Fruit Antioxidants
OptiBerry Essence Capsules
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Mutiple Blend of Standardized Berry Extracts Each Naturally-Rich in Bilologically-Active Anthocyanins for Potent Antioxidant Power
Replenish Vital Multiple Fruit Nutrients, Especially Important for Dieters!
You've heard about and read about the significant health benefits of blueberries and cranberries...
They supply valuable nutritive components known as Anthocyanins which provide powerful natural antioxidant activity. OptiBerry Essence is a unique standardized berry extract blend formulated for optimum antioxidant health building properties.
Convenient capsules help assure daily dietary nutrient intake.
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Nutritive components from fruits and vegetables, health-building anthocyanins provide their pigmentation (color) and are powerful natural antioxidants.
OptiberryTM is a standardized extract formulated for optimum antioxidant potency and anti-angiogenic properties.
- Promotes healthy brain function
- Promotes healthy vision
- Promotes cardiovascular health
- Promotes healthy skin
- Prevents the effects of premature aging
OptiBerry™ is trademark of InterHealth N.I.
Each easy-to-take capsule contains OptiBerry Proprietary Blend - 30 mg Supplying:
- Wild Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium (fruit) Extract
- Strawberry Concentrate Fragaria chilonesis (fruit)
- Cranberry Concentrate Vaccinium macrocarpon (fruit)
- Bilberry Vaccinium myrtilius (fruit) Extract
- Elderberry Sambucus nigra (fruit) Extract
- Raspberry Rubus idseus (seed)Powder providing the natural antioxidant-rich flavonoids and powerful phytochemicals: anthocyanins malvidin, cynidin, delphindin and petundin in biologically active ratios
- Citrus Bioflavonoids - 100 mg
Biologically-Active Flavonoid From Specific Berries, Fruits and Vegetables Reduces Likelihood of Contracting the Flu
Quercetin, the naturally-occurring, biologically-active flavonoid is present in a variety of fruits and vegetables, including grapes, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, broccoli, onions and garlic as well as red wine. It provides powerful antioxidant activity and appears to protect against the flu.
Subjects given Quercetin were less likely to contract the flu, according to a study published by The American Physiological Society. Interestingly, the study also found that stressful exercise increased the susceptibility to the flu, but Quercetin appear to cancel out that negative effect.
Quercetin has been shown to have anti-viral properties in cell culture experiments and some animal studies, but none of these studies has looked specifically at the flu. The new study could help endurance athletes, soldiers and other people undergoing difficult training regimens, as well as people under psychological stress. This study builds on previous research. . . Quercetin was used because of its documented widespread health benefits, which include antiviral activity and reported lack of side effects when used as a dietary supplement or food additive.
The research team examined four groups. Two groups performed three consecutive days of running to fatigue on a treadmill for a short period of stressful exercise. One group of runners received Quercetin, the other did not. The remaining two groups did not exercise. One non-exercise group received Quercetin while the other did not. All four groups were then exposed to a common flu virus, H1N1. The researchers found that:
Stressful exercise increased susceptibility to the flu. The subjects that exercised to fatigue for three days were more likely to develop the flu than the subjects that did not exercise (91% versus 63%).
The subjects that exercised developed the flu much sooner than those that did not (6.9 days versus 12.4 days).
Those that exercised and took Quercetin had nearly the same rate of illness as those that did not exercise. Thus, Quercetin canceled out the negative effect of stressful exercise.
Quercetin had protective effects for those that did not exercise. Quercetin supplementation was an effective preventive measure to offset the increase in susceptibility to infection that was associated with stressful exercise.
Berries, Beans Top USDA’s Best Antioxidant List
As you know, the Oscar is awarded for the best actor and picture, the Pulitzer Prize for the best newspaper article and the Nobel Prize for the top scholars and humanitarians.
However, the USDA’s (United States Department of Agriculture) list of top antioxidant-containing foods is more meaningful to the average person because it may save lives! Antioxidants combat free radicals, the highly reactive chemicals produced during metabolism that are linked to aging, cell destruction and degenerative diseases. You should recommend to your customers to include plenty of high antioxidant foods in their diet. The USDA’s top 20 include:
- wild blueberries
- blueberries
- cranberries
- blackberries
- prunes
- raspberries
- strawberries
- red Delicious apples
- Granny Smith apples
- pecans
- sweet cherries
- black plums
- russet potatoes
- black beans
- plums
- gala apples
- small red beans (dried)
- red kidney beans
- pinto beans
- artichokes
In response to this important news from the USDA, we are pleased to announce the availability of our special antioxidant supplement - Optiberry ESSENCE Capsules, formulated with six different high-concentrate berry extracts.
