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2 New Ingredients for 'Vital Greens'
We happy to announce that from the August, 2008 batch of ‘Vital Greens’ we will be adding two more cutting edge nutrients to evolve ‘Vital Greens’ even further into the most effective ‘one stop shop’ nutritional supplement in the world. They are Inulin (or pre-biotics) and a high antioxidant cacao extract.
One added bonus is they even help the improve taste of the formula! Recent French research has confirmed the combination of Pre-biotics and Probiotics enhances both ingredients beneficial actions and increases the level of antioxidant activity in the formula as a whole.
We have gone to the source and extracted and concentrated the bitter Cocoa plant to maximize the antioxidant benefits it brings to the many other antioxidants in ‘Vital Greens’.
Full article in Vital Times Edition 5.
American report draws unhealthy conclusions on antioxidant supplements
The study on the effectiveness of antioxidant supplements, released yesterday, draws conclusions that do not apply to Australia and is at risk of causing confusion among consumers.
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study is based on research conducted in countries where vitamins and minerals are not regulated in the same way as they are in Australia, says Dr.Tony Lewis, the Executive Director of the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia (CHC), the national peak body for the industry.
For the full article, please refer to article »
For the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia's full reply, please visit Media Release »
Vital Greens ORAC Rating
ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) assays tell us how active the antioxidant levels are in a compound. Recently Vital Greens was tested by the Centre for Phytochemistry and Pharmacology at Southern Cross University in Lismore, NSW and was found to have an ORAC value of 3393.7. With the current batch of Vital Greens, a very potent 5:1 concentrate of Wolfberry (Go-ji) is added and the ORAC value has risen to 4047.8." To quote the report:
"Vital Greens was found to have a noteworthy and considerable antioxidant capacity comparing favourably with many fruits and vegetables."
For more information on Wolfberry, please refer to article »
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- 2 New Ingredients for Vital Greens
- Artichoke & Lowering Cholesterol
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