Plasma β-carotene: How diet, lifestyle, and supplements may provide benefits.

Examine Database: Plasma β-carotene

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Lactobacillus Reuteri	D	Participants: 127	No effect

Participants: 127

No effect

Intervention	Grade	Effect	Detail
Lactobacillus Reuteri	D

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Weight loss increases carotenoid levels

In this weight loss study in participants with overweight/obesity, reductions in body weight and fat mass were associated with increases in plasma carotenoids. Potential mediators of this relationship, including exercise, were not measured.

Examine Database References

Lactobacillus Reuteri - Jones ML, Martoni CJ, Prakash SOral supplementation with probiotic L. reuteri NCIMB 30242 increases mean circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D: a post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trialJ Clin Endocrinol Metab.(2013 Jul)