One last thing, the absorption efficiency of carotenoids decreases as the amount of dietary carotenoids increases.

最后一点是，胡萝卜素吸收效率随着饮食胡萝卜素摄入升高而降低。

She says that yolk color is mainly caused by the carotenoids that chickens eat.

她说蛋黄颜色主要是由鸡胡萝卜素引起。

Carotenoids like beta-carotene have their own functions other than just conversion to Vitamin A.

β-胡萝卜之胡萝卜素除了能转化为维生素 A 以外还有其它功能。

Well those foods get their color from compounds called carotenoids and they are sometimes used as food coloring.

这些食物颜色来自一种叫做胡萝卜素化合物，它们有时被作食色素。

Red and purple hues stem from secondary pigments called anthocyanins, while carotenoids and xanthophylls yield oranges and yellows, respectively.

红色和紫色色调来自花青素等辅助色素，而胡萝卜素和叶黄素分别产生橙色和黄色。

Carotenoids are a natural coloring in plants.

胡萝卜素是植物天然色素。

Carotenoids, along with polyphenols like EGCG in green tea, offer natural sun protection.

胡萝卜素与 EGCG 等多酚一起提供天然防晒保护。

Carotenoids and polyphenols accumulate in skin and absorb sunlight of various wavelengths, according to Farris.

Farris 表示， 胡萝卜素和多酚会积聚在皮肤并吸收各种波长阳光。

Their color, which actually ranges from red to purple, comes from pigments like carotenoids, which they use to capture light energy.

它们颜色，实际上从红色到紫色不等，来自胡萝卜素等色素，它们来捕捉光能。

The algae produces pigment compounds called carotenoids that help it absorb sunlight, and also make it look reddish-pink.

藻会产生称为胡萝卜素色素化合物，帮助它吸收阳光，并使它看起来呈红粉色。

Spoonbills are ingesting the carotenoid  a red pigment called canthaxanthin, which can be found in shrimp, crustaceans,   and algae.

琵鹭正在摄取胡萝卜素，一种叫做角黄素红色素，存在于虾、甲壳动物和藻。

You might know this thanks to flamingos: They're born gray, but turn pink thanks to pigments called carotenoids in crustaceans they eat.

它们出生时候是灰色，但是由于它们食甲壳纲动物体内叫做胡萝卜素东西变成了粉色。

The yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are high in the carotenoids we turn into vitamin A and which are antioxidants.

黄色和橙色核果水果胡萝卜素含量很高，如桃子，这些胡萝卜素会转变成维他命 A，具有抗氧化作。

Carrots have other carotenoids, but for beta carotene, you'd actually absorb about 7 times more beta-carotene if you took it suspended in oil.

胡萝卜还有其它胡萝卜素，如果和油一同食 β-胡萝卜素吸收率可提高七倍。

While carotenoids are present in most green plants, they only become visible each fall when chlorophyll gets broken down to save energy for the winter.

然而，胡萝卜素在大多数色植物都有，它们只有在叶素都分解掉之后才能看见从而为度过冬天保存能量。

There are over 1,100 types of carotenoids, pigments which absorb high energy blue and green light, while leaving behind the lower energy red and yellow light.

有超过 1100 种胡萝卜素，这是一种吸收高能量蓝光和光，而留下低能量红、黄光色素。

Sweet potatoes and spinach are rich in beta carotene, another carotenoid that helps decrease redness in skin when it is exposed to UV light.

红薯和菠菜富含 β 胡萝卜素，这是另一种胡萝卜素， 有助于减少暴露在紫外线下皮肤发红。

This is because carrots don't contain Vitamin A but a carotenoid called beta carotene which is a “provitamin” — a substance that can be converted into a vitamin.

因为胡萝卜所含并不是维生素 A，而是一种叫做β-胡萝卜素胡萝卜素，它是一种“维生素原”，一种可以转化成维生素物质。

Those on short-term organic diets do show higher levels of carotenoids, polyphenols, Vitamin C and E, LDL cholesterol, antioxidant activity, immune system markers, and ever higher semen quality.

那些短期内食有机食品人确实体内含有更多胡萝卜素、多酚、维生素 C 和 E、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇、抗氧化活性、免疫系统标记，以及更高精液质量。

So, it makes sense that this research from Ohio state found that avocado is a good way to help absorb carotenoids like beta-carotene and convert them to Vitamin A.

因此，俄亥俄州这项研究发现言之有理，是说，牛油果有助于胡萝卜素（如β-胡萝卜素）吸收并将其转化为维生素 A。