Does carrot juice give you more vitamin A than raw carrots?
Comparative bioavailability of β-carotene from raw carrots and fresh carrot juice in humans: a crossover study
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This study checks if drinking carrot juice helps your body absorb more of a healthy nutrient called beta-carotene than eating raw carrots.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
This study checks if drinking carrot juice helps your body absorb more of a healthy nutrient called beta-carotene than eating raw carrots.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 548 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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If healthy young adults eat raw carrots or drink carrot juice with a bit of oil, it boosts their body's β-carotene levels a lot—but that doesn’t actually improve their overall antioxidant power in the blood over the next day.
Drinking carrot juice helps your body absorb more beta-carotene than eating raw carrots. This happens because juicing breaks down the carrot's structure, making it easier for your body to soak up the nutrients.
Juicing carrots might help your body absorb more of the good stuff (like vitamin A) even though the juice has less of it per bite — you just need to drink more of it to get the same amount you'd get from eating whole carrots.
If young, healthy adults eat raw carrots or drink fresh carrot juice with a little canola oil, their bodies absorb the beta-carotene quickly—peaking in the blood in just 1.5 hours—and it’s all cleared out within 24 hours.