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| Vitamin C |
Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid, or simply ascorbate, is an essential nutrient for humans and certain other animal species.
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient required by the body for the development and maintenance of scar tissue, blood vessels, and cartilage. Vitamin C is also necessary for creating ATP, dopamine, peptide hormones, and tyrosine. As a powerful antioxidant, vitamin C helps lessen oxidative stress to the body and is thought to lower cancer risk.
Studies have shown it to be a powerful antioxidant in the body. Vitamin C is a water-soluble essential vitamin that is quickly lost from your body, so daily intake is vital.
Key Functions
 Vitamin C is involved in a large number of biological processes, making it essential for health.
It is used to create collagen in the body, a protein that makes the skin, joints and bones strong.
Vitamin C plays a role in healing wounds within the body.
The body utilizes vitamin C in the immune system by maintaining activity of the white blood cells.
* http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/vitamin-C.php
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C
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| Vitamin E |
Vitamin E is a group of 8 fat-soluble vitamins which help prevent oxidative stress to the body, and other vitamins within the body. Adequate amounts of vitamin E can help protect against heart disease, cancer, and age related eye damage (macular degeneration).
* http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/vitamin-E.php
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| Moringa |
Moringa is rich in cholorophyll, Omega 3 oils and amino acids. It contains more Vitamin C than oranges, more Iron than spinach, more calcium than milk, more potassium than banana, more vitamin than carots and more protein than yoghurt.
Moringa protects your body against harmful toxic elements such as cancer causing carcinogens, truly the greatest nutritional supplement ever discovered.
Benefits include:
Detoxification
Promotes healthy fair skin
Boots immune system
Protects heart and brain
Prevents Glaucoma and cataract
Treats Insomia
Increases sperm count and motility
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| Borage |
Borage is rich in oleic and palmitic acid, conferring a hypocholesterolemic effect. This helps regulate metabolism and the hormonal system and is considered to be a good remedy for PMS and menopause symptoms such as the hot flash.
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| Flax Seed Oil |
Flax Seed Oil contains omegas 3, 6 and 9 essential fatty acids, B vitamins, potassium, lecithin, magnesium, fiber, protein and zinc. Flax seed oil is the most important health- promoting supplement next to a multi- vitamin. Nearly every system in the body can benefit from flax seed oil’s natural properties, including the cardiovascular system, immune system, circulatory system, reproductive system, nervous system, as well as joints.
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| Shark
Cartilage |
Sharks
hardly ever get cancer, and some scientists have speculated
that shark cartilage contains substances that prevent
the formation of new veins that provide the blood supply
that allows tumors to grow.
Shark Cartilage is a mixture of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs),
of which Chondroitin and Glucosamine are found. A popular
nutritional supplement that may improve cartilage function.
It is normally taken to ease the pain and inflammation
of arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other bone and joint
ailments. Intestinal inflammations such as enteritis may
respond to shark cartilage supplementation. |
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| Milk
Thistle |
Milk
thistle (Silybum marianum) has been used since Greco-Roman
times as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, particularly
liver problems. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries
physicians in the United States used milk thistle seeds
to relieve congestion of the liver, spleen, and kidneys.
Today, several scientific studies suggest that active
substances in milk thistle (particularly silymarin) protect
the liver from damage caused by viruses, toxins, alcohol,
and certain drugs such as acetaminophen (a common over
the counter medication used for headaches and pain; acetaminophen,
also called paracetamol, can cause liver damage if taken
in large quantities or by people who drink alcohol regularly.)
Many professional herbalists recommend milk thistle extract
for the prevention and/or treatment of various liver disorders
including viral hepatitis, fatty liver associated with
long term alcohol use, and liver damage from drugs and
industrial toxins such as carbon tetrachloride. |
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| Pine
Bark |
The
most common use of pine bark extract is to prevent and
treat a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency.
This insufficiency occurs when valves in the veins that
carry the blood back to the heart are weak or damaged
and the blood collects in the veins of the legs. This
collection of blood can lead to varicose veins, spider
veins, or sores on the legs. Results that are more serious
can include blood clots in the legs. Bioflavonoids called
proanthocyanidins in pine bark extract help keep veins
and other blood vessels from leaking. Because it strengthens
the walls of all blood vessels, pine bark extract may
also be effective for slowing retinopathy, the gradual
break down of the retina in the eyes. Individuals with
arteriosclerosis (a build up of fatty deposits in the
arteries), diabetes, or other conditions that increase
the likelihood for damage to the small blood vessels in
the eyes are more likely to have serious vision problems
as a result of blood vessel damage.
