Beta-Carotene Helps Lungs Work Better Longer

Geezer regrets to report that, like almost every other body part, lungs do their job a little worse every year after the age of 20 or so. Now French researchers have some evidence that beta-carotene could help slow that decline.The Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter reports that comparing breathing tests in subjects eight years apart, the study
discovered that those with the highest blood levels of beta-carotene—a
dietary antioxidant—retained over 20 percent more lung function than those
with the lowest beta-carotene levels. Over a 10-year span, researchers
noted, the benefit of a specific increase in beta-carotene levels
“approximately counteracts the effect of one year of aging.” Read more.