What is the Right Dosage of Lutein For Children and Adults?
What is an appropriate lutein dosage? Is it possible to get too much? We’ve only known about the benefits of lutein and some of the other carotenoids for a few years. So, information is not always easy to come by. Here you can learn a little more about the carotenoids and how much you should be getting every day. Carotenoids are responsible for many of the colors that you see in vegetables. They are divided into to two groups; carotenes and xanthophylls. The carotenes include alpha and beta-carotene and lycopene. The xanthophylls include lutein and zeaxanthin. All of these act as antioxidants in the human body. Other antioxidants include vitamin C, coenzyme Q10, vitamin E, catechins, curcumin, proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins, l-carnosine and l-glutathione. L-glutathione is probably the most potent antioxidant, but it is rarely found in nutritional supplements, because only the reduced form can pass through the intestinal wall and into the blood stream. A supplement containing it would
