The Ultimate Antioxidant Complex
The Ultimate Antioxidant Complex is a formation of powerful protectors against the cellular damage that underlies the aging process as well as many disease processes including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer.
The complex is unique because it is effective in both water- and fat-soluble environments inside and outside of cells, having the ability to recharge other antioxidants within the body and energize antioxidant enzymes to protect us from free radicals.
Why is it Needed?
A Primer on Free Radicals, Pro-oxidants, and Antioxidants
Simply defined, a free radical is a highly reactive atom that can destroy body tissues. Normally, an atom's electrons come in pairs. If one of the electrons gets stripped away, the atom - now a free radical - becomes unstable. It sets off on a frantic search to find another electron to complete its set, grabbing onto any electron it can find. But by stealing electrons, free radicals destroy those other molecules.
Because the oxygen atom is most often involved as the donor of the electron, this damaging process is know as oxidation, and is similar to the process that causes sliced apples to turn brown or cars to rust. Compounds that promote oxidative damage are referred to as pro-oxidants. Free radicals come from our environment, in pollutants such as chemicals or cigarette smoke; in our diet in the form of fats damaged by frying or the presence or nitrates in smoked or cured meats. Even sunlight produces free radical damage. But free radicals also result from the cell's own metabolic activity. Free radicals shoot through the cell's membranes, tearing gaping holes, damaging the cell's delicate structures, including DNA, (the cumulative damage they cause leas to cellular aging). This, in turn, contributes to heart disease and cancer. Carcinogens (cancer-causing compounds) cause severe free radical or oxidative damage to cell structures. Antioxidants quench the unpaired electron by donating one of its own electrons, effectively "calming down" the free radical, resulting in help aging, cancer and other degenerative diseases. Because they protect cell integrity, antioxidants slow down the aging process, enhance immune function, reduce inflammation, and fight allergies.
What Makes The Ultimate Antioxidant Complex so Ultimate?
Notice that the Ultimate Antioxidant Complex does not contain Vitamin C, Zinc, Selenium, Beta-Carotene, and Vitamin E. Why? The Ultimate Antioxidant is designed to be used along with a high potency multiple vitamin and mineral supplement, creating powerful full spectrum antioxidant effects. Each two capsules of The Ultimate Antioxidant Complex contains:
- N-Acetyl-Cysteine 200 mg
- Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mg
- Grape Seed Phytosome™ 50 mg [Contains standardized Grape Seed extract (Vitis vinifera) bound to Phosphatidylcholine (from lecithin) in a 1:2 ration]
- Green Tea Phytosome™ 50 mg [Contains standardized Green Tea extract (leaf) bound to Phosphatidylcholine (from lecithin) in a 1:2 ration]
- Curcumin (from Curcuma longa) 50 mg
- Rosemary powdered extract 10:1 (leaf) 15 mg
- Carnosic Acid 0.9 mg (from Rosemary)
- Lycopene (from tomato extract) 3 mg
- Sulforaphane (from Broccoli powder (Brassica oleracea) 200 mg
- Zeaxanthin 132 mcg
Source: Natural Factors
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Scientific References
- Packer L and Ong ASH: Biological Oxidants and Antioxidants: Molecular Mechanisms and Health Effects. American Oil Chemists Association, Champaign, IL, 1998.
- Packer L, Hiramatsu M and Yoshikawa (eds): Antioxidant Food Supplements in Human Health. Academic Press, New York, NY, 1999.
- Kelly GS. Clinical applications of N-acetyl-cysteine. Altern Med Rev 1998; 3(2): 114-27.
- Nicholas TA Jr. Alpha Lipoic Acid: biological effects and clinical implications. Alt Med Rev 1997; 2: 177-83.
- Facino RM, Carini M, Aldini G, et al. Free radicals scavenging action and anti-enzyme activities of procyanidines from Vitis vinifera. A mechanism for their capillary protective action. Arzeim Forsch 1994; 44: 592-601.
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