Butternut squash - like many other yellow/orange fruit and vegetables - is packed with carotenoids such as alpha-carotene and beta-carotene.

While carotenes should be included in everybody`s diet for optimum health, they may prove essential to women`s health as a high-carotenoid diet has been linked to lowered risks of both breast and ovarian cancer.

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