Research has long shown the need for nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables to keep us healthy and feeling our absolute best. Today, leading medical authorities are urging Americans to eat 5-9 daily servings or more of these wholesome foods to promote optimum health. Unfortunately, 80% of all Americans do not obtain this recommended amount on a daily basis. After years of research from prestigious foundations and universities around the world, scientists have identified numerous phytonutrients found in fresh fruits and vegetables, and the distinct health-promoting properties they each offer to our bodies. Beyond Basics offers a few of the most significant, cell protecting, free radical quenching/plant actives available. These foods have the potential to be an increasingly important component of a healthy lifestyle and to be beneficial to the public and the food industry.
Although there are several multivitamin-mineral supplements in the marketplace, most lack the phytonutrients that are now known to optimize health. Beyond Basics™ offers a full array of vital vitamins and minerals in proven potencies, plus the powerful benefits of PhytoShield™, a distinct phytonutrient blend isolated from fresh fruits and vegetables. In fact, just three caplets provide the level of calcium d-glucarate (one of the most researched phyto-nutrients) that is found in 4 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The human body requires essential vitamins and minerals for optimum health. To feel and look your best, these nutrients must be obtained on a daily basis for maximum benefits. Beyond Basics offers the full range of these vital nutrients including high potencies of compounds that are easily depleted from the body due to stress, toxins and other factors. Supporting compounds, Silica, Vanadium, and Boron enhance the activity of our key nutrients and add further benefits to the body.
Allicin (Garlic) has been consistently studied and promoted for thousands of years in medical literature. Thus, it’s not surprising that garlic has ranked as the second best selling herb in the United States for the past two years. Garlic’s purported health benefits are numerous such as a natural antibiotic effect that promotes normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
FructoOligoSaccharides (Chicory) provides superb benefits to the intestinal tract and colon by offering a two-fold activity of enhancing the growth of good bacteria (Lactobacillus; bifido) while helping to decrease the bad bacteria (E.coli; salmonella).
Polyphenols (Green Tea) has recently recieved a great deal of attention directed to the polyphenolic constituents of green tea. Polyphenols comprise up to 30% of the total dry weight of fresh tea leaves. Catechins are the predominant and most significant of all tea polyphenols. The four major green tea catechins are epigallocatechin-3-gallate, epigallocatechin, epicatechin-3-gallate, and epicatechin. Advanced studies on Green Tea's catechins reveal their powerful protective benefits to the body.
Carsonic Acid (containing rosemary) Licorice Root, Parsley and Celery Extracts are the subject of more advanced studies showing numerous body protective properties.
Lycopene (Tomatoes) is one of the more popular cartenoids available today. It is the most abundant carotenoid in the prostate gland. Serum or tissue levels of lycopene are also found in the breast, digestive tract, cervix, bladder, skin and possibly lung. Proposed mechanisms by which lycopene could influence health are related to its antioxidant function. Nutritional supplementation of lycopene and beta-carotene along with water-soluble garlic extracts (allicin) elicit strong antioxidant properties and exert a positive affect on cholesterol levels. As antioxidants, they reduce free radicals, notably peroxyl and singlet oxygen radicals, which initiate many chronic degenerative conditions. Lycopene’s action on cholesterol levels is directed at its inhibitory effect on HMGCoA reductase, which decreases cholesterol production.
Sulfurophane (Broccoli) has been recognized for its powerful protective benefits. Attention has been focused on a particular isothiocyanate isolated from broccoli, known as sulforaphane, shown to be the principal inducer of a particular type of Phase II enzyme, quinone reductase. In addition, D-Glucaro-1, 4-lactone (1,4-GL), a derivative of d-glucarate, has shown potent antiproliferative properties by inhibiting the enzyme beta- glucuronidase. The result is an increase in detoxification and protection from harmful carcinogens and tumor promoters.
Rosemary extract contains Rosemarinic acid and other compounds that have shown to be a very strong protective nutrient by reducing the expression of cytochrome P450, therefore, inhibiting the methods of action that initiate the development of harmful cells as well as initiating the detoxification pathway catalyzed by enzymes such as glutathione S-transferase.
To feel and look your best, these nutrients must be obtained on a daily basis for maximum benefits. Beyond Basics offers the full range of these vital nutrients including high potencies of compounds that are easily depleted from the body due to stress, toxins and other factors.
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