Thanks @lil-chick not heard that song for years - used to sing it at school 😀
@tim-2 interesting study. Maybe people like me who are very bad converters of carotenoids into vA are like yellow canaries! Interesting that they supplemented white canaries with vitamin A to keep them alive - wonder what do they do in the wild - or maybe it’s just a lab bird.
Thanks @lil-chick not heard that song for years - used to sing it at school 😀
@tim-2 interesting study. Maybe people like me who are very bad converters of carotenoids into vA are like yellow canaries! Interesting that they supplemented white canaries with vitamin A to keep them alive - wonder what do they do in the wild - or maybe it’s just a lab bird.
@jaj yeah I think so too. It would seem the scientists involved in this study see the idea of carotenoids as antioxidants as a theory rather than a fact. Every carotenoid study i've heard about seems to show carotenoids as unbeneficial or harmful lol. Yeah those yellow canaries are more advanced than us they use the carotenoids to make themselves handsome!
@jaj yeah I think so too. It would seem the scientists involved in this study see the idea of carotenoids as antioxidants as a theory rather than a fact. Every carotenoid study i've heard about seems to show carotenoids as unbeneficial or harmful lol. Yeah those yellow canaries are more advanced than us they use the carotenoids to make themselves handsome!
They gave the canaries retinol based on this study. I can't read the study but the abstract indicates they were just concerned with retinol levels not actual deficiency effects.
They gave the canaries retinol based on this study. I can't read the study but the abstract indicates they were just concerned with retinol levels not actual deficiency effects.
