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Thursday, November 27, 2014

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High Dose R-Lipoic Acid from AOR provides a high dose of powerful antioxidants for the maintenance of good health.

AOR’s High Dose R-Lipoic Acid provides only the natural ‘R’ form of this vital antioxidant produced in the body, unlike most alpha-lipoic acid supplements which also contain equal amounts of the synthetic, inactive ‘S’ form. *


Product CodeSizeServingsVegetarian
 AOR08289 60 Vegi-Caps60 Servings 100% Vegetarian
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 CapsuleAmount Per Capsule% Daily Value
Sodium (from R-Lipoic Acid sodium salt 30 mg1.2%
R-Lipoic Acid (sodium salt)
300 mg †
† %Daily Value not established
Other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, sodium stearyl fumarate. Capsule: hypromellose. 

AOR™ guarantees that there is not more than 14 mg of S-lipoic acid per capsule, and that no ingredients not listed on the label have been added to the product. Contains no wheat, gluten, corn, nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or any animal byproduct.
Suggested Use: Take 1 capsule twice daily with/without food, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner. Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Cautions:
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have diabetes.

Pregnancy/Nursing:
Consult a health care practitioner

Source:
Pharmaceutical Synthesis 
*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.
 The information and product descriptions appearing on this website are for information purposes only, and are not intended to provide medical advice to individuals.
Consult with your physician if you have any health concerns, and before initiating any new diet, exercise, supplement, or other lifestyle changes.



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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P5P) - Advanced Orthomolecular Research


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Pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P5P)

Advanced Orthomolecular Research


Pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P5P) is the biologically active form of vitamin B6 that is utilized by the body.
Studies show that P5P is more bioavailable than conventional B6.*
Product CodeSizeServingsVegetarian
 AOR0817360 Vegi-Caps 30 Servings 100% Vegetarian
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 2 CapsulesAmount Per Servings% Daily Value
Vitamin B6
(Pyridoxal-5’-phosphate)
 100 mg5000%
 
Other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose.
Capsule: hypromellose, water. 

AOR guarantees that no ingredients not listed on the label have been added to the product. 
Contains no wheat, gluten, corn, nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or any animal byproduct.
Suggested Use
Take two capsules daily with food, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner.
Source
Pharmaceutical synthesis
Pregnancy / Nursing
Safe at 100 mg per day

*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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Monday, November 24, 2014

PEAK K2 - Advanced Orthomolecular Research


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PEAK K2 Veggie Caps

Advanced Orthomolecular Research

Peak K2 is menatetrenone (MK-4), a form of vitamin K2 made in the body from phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and distinct from the menaquinones made by probiotic bacteria. Available science indicates that vitamin K2 – and especially menatetrenone – is greater than Vitamin K1 in maintaining the health of the bones and vascular system. Clinical trials have proven that high-dose vitamin K2 does not cause excessive or abnormal blood clotting, although it will interfere with “blood thinning” medications.

ADULT DOSAGE: Take one to three capsules daily with food, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner.

Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 Capsule
Amount Per Capsule
% Daily Value
Menatetrenone (Vitamin K2 [MK-4])
 15mg 18,750%
*Dietary Reference Intake not established.
Other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose.
Capsule: hypromellose, water.
AOR™ guarantees that no ingredients not listed on the label have been added to the product. Contains no corn, wheat, gluten, nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or any animal byproducts.
Main Applications
As reported by literature:
• Bone health
• Brain health
• Cardiovascular function

Source
Solanesol (from Nicotiana tabacum).

Pregnancy / Nursing
Do not use.

Cautions
• Clinical trials have documented that menatetrenone does not induce hemostatic activation. However, it will interfere with the activity warfarin (Coumadin®) and possibly other anticoagulant ("blood thinning") medications. Patients prescribed anticoagulants must not take this supplement.

 • STORE IN A COOL DARK PLACE. HARMLESS CLUMPING MAY OCCUR AT TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING 35C

Menatetrenone
Vitamin K is an essential nutrient, best known for its role in blood clotting. Plants make one form of vitamin K (phylloquinone, or vitamin K1) for their use. But your body doesn't use all of the K1 in your diet "as is." Instead, the body converts some of this plant form of the vitamin into a different vitamin K molecule: Menatetrenone, or MK-4, a form of vitamin K2. Tissues vary in their vitamin K needs, and it's become clear that some tissues have a specific need for Menatetrenone, which is not met by phylloquinone. For some purposes (like blood clotting), phylloquinone works fine; but extensive evidence shows that Menatetrenone has unique effects on bone health not shared by phylloquinone.

