Frontline Drugstore - Antioxidant Supplements

Scientific studies continue to support the long standing traditional knowledge that consuming fruits and vegetableshelps slow the aging process. Advanced research is focusing on fruits that have a high-ORAC value.

ORAC stands for “Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity”. ORAC describes a laboratory analysis of the antioxidant activity against the peroxyl radical, which is one of the most common reactive oxygen species (ROS) that cause damage to cell membranes. The greater the amount of free radicals a food or nutrient can combat, the higher its ORAC score. This standard, developed in a collaborated effort by the National Institute on Aging and the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging is what prompted Nature’s Answer to develop “ORAC Super 7”™.

ORAC Super 7™ contains a hand selected combination of some of the world’s most powerful, high ORAC scoring berryand fruit extracts. To further enhance this anti-oxidant formula, ORAC Super 7™ adds additional all natural ingredients, such as organic apple, organic pear and organic agave nectar.

Researchers have found that men who consume the highest amounts of cooked tomatoes have the lowest rates of prostate cancer, while, inversely, those who consume the lowest amounts have the highest rates. Studies have shown that cooked tomato products like spaghetti or pizza sauce, offered more protective benefits, while raw tomatoes and tomato juice offered little if any protection. The reasons are that the cooking process breaks down the tomato’s cell walls which makes the lycopene more available, and the fats and oils used to prepare the cooked sauces enhances the absorption of the lycopene, which is a fat-soluble carotenoid. Tomatoes are nature’s richest source of lycopene. Lycopene and beta-carotene are the predominant carotenoids in human tissues, and lycopene is the most abundant carotenoid found in the prostate gland tissues and serum. Lycopene is also found in watermelons, guavas and pink grapefruits, and is responsible for the characteristic red color associated with these fruits. The redder the color, the higher the lycopene content.

Lycopene is the most efficient scavenger of singlet oxygen of all the common carotenoids and is able to quench free radicals twice as efficiently as beta-carotene. Current research suggests that lycopene’s powerful antioxidant activity confers a high degree of protection against cholesterol oxidation, a process believed to influence prostate cancer. By-products of the oxidation of cholesterol (epoxides) measure in cancerous prostate tissue suggest that oxidized cholesterol is either a product of oxidative stress or that oxidized cholesterol has a direct carcinogenic effect. This antioxidant process may also confer heart disease benefits, for both men and women, as oxidation of LDL is one of the first steps in the formation of atherosclerosis.

Researchers have also discovered that lycopene increases gap-junctional communication between cells. This mechanism, which allows healthy cells to communicate with each other, is lost during malignant transformation of cells. It is theorized that by restoring this communication process lycopene may aid in reversing the malignant process.
60 VCaps
Keep out of the reach of Children. Store in a cool, dry place.
As a dietary supplement, take one or two capsules daily or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Contains No: corn, yeast, barley, gluten, wheat, soy, lactose, all milk products, citrus, fish, egg products, as well as added flavorings, sugars sweeteners, salt, preservatives, salicylates, artificial colors and coatings.