remove potentially harmful free radicals from circulation. However, not all free radicals are bad, and not all antioxidants are good.

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Vitamin E – a potent antioxidant

Vitamin E is the free-radical vitamin cleaning up 99.9% of free radicals formed when the body takes in toxic substances.

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Vitamin K is involved in blood clotting and preventing atherosclerosis

Vitamin K is one of those vitamins that we tend to forget about. However, it is vital for proper developement of bones as well as other functions within the body.

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