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  • It turned out to be good that they objected, because C. H. Li and his collaborators soon started using the terms alpha-, beta- and gamma-endorphin to describe three different types of endorphins they had discovered.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • It turned out to be good that they objected, because C. H. Li and his collaborators soon started using the terms alpha-, beta- and gamma-endorphin to describe three different types of endorphins they had discovered.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Given what scientists have discovered thus far about alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol, however, men should look to choose a mixed tocopherols vitamin E supplement that includes alpha- and gamma-tocopherols, and the reason is simple:

    Craig Cooper: The Real Facts About Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer Craig Cooper 2011

  • That means the alpha- and gamma-tocopherols have a synergistic effect when it comes to prostate cancer.

    Craig Cooper: The Real Facts About Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer Craig Cooper 2011

  • Vitamin E is a complex of eight different isoforms alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gamma-tocopherol; and alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gamma-tocotrienol that were discovered decades apart.

    Craig Cooper: The Real Facts About Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer Craig Cooper 2011

  • Unlike vitamin A, however, alpha- and beta-carotene are nontoxic at sustained high levels, since the body makes only the amount of vitamin A it needs from them.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • Unlike food sources, supplemental carotenoids such as alpha- and beta-carotene do not produce consistently positive results against cardiovascular disease.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • EEGs of meditators have shown patterns of high alpha- and occasional theta-wave patterns and swift shifts from alpha to sleeplike frequencies.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • EEGs of meditators have shown patterns of high alpha- and occasional theta-wave patterns and swift shifts from alpha to sleeplike frequencies.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • 4. True or false: An orange pigmentation on a fruit or vegetable means it likely contains more alpha- than beta-carotene.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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