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Do you get enough fruits and vegetables in your diet? If you're like
most adults, you do not. PhytoPath can help by supplying a spectrum of
natural plant compounds as well as vitamins, botanicals, and specialty
nutrients that provide antioxidant protection against free radical damage.
Ingredients include Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs) from Grape Seed
and Maritime Bark Extract to support the skin, eyes, and metabolic systems;
Betatene, natural beta carotene with mixed carotenoids to help protect
cells and provide an important form of vitamin A; natural vitamin E to
generate antioxidant protection for the heart and other organs; N-acetyl-cysteine,
a building block to glutathione in the body; vitamin C, which plays a
role in supporting connective tissue, bones, teeth, blood vessels, and
immune function; and additional botanical concentrates, such as green
tea, quercitin, citrus bioflavonoids, and extracts of pomegranate, apricot,
nectarine, and prune skin.*
What it will do for you:
Antioxidant is a classification of several vitamin-rich organic substances,
including bioflavonoids, phytonutrients, and the carotenoids that add
color to fruits and vegetables. At the molecular and cellular levels,
antioxidants deactivate free radicals, which are damaged molecules that
seek to repair themselves by stealing materials from our body's healthy
cells. Free radicals are the natural byproducts of many processes within
and among cells, and they are also created by exposure to various environmental
factors--such as air pollution, pesticides, food additives, and radiation--and
the effects of aging, stress, and illness. We all need a nutritional shield
and defense against the hazards of everyday living. Free radicals are
believed to play a role in many different health problems. Free radicals
can cause damage to cell walls, certain cell structures, and genetic material
within cells. Over time, this damage can become irreversible.*
Research Brief
Free radicals are reactive molecules that "steal" electrons away from
other molecules. Cells generate these radicals as a natural consequence
of metabolic processes. The most common radicals produced in the human
body are superoxide, an oxygen-centered radical with limited reactivity,
and hydroxyl, a highly reactive oxygen-centered radical that attacks all
molecules in the human body. These radicals cause damage to the molecular
components of cells, particularly the lipids that make up the cell membrane.
They can also cause damage to the molecular structure of DNA. The body
can also be exposed to free radicals generated in the environment.
Fortunately, natural antioxidant systems have evolved in the body that
help minimize the potential damage caused by free radicals. These antioxidant
systems neutralize free radicals by donating their electrons to the radicals,
thus eliminating the need for molecules important in cellular structure
and function to become involved.
Many of these antioxidant systems are augmented by food-derived antioxidants,
such as vitamins E and C, beta-carotene, bioflavonoids, and indoles, as
well as various minerals, such as zinc, copper, and magnesium. These dietary
components act either directly in the body as antioxidants or function
as key components of the cell's natural antioxidant defenses.*
FAQs
Q: Why is PhytoPath a better product than any other antioxidant
product?
A: PhytoPath contains not only grape seed extract but it also
contains maritime bark extract along with vitamin A, vitamin C, green
tea extract, polyphenols, and other specialty nutrients with antioxidant
effects.
Q: What is a polyphenol?
A: Polyphenols are antioxidants that are plant substances, such
as anthocyananins, flavonoids, and poranthocyanidins.
Q: What are Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs)?
A: A powerful blend of botanical extracts (grape seed and maritime
bark extract) called oligomeric proanthocyanidins. They support the skin
and eyes and the metabolic systems in the body.
Q: The PhytoPath contains green tea extract. Does caffeine occur
naturally in the green tea?
A: Yes, the Green tea contains a small amount of naturally occurring
caffeine.
Q: How much of the naturally occurring caffeine is found in the
PhytoPath?
A: Each capsule can contain approximately 6 mgs.
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