These days, it is practically impossible to get though the day without hearing anything about antioxidant supplements. Super antioxidants such as Bio Quench containing the advanced free radical quenchers pomegranate, grape seed extract, resveratrol, goji berry, alpha lipoic acid and mangosteen are the newest health phenomena to hit the news.
When we think about the fact that some of the best nutritional supplements act as powerful antioxidants, we realize that it is about time we started to hear about them.
Firstly, let us discus in plain English what antioxidants really do for you. The damaging effects from free radicals that roam inside your body are neutralized by antioxidants. Within your body, reactive chemical substances called free radicals travel around. Apart from causing internal havoc, they also damage the healthy cells of the body.
The root cause of many life style diseases today is believed by many scientists to be free radical damage. A few of these scientists also proclaim this to be the reason for our aging.
Taking an effective antioxidant supplement could dramatically improve your health if the facts are true. In reality, this also makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Bioquench, biospan and bioflu are three of these worth considering.
These free radicals are prevented from roaming about causing damage by antioxidants. Let us take a look at some examples of weak and strong antioxidants, now that you know a bit more about antioxidants.
Your typical vitamins like vitamin E and vitamin C are weak antioxidants. In spite of their weaknesses, they are nevertheless effective and necessary antioxidants. There are very powerful nutrients on the other end of the scale, which are often used in a quality nutrition supplement. Your finding these in your typical multivitamin formulas is extremely unlikely. A few of these power punches are hundreds of more times powerful! Let us take a look some examples
Green Tea
Some antioxidant supplements have green tea extracts. This extract is available in the supplements in a concentrated form. As an antioxidant, it has been proven that green tea is 100 more times powerful than vitamin C.
Green tea acts as a powerful immune system booster because of antioxidant power. Due to its powerful antioxidant capabilities, green tea may stop the formation of cancer cells.
Turmeric
A native of India, turmeric has a long history of various uses in India. Known for its therapeutic benefits, a compound known as curcumin is a potent extract of the Turmeric root.
Though some quality formulas use this ingredient, you will however not find this powerful antioxidant in your typical multi vitamin supplements. Only products such as Bio Span contain concentrated extracts of this spice.
Mangosteen
This fruit has been popular for thousands of years in Asia. The antioxidant properties of the fruit actually reside only in the exocarp, not the juice or pulp as is the case with many fruits. The juice may be sweet and tasty but only a quality supplement will deliver the antioxidant power of Mangosteen.
Apple skin
This is one of the extremely powerful new class of antioxidants called Salvestrols. The ORAC rating of the better extracts of apple skin, such as Bio Quench, are rated at over 25,000 units per gram.
Goji Berry
This fruit is a uniquely rich source of complex phyto-nutrients and bio flavinoids. The newest of the Super berries to be discovered by western researchers. The Lycium barbarum contained in Bio Quench is extracted from Himalayian berries and is free of all pesticides and chemical residues
Pomegranate
A complimentary extremely high ORAC value polyphenol. This antioxidant alone produced a 32% increase in plasma antioxidant capacity in human trials. Also a very good source of B vitamins, pantothenic acid and potassium. Shown in 39 peer-reviewed research publications between 1990-2007 to have potent free radical scavenging ability
Grape seed extract
This extract is an especially powerful proanthocyanidin with 400 times the effective antioxidant capacity of Vitamin E. This powerful antioxidant has been associated with heart and artery health and reduction in cholesterol. Research shows that grape seed extract may help to prevent or control damage to body cells that is caused by drugs, pollution, tobacco, and other toxins.
Alpha lipoic acid
This compound, usually taken with L-Carnitine, may greatly improve memory performance and delay mitochondrial decay due to normal aging and environmental toxins. This antioxidant is able to penetrate the membrane of cell mitochondria unlike most other polyphenols thereby maintaining a healthy cellular redox state. ALA is an essential cofactor for many human enzyme complexes.
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I am 46.I have been taking Bio Quench and Transmax for a few months now. I lead a hectic life, and many times I don´t have time to eat properly, so I am run down at the end of the day. And that´s catch 22, because the lower my energy, the less I feel like eating properly. But now with these two exceptional products, things have changed, and I feel more energetic now than when I was 25. I swear. I get home from a long day at work and I start cooking healthy meals, feeling happy and full of energy. I even read in bed before I go to sleep, which I could never do before, as I always fell asleep on the sofa!
Transmax itself is an amazingly powerful product, but Bio Quench is with difference, the best antioxidant I´ve ever known, and I´ve known many. Also my skin is looking young and healthy, and my work colleages comment how much younger than my age I look. They all want to take Bio Quench now! I am delighted with these two products! Finally, a supplement company that delivers!! Thank you Biotivia!
Comment by Chris — November 7, 2008 @ 2:08 pm