Pine bark extract has antioxidant activity. Therefore,
taking it helps to limit free radicals -- chemicals that
are produced during the breakdown of foods in the body
and that can damage cells. Since exercise can produce
free radicals, some athletes use pine bark extract to
improve their exercise performance. Similarly, some men
use pine bark extract because its antioxidant effects
are thought to improve fertility by increasing sperm quality
and movement. Because pine bark extract may increase the
body's production of nitric oxide, a chemical involved
in male sexual response, it may also be useful in treating
erectile dysfunction. |
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| Garlic |
Garlic
has also been studied for the treatment of various types
of cancer. In a study of 21 patients with basal cell carcinoma,
a topical preparation of ajoene, an organosulfur compound
of garlic, was applied to the tumor sites. In 17 of the
patients tumor size was reduced. The authors found the
mechanism of action to be via induction of the mitochondria-dependent
route of apoptosis. A meta-analysis was conducted for
all cancers mutually and separately for colorectal and
stomach cancers in relation to consumption of exclusively
raw garlic, cooked garlic, or both. The authors concluded
that high intake of raw and cooked garlic may be associated
with a protective effect against stomach and colorectal
cancers.
In addition, garlic may be beneficial as an oral rinse,
hypertension, atherosclerosis, HIV infection, intermittent
claudication, recurrent vaginal infections, diabetes mellitus
and erectile dysfunction.
Garlic may interact with prescription medications. Garlic
can destroy vitamin K producing bacteria in the gut. A
dose of 3 grams daily for 26 weeks can reduce platelet
aggregation. Therefore, patients on anticoagulant therapy
should have PT and INR’s monitored to stabilize the dosage
of coumadin. Also compounds that can modulate the activity
of drug-metabolizing enzymes (notably cytochrome p450
isozymes) and/or the drug transporter P-glycoprotein,
such as those in garlic, can impact the levels of many
prescription drugs, including anti-cancer agents. For
this reason, garlic use should be disclosed to providers
to ensure patients on drug therapy maintain adequate blood
levels. Garlic has also been shown to produce hypoglycemia
when taken in combination with chlorpropamide. |
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| Deer
Horn |
Deer
horn can assist with a wide range of conditions. Deer
velvet has been used clinically for decades in China,
Korea, Japan and more recently in New Zealand. Today,
many physicians prescribe deer velvet for diabetes, asthma,
anaemia, endocrine problems, arteriosclerosis or stress
related problems. Deer velvet is also clinically used
for sterility, prostation, tinnitus, dizziness and blood
discharge. Deer velvet is a complex substance with unique
bioactive properties and is becoming accepted in western
countries like vitamins or other dietary supplements.
Deer horn is also a proven stimulator for production of
red blood cells in the bone marrow. According to reports
from the Orient and New Zealand, Deer Antler increases
the white blood cells, hemoglobin levels and lung efficiency.
Increased numbers of white blood cells enable to fight
"intruder" bugs more efficiently.
Deer horn taken as a nutritional supplement can increase
stamina, improve muscle tone and endurance. It appears
to be a safe and natural alternative to synthetic steroids.
Findings also indicate, that deer antler velvet may work
synergistically with creatine to build muscles. It also
plays a role in sports during training, performance and
recovery. |
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| Glucosamine |
Hundreds
of thousands of people have used Glucosamine, and many
have found it extremely effective to not only effectively
ease their arthritis-related joint pain, but to also to
provide them with far more than just long lasting relief.
Glucosamine has been shown in clinical studies to regrow
cartilage3, slow the progression of joint deterioration,
and possibly even modify the disease itself with almost
no side effects.
Glucosamine has been shown in clinical trials for decades
to be effective at easing the joint discomfort and largely
increasing flexibility. Some studies even indicate that
glucosamine may help rebuild cartilage - something traditional
NSAID pain relievers are unable to do. Indeed, the research
is there, scores and scores of placebo controlled double
blind studies report these same facts over and over. |
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