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Anti-Oxidant Supreme Liquid Phyto-Caps
60 Liquid-filled Capsules • 100% Vegetarian $19.99

Gaia Herbs Anti-Oxidant Supreme is a Whole Body Plant Anti-Oxidant
Free radicals, which are atoms that have an unpaired electron, are both essential to life and harmful. The body produces oxygen free radicals as a natural part of making energy (in the form of ATP) in most cells. Because making energy and thus free radicals cannot be avoided, the body has evolved a variety of defenses against free radicals known as antioxidants. These quench or neutralize the free radicals after they are produced, allowing cells to make ATP energy without building up toxic levels of free radicals.
Natural antioxidants include such familiar substances as vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10, superoxide dismutase, and catalase. The problem arises when the body comes under free radical assault above and beyond the burden from normal metabolic processes. When the air, water, and food all contain significant sources of free radicals, the body now has to quench these or face cellular damage and disease. Chronic inflammation causes a great increase in free radicals because immune cells produce free radicals to damage and kill infectious organisms and cancer cells. Additionally, white blood cells are very active, thus they require and produce a lot of energy and free radicals. Medicinal plants contain numerous types of vitamin and non-vitamin antioxidants that can bolster the body's defenses against free radicals.
FORMULA: Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), Hawthorn berry (Crataegus oxyacantha), Ginkgo leaf (Ginkgo biloba), Green Tea (Camellia sinensis), Rosemary leaf (Rosmarinus officinalis), Prickly Ash bark (Xanthoxylum clava-herculis).
Concentration
3:1 Herb strength ratio 25% anthocyanidins from Bilberry (12.5 mg) 80% polyphenols from Green Tea (80 mg per 2 caps)
Use of this formula should be discussed with a physician knowledgeable in herbal medicine before combining it with cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy.*
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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