High Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Moderate Fat Intake Are Associated with Higher Carotenoid Concentration in Human Plasma

• Main Authors: María Marhuenda-Muñoz (Author), José Fernando Rinaldi de Alvarenga (Author), Álvaro Hernáez (Author), Anna Tresserra-Rimbau (Author), Miguel Ángel Martínez-González (Author), Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Author), Dolores Corella (Author), Mireia Malcampo (Author), José Alfredo Martínez (Author), Ángel M. Alonso-Gómez (Author), Julia Wärnberg (Author), Jesús Vioque (Author), Dora Romaguera (Author), José López-Miranda (Author), Ramón Estruch (Author), Francisco J. Tinahones (Author), José Lapetra (Author), J. Lluís Serra-Majem (Author), Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas (Author), Josep A. Tur (Author), Vicente Martín Sánchez (Author), Xavier Pintó (Author), Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez (Author), Pilar Matía-Martín (Author), Josep Vidal (Author), Clotilde Vázquez (Author), Lidia Daimiel (Author), Emilio Ros (Author), Mercè Serra-Mir (Author), Zenaida Vázquez-Ruiz (Author), Stephanie K. Nishi (Author), Jose V. Sorlí (Author), María Dolores Zomeño (Author), María Angeles Zulet (Author), Jessica Vaquero-Luna (Author), Rosa Carabaño-Moral (Author), Leyre Notario-Barandiaran (Author), Marga Morey (Author), Antonio García-Ríos (Author), Ana M. Gómez-Pérez (Author), José Manuel Santos-Lozano (Author), Pilar Buil-Cosiales (Author), Josep Basora (Author), Olga Portolés (Author), Helmut Schröder (Author), Itziar Abete (Author), Itziar Salaverria-Lete (Author), Estefanía Toledo (Author), Nancy Babio (Author), Montse Fitó (Author), Miriam Martínez-Huélamo (Author), Rosa M Lamuela-Raventós (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Carotenoids are pigments contained mainly in fruit and vegetables (F&V) that have beneficial effects on cardiometabolic health. Due to their lipophilic nature, co-ingestion of fat appears to increase their bioavailability via facilitating transfer to the aqueous micellar phase during digestion....