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that people who eat the most fruits and vegetables have much
lower incidences of health problems. Few people, however,
consistently eat enough plant foods to protect against
common age-related decline,1-3
and commercial multivitamins do not provide all of the vital
plant components needed to maintain good health. Life
Extension Mix provides concentrations of the fruit and
vegetable extracts that researchers have found to be
protective against a wide variety of cellular insults.
Life Extension Mix™ contains 92 unique
vegetable, fruit, and herbal extracts along with
high-potency amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and special
antioxidants. The formula is fortified with botanical
extracts that help maintain healthy cells via physiological
processes separate from traditional antioxidants. Cooking
can destroy key nutrients and enzymes in vegetables
depleting them of their health benefits. Commercial
agriculture processes often result in fruits and vegetables
that have not reached maturity and optimal nutrient content.
Life Extension Mix provides key compounds found in
vegetables and antioxidants found in fruits that are often
lost in food production and processing.
Epidemiological studies show that
increased intake of polyphenols is associated with a reduced
risk of major cardiac events. The ability of cocoa
polyphenols to support endothelial function by maintaining
healthy nitric oxide levels is the primary protective
mechanism. The secondary benefit of suppressing dangerous
inflammatory factors is another manner by which cocoa
polyphenols may reduce cardiovascular risks.4-8
The Life Extension Mix formula has been upgraded to provide
30 mg of standardized cocoa polyphenols in each daily dose.
Based on the research this is the minimum potency of cocoa
polyphenols that healthy people will benefit from consuming
each day.
Life Extension Mix also contains:
High potency green tea. Life Extension Mix
provides 325 mg of a decaffeinated green tea extract that is
standardized to contain 98% (318.5 mg) of polyphenols and
45% (146.25 mg) of epigallocatechin gallate EGCG) to which
scientists attribute green tea's health benefits.9-15
The amount of polyphenols (including EGCG) in Life Extension
Mix is equivalent to drinking 3-6 cups of green tea per day.
Scientists have identified multiple mechanisms by which
green tea extract protects against LDL oxidation, neuronal
oxidation, and a host of other structural and functional age
related changes.
Fruit and vegetable extracts
Luteolin is a flavonoid found in parsley,
artichoke, basil, celery and other foods. When measured
against 27 other flavonoids, luteolin provided the best DNA
protection. One favorable mechanism of luteolin is its
ability to inhibit oxidative damage to cellular DNA. Another
unique benefit is luteolin's ability to suppress excess
levels of dangerous inflammatory cytokines such as
interleukin-6 and interleukin 1B.16
Life Extension Mix contains a standardized dose of 8 mg
luteolin.
Broccoli is touted as one of the most
important vegetables to help maintain healthy DNA. Broccoli
contains several active constituents, with sulphoraphane
being the most significant because of its unique
detoxification and DNA protecting effects. Life Extension
Mix provides a concentrated broccoli mixture that provides
standardized extracts of sulphoraphane and glucosinolates,
two compounds attributed to broccoli's multiple protective
benefits. Broccoli is also a natural source of gene
protecting chlorophyll.*17-21
D-glucarate is a botanical extract found
in grapefruit, apples, oranges, broccoli and Brussels
sprouts. D-glucarate effectively supports a detoxification
process that helps to remove DNA toxins from the body.22,23
The daily dose of Life Extension Mix provides 200 mg
D-glucarate.
Lutein, an extract found in spinach and
collard greens, has been shown to help maintain critical
pigments in the eye macula, while the carotenoid
alpha-carotene has demonstrated antioxidant activity far
grater than beta-carotene. Lycopene is the red carotenoid in
tomatoes has shown potent effects in helping to maintain
healthy DNA structure. Lycopene also protects against LDL
oxidation, and aids in maintaining a healthy prostate. Life
Extension Mix contains 60 times more lutein and 10 times
more lycopene compared to Centrum®. Most multivitamin
supplements provide no vegetable extracts.
Life Extension Mix is fortified with fruit
extracts such as bilberry, grape seed, grape skin, and
citrus bioflavonoids to provide healthy circulation
throughout the body and maintain healthy DNA.*
The media has publicized the multiple
benefits of fruits such as blackberry, cranberry,
elderberry, cherry, plums and persimmon. Life Extension Mix
has a customized blend of these and other fruits that
studies indicate provide multiple favorable effects in the
body.
