What is Selenium?

The Benefits of Selenium

The Selenium Benefits You Should Know

The benefits of selenium range from playing an important role in antioxidant production and your immune system, regulation of your thyroid hormones, and working with iodine and proteins.

These are some of the big picture selenium benefits.

What is Vitamin A

Vitamin A as an Antioxidant

Yes, one of the Vitamin A benefits is that it acts as an antioxidant. But it’s not exactly Vitamin A that’s acting as the antioxidant... it’s the carotenes. Let me explain.

Carotenes (i.e. beta carotene, alpha carotene) are the precursor of Vitamin A and are found in plant sources (i.e. carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin).

What is Vitamin C?

Overview

Thanks to Linus Pauling’s pioneering work, Vitamin C is easily the most well known and recognized of all the vitamins needed by the human body.  A water soluble vitamin that’s also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is vital to the body’s immune system and defenses. It is also essential in the formation of collagen for healthy skin, and helps heal wounds and maintain bones, cartilage and teeth. 

What is Vitamin E?

Overview

Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin that is well known for its antioxidant properties.  It has enjoyed a reputation for preventing the effects of aging on skin, healing scars and scar tissue, and preventing damage to the body from free radicals – a byproduct of our bodies’ attempts to deal with the poisons and pollutants in today’s environment.

As an antioxidant, vitamin E provides some protection against heart disease,

Milk Thistle Seed

Botanical: Silybum marianum Family: Compositae (daisy) - Asteraceae (aster) Other common names: Mary Thistle, Wild Artichoke, Silybum, Marian Thistle, St. Mary's Thistle, Lady Thistle, Holy Thistle 

Did you know that your liver is the toxic waste disposal plant of your body?  Keep it healthy and nourished with Milk Thistle. This remarkable herb is said to have no pharmaceutical equivalent for its beneficial effects on the liver, spleen and gallbladder. Rid yourself of toxins and temporary depression, and boost your immunity with Milk Thistle. In the meantime, you'll also gain valuable antioxidant protection. 

Ginkgo Biloba—An Antioxidant, Anti-Ager

Ginkgo biloba is one of many ancient botanicals that have been recently studied and incorporated into skin care products to take advantage of its anti-aging qualities.

It is one of the oldest living tree species with leaves that among the most extensively studied botanicals in use today. The nut-like inner seeds are particularly esteemed in Asia, and are a traditional Chinese food and an ingredient in Japanese dishes.1 In Europe and the United States, ginkgo supplements are among the best-selling herbal medications. It consistently ranks as a top medicine prescribed in France and Germany.2

Bilberry - The Potent Antioxidants

Bilberry, or Vaccinium myrtillus (Latin), is made from a small, blue berry that has been used medicinally for hundreds of years. bilberries have powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities. Bilberry has traditionally been used to treat diarrhea, varicose veins, mucous membrane inflammation, and hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis). It has also been shown to be particularly beneficial to the health of the eyes.

Bilberry contains flavonoids called anthocyanosides, which are found largely in dark-skinned fruits, and act as potent antioxidants in the body.