Re: Vitamin A labelling and carotene conversion (?)

[Guest guest]

Hey what is relationship of vit. A, carotene and dioxins?

Dennis

> Does anyone know off-hand or have a reference for the guidelines

for

> labelling carotenes as vitamin A?

>

> Do they assume that 100% of the carotenes will be converted to

vitamin A?

>

> It's crunch time for me to get my dioxin article in to WAPF, so if

> anyone can save me a little bit of reseach time if they have a

> reference handy I'd appreciate it, since I'm swamped with this

> project.

>

> Chris

>

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[Guest guest]

On 9/27/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@...> wrote:

> Hey what is relationship of vit. A, carotene and dioxins?

Dioxin toxicity is largely mediated by vitamin A depletion and

induction of vitamin A resistance, and vitamin A has shown to be

protective against dioxin toxicity in animals. I'm addressing the

argument that we must adopt a vegan diet to protect against dioxins

for the next WAPF journal, which is being processed now.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

---So Dioxin causes Vit A resistance, then depletion and

illness. Maybe I'm not understanding resistance.Dennis

In , Masterjohn

<chrismasterjohn@g...> wrote:

> On 9/27/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@y...> wrote:

>

> > Hey what is relationship of vit. A, carotene and dioxins?

>

> Dioxin toxicity is largely mediated by vitamin A depletion and

> induction of vitamin A resistance, and vitamin A has shown to be

> protective against dioxin toxicity in animals. I'm addressing the

> argument that we must adopt a vegan diet to protect against dioxins

> for the next WAPF journal, which is being processed now.

>

> Chris

>

> --

> Statin Drugs Kill Your Brain

> And Cause Transient Global Amnesia:

> http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Statin-Drugs-Side-

Effects.html

[Guest guest]

---So Dioxin causes Vit A resistance, then depletion and

illness. Maybe I'm not understanding resistance.Dennis

In , Masterjohn

<chrismasterjohn@g...> wrote:

> On 9/27/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@y...> wrote:

>

> > Hey what is relationship of vit. A, carotene and dioxins?

>

> Dioxin toxicity is largely mediated by vitamin A depletion and

> induction of vitamin A resistance, and vitamin A has shown to be

> protective against dioxin toxicity in animals. I'm addressing the

> argument that we must adopt a vegan diet to protect against dioxins

> for the next WAPF journal, which is being processed now.

>

> Chris

>

> --

> Statin Drugs Kill Your Brain

> And Cause Transient Global Amnesia:

> http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Statin-Drugs-Side-

Effects.html

[Guest guest]

On 9/28/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@...> wrote:

> ---So Dioxin causes Vit A resistance, then depletion and

> illness. Maybe I'm not understanding resistance.Dennis

Well not illness in the sense that dioxin doesn't really do anything

at the level that people are exposed to it, but dioxin both 1)

depletes vitamin A stores and 2) causes cells to become resistant to

retinoic acid, the hormone form of vitamin A, which can lead to a

variety of endocrine-disrupting, reproductive, immune, and skin

disorders, cancer, and death, depending on the species and the

particular tissue. This is primarily in animals exposed to huge

amounts of it, although humans can get acne from it when exposed to

industrial quantities, and some animals exposed to polluted areas have

some some of these conditions.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

--- This is the problem gulf and viet nam veterans " exposed " to

agent orange have.

In , Masterjohn

<chrismasterjohn@g...> wrote:

> On 9/28/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@y...> wrote:

> > ---So Dioxin causes Vit A resistance, then depletion and

> > illness. Maybe I'm not understanding resistance.Dennis

>

> Well not illness in the sense that dioxin doesn't really do

anything

> at the level that people are exposed to it, but dioxin both 1)

> depletes vitamin A stores and 2) causes cells to become resistant

to

> retinoic acid, the hormone form of vitamin A, which can lead to a

> variety of endocrine-disrupting, reproductive, immune, and skin

> disorders, cancer, and death, depending on the species and the

> particular tissue. This is primarily in animals exposed to huge

> amounts of it, although humans can get acne from it when exposed to

> industrial quantities, and some animals exposed to polluted areas

have

> some some of these conditions.

>

> Chris

> --

> Statin Drugs Kill Your Brain

> And Cause Transient Global Amnesia:

> http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Statin-Drugs-Side-

Effects.html

[Guest guest]

On 9/28/05, dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@...> wrote:

> --- This is the problem gulf and viet nam veterans " exposed " to

> agent orange have.

Maybe, but doubtfully. The Vietnam veterans with the highest dioxin

levels have a 10% reduced risk for cancer.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

On 9/28/05, Lana Gibbons <lana.m.gibbons@...> wrote:

>

>

> I don't know if this is what you are looking for.

>

> From: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/nutrguid.html

>

> Beta-Carotene

> (express as % DV)

>

> <= 10% of RDI for vitamin A- express to nearest 2% DV increment

> > 10% - 50% of RDI for vitamin A- express to nearest 5% DV increment

> > 50% of RDI for vitamin A- express to nearest 10% DV increment

>

> The way this reads to me is that they are accepting Beta-carotene as

> Vitamin A on labeling in a 1:1 ratio.

That's what it seems like, though it doesn't quite say that explicitly

here. Thanks.

Chris

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