Blueberries May Help Reduce Belly Fat and Diabetes Risk
A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests eating blueberries could help get rid of belly fat; A blueberry-enriched diet can actually help curtail the conditions that lead to diabetes.
The new research, presented April 19 at the Experimental Biology convention in New Orleans, gives exciting clues to the potential of blueberries in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The beneficial effect is due to the high level of phytochemicals, the naturally occurring antioxidants that blueberries and other berries contain.
The study suggests blueberries may be protective against two health conditions that affect millions of Americans, and more research will be done.
The researchers studied the effect of blueberries (freeze dried blueberries crushed into a powder) that were mixed into the diet, as part of either a low- or high-fat diet. In all, after 90 days, the subjects that received the blueberry-enriched powder, measured as 2 percent of their diet, had less abdominal fat, lower triglycerides, lower cholesterol, improved fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity, which are measures of how well the body processes glucose for energy.
While regular blueberry intake reduced these risks for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome, the health benefits were even better when combined with a low-fat diet.
In addition to all the other health benefits, the group that consumed a low-fat diet had lower body weight, lower total fat mass and reduced liver mass, than those who ate a high fat diet. An enlarged liver is linked to obesity and insulin resistance, a characteristic of diabetes.
A high percentage of Americans suffer fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome as a result of high-fat diets and obesity. Metabolic syndrome is a group of health problems that include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, high triglycerides. Together, these conditions increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes.
The researchers questioned if the health benefits were a result of losing abdominal fat, or something else? By studying fat muscle tissue, they concluded that blueberry intake affected genes related to fat-burning and storage. Looking at muscle tissue, the team observed altered genes related to glucose uptake.
The benefits of eating fruits and vegetables has been well-researched, but these new findings in regard to blueberries shows the naturally occurring chemicals they contain, such as anthocyanins, show promise in mitigating these health conditions.
Anthocyanins (Antioxidants) From Berries Linked to Improved Cholesterol Levels
Increased intakes of antioxidant anthocyanins from berries may improve levels of HDL and LDL cholesterol, according to results of an important new human study.
Consumption of berry-derived anthocyanin supplements resulted in a 13.7 per cent increase in levels of HDL cholesterol, and a 13.6 per cent reduction in levels LDL cholesterol, according to findings published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Chinese scientists from Sun Yat-Sen University randomly assigned 120 people aged between 40 and 65 with abnormal blood lipid levels (dyslipidemia) to receive either a daily dose of 320 mg of anthocyanins or placebo for 12 weeks.
The study builds on earlier results, which showed beneficial effects of the natural antioxidant compounds on lipid levels. High cholesterol levels have a long association with many diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Study Details... Using a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial design, the Chinese researchers studied the effects of a twice daily dose of 160 mg anthocyanins on the lipid levels of the participants.
After 12 weeks of supplementation, HDL cholesterol levels increased by almost 14 per cent in the anthocyanin group, compared to a rise of only 2.8 per cent in the placebo group. Furthermore, LDL cholesterol levels decreased by 13.6 per cent in the anthocyanin group, compared to an increase of 0.6 per cent in the placebo group.
The removal of cholesterol from cells, known as the cellular cholesterol efflux, was found to increase by 20 per cent in the anthocyanin group, compared to a 0.2 per cent in the placebo group.
In terms of the potential mechanism, the activity of a protein called plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) was studied. CETP works by collecting triglycerides from LDL and exchanging them for cholesteryl esters from HDL, and also the reverse.
Supplements containing the anthocyanins were found to reduce the activity of CETP by 6.3 per cent, while CETP activity fell by only 1.1 per cent in the placebo group, said the researchers.
"The change in HDL cholesterol was negatively correlated with the change in CETP activity," they reported. "The change in LDL cholesterol was positively correlated with the change in CETP mass," they added.
"Anthocyanin supplementation in humans improves LDL- and HDL-cholesterol concentrations and enhances the cellular cholesterol efflux to serum," wrote the researchers. "These benefits may be due to the inhibition of CETP," they concluded.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