Pomegranate extract standardized to
provide the punicalagins and other polyphenols found in up
to 2.6 ounces of pomegranate juice.
Wild blueberry extract, concentrated and
standardized, has been added to provide optimal beneficial
effects.
Olive oil consumption is one of the
important factors behind the health benefits of the
"Mediterranean Diet."24,25
Researchers have discovered that there are up to 300 times
more polyphenol compounds in olive water compared to olive
oil.26,27 Olive
polyphenols have been the subject of numerous studies
pointing toward their benefits in many different areas,
including helping to protect against LDL oxidation,
suppressing free radicals, and stabilizing cell membranes.28-30
Life Extension Mix contains a potent olive juice extract
standardized to contain 7 percent of the best-documented
polyphenol called hydroxytyrosol.31
The amount of hydroxytyrosol in Life Extension Mix is
equivalent to drinking one ounce of virgin olive oil per
day.32-33
Sesame lignans enhance the effects of
vitamin E. Sesame and its lignans have a broad range of
applications in human health. This includes increasing human
tissue levels of vitamin E by facilitating carrier proteins
in the liver to deliver nutrients to cells throughout the
body.34,35
Sesame lignans increase the
anti-inflammatory index of fish oils and help maintain
healthy cholesterol/LDL levels in those already within
normal range.*36-39
Life Extension Mix contains 10 mg sesame lignan extract to
provide the direct benefits of the lignans and augment the
effects of vitamin E and other nutrients in the body such as
gamma-tocopherol and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).
Vitamins
Pyridoxal 5-phosphate helps protect
against glycation reactions, a toxic process by which sugars
bind to proteins to form nonfunctional structures in the
body.
High potency vitamin D3: Doctors used to
be concerned that too much vitamin D could be toxic. Over
the past few years, however, an increasing body of evidence
indicates that it takes much higher doses of vitamin D
(perhaps over 10,000 IU/day) to result in toxicity in a
healthy person. The concern expressed by researchers today
is that fear of vitamin D toxicity is keeping many people
from supplementing with enough vitamin D, which is critical
for maintaining bone density. In response to studies showing
that even those who take standard vitamin D supplements are
not obtaining adequate amounts, Life Extension Mix provides
800 IU vitamin D3 per daily dose.
Life Extension Mix™ contains only the dry
powder form of vitamin E. This natural form of vitamin E (succinate)
has been shown to promote healthy DNA better than other
forms.
Amino Acids
N-acetyl-cysteine suppresses free radicals
inside the cells and maintains healthy glutathione levels.
Taurine may protect against free radicals between cells and
supports eye health.
Minerals
Some scientific evidence suggests that
consumption of selenium may reduce the risk of certain forms
of cancer; however, the FDA has determined that this
evidence is not conclusive.
Zinc is often poorly absorbed, but Life
Extension Mix™ provides two of the most bioavailable forms
of zinc.
Boron is not only needed to maintain
healthy bone density, but may also help promote healthy
prostate cell development.
Chromium: Life Extension Mix contains a
superior and biologically active trivalent chromium complex,
a unique food form bio-organic water soluble matrix.
Chromium, along with magnesium and biotin, are nutrients
required to maintain healthy blood sugar levels in those
already within normal range.40,41
Higher potency magnesium: Magnesium is
needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body.
It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps
heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and
keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps maintain healthy
blood sugar and blood pressure levels in those already
within normal range, and is known to be involved in energy
metabolism and protein synthesis.
Cholinergic nutrients
Maintaining high levels of acetylcholine
in the brain by consuming choline helps correct mild memory
problems associated with aging and helps protect against
age-associated mental decline.
Life Extension Mix saves time and money by
combining the most popular nutrient supplements in one
product, eliminating the need to take separate bottles of
B-complex, vitamins C and E, mineral supplements and much
more that would be required to achieve the same effects.
Life Extension Mix supplies the most powerful antioxidants,
including water and fat soluble vitamin C, the ideal form of
alpha vitamin E, and plant extracts that help protect
against cellular DNA damage. Other ingredients in Life
Extension Mix enhance beneficial DNA methylation patterns,
and help maintain glycemic control and healthy levels of LDL
in those already within normal range. Life Extension uses
standardized herbal extracts to ensure that our products
contain the highest level of biological activity.
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