•Fracture victims' levels of Menatetrenone are more depressed than are their levels of phylloquinone.
•Areas where more K2 is consumed in the diet have lower fracture rates.
  • Menatetrenone inhibits the resorption (teardown) of bone caused by the local cellular messenger prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The same concentration of phylloquinone has no effect.
  • Menatetrenone also cuts down on the bone cells' formation of PGE2 in the first place.
  • Menatetrenone is able to reduce the creation of osteoclasts (cells involved in the teardown of bone tissue) out of early cell types - but again, phylloquinone has no such power.
  • Menatetrenone, but not phylloquinone, actually increases the programmed cell death ("apoptosis") of existing osteoclasts.
  • Menatetrenone strengthens the bone-building legions of the osteoblasts (cells involved in the manufacture of new bone), mildly increasing both their numbers and their activity.
Over the course of the last decade, at least sixteen clinical trials have been performed using Menatetrenone, and every single one has found that K2 supplements protect bone health. Menatetrenone not only slows, halts, or even reverses loss of bone mass: it dramatically reduces your risk of suffering a fracture.
•In one trial, women who took an ultra-high dose Menatetrenone supplement for 24 weeks increased their bone mineral density by an impressive 2.2%, even as the women taking a placebo (dummy pill) lost 7.31% of their bone density.
•In another trial, Menatetrenone was put to the test in a direct comparison against the bisphosphonate drug etidronate (Didrocal®). Menatetrenone preserved bone mass, and also slashed fracture risk by roughly two thirds over the course of two years.
•In a third trial, osteoporotic women taking Menatetrenone supplements sustained nearly no bone loss over two years, while cutting fracture risk by 64% as compared with non-supplementing women.
The ability of bones to withstand fractures is not just determined by the quantity of bone (as measured by Bone Mineral Density (BMD)), but also by the quality of bone - bone "microarchitecture," including especially "trabecular connectivity." Evidence suggests that Menatetrenone's most important effects are on bone quality, not bone quantity.
•Clinical trials have found that Menatetrenone provides as much protection against fracture as drugs that have much more powerful effects on BMD. Clearly, Menatetrenone's bone-protective effects extend to aspects of bone health beyond the BMD numbers.
•Menatetrenone provides powerful protection against the loss of trabecular connectivity in laboratory animal models of menopausal osteoporosis.
•Menatetrenone supplements increase bone quality in young, healthy animals.
To get the amount of Menatetrenone used to produce these effects in clinical trials and experimental studies requires a specific Menatetrenone supplement.
•Existing science shows that phylloquinone does not provide the same benefits as Menatetrenone. No clinical trials using phylloquinone supplements have been performed to show reduced fracture risk.
•The body's ability to convert phylloquinone into Menatetrenone is limited, flattening out at levels far below what's used in clinical trials. This ability is further reduced with aging.
•Very little vitamin K2 exists in the diet, even in the richest food sources.
•While the body's friendly bacteria produce some K2, little or none of this K2 is absorbed.
Menatetrenone's health benefits extend well beyond the skeletal system. Emerging science is now documenting the role of vitamin K - and specifically of Menatetrenone - in protecting our cardiovascular health, and the health of that all-important organ, the brain.
References
i. Orimo H, Shiraki M, Tomita A, Morii H, Fujita T, Ohata M. "Effects of menatetrenone on the bone and calcium metabolism in osteoporosis: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial." J Bone Miner Metab 1998; 16(2): 106-12.
ii. Iwamoto J, Takeda T, Ichimura S. "Effect of menatetrenone on bone mineral density and incidence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a comparison with the effect of etidronate." J Orthop Sci. 2001; 6(6): 487-92.
iii. Shiraki M, Shiraki Y, Aoki C, Miura M. "Vitamin K2 (menatetrenone) effectively prevents fractures and sustains lumbar bone mineral density in osteoporosis." J Bone Miner Res. 2000 Mar; 15(3): 515-21.
iv. Geleijnse JM, Vermeer C, Jurgers LJ, Grobbee DE, Pols HA, Witteman JC. "Inverse association of dietary vitamin K-2 intake with cardiac eventsand aortic atherosclerosis: the Rotterdam Study." Thromb Haem. 2001 Jul; 85(Suppl): AbsP473.
v. Allison AC. "The possible role of vitamin K deficiency in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and in augmenting brain damage associated with cardiovascular disease." Med Hypotheses. 2001 Aug; 57(2): 151-5.
vi. Vermeer C. "Prevention of arterial calcification by vitamin K2." In Miki T (ed). "Vitamin K: A Conference Record. Renewing Bone Metabolism." 2000; Tokyo: Intermedd Inc, 2-21.
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.

The information and product descriptions appearing on this website are for information purposes only, and are not intended to provide medical advice to individuals. Consult with your physician if you have any health concerns, and before initiating any new diet, exercise, supplement, or other lifestyle changes.

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Vision Support II - Advanced Orthomolecular Research




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Vision Support IITM 

Advanced Orthomolecular Research

Vision Support IITM is a combination of the most advanced nutraceuticals clinically demonstrated to preserve eye health by inhibiting the effects of Advanced Macular Degeneration (AMD), Asthenopia (eye fatigue), and glycation. The effectiveness of Vision Support II can be maximized with a complete, high-quality multivitamin/mineral formulation.



Product Code
Size
Weight per Capsule
Vegetarian
AOR08177
60 Softgels
375mg
 100% Vegetarian

Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 SoftgelAmount Per Capsule% Daily Value
Lutein 7.5mg †
Zeaxanthin7.5mg
Benfotiamine80mg
Astaxanthin2mg
Black Soybean Hull Extract (10% Cyanidin-3-Glucosides)60mg
Non-medicinal ingredients: Extra virgin olive oil. Softgel: water, caramel, gelatin, glycerin.
Ingrédients Non-médicinaux: huile d'olive extra vierge. Capsule: eau, caramel, gélatine, glycérine.

AOR guarantees that no ingredients not listed on the label have been added to the product.
Contains no wheat, gluten, corn, nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, fish or shellfish.

Suggested UseTake two softgels per day with food, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner.

Main Applications- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Eye Health
- Cataracts
- Eye Fatigue

Source
Multi-Sourced

Pregnancy / Nursing
No Studies, best to avoid

Cautions - None Known

*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.


The information and product descriptions appearing on this website are for information purposes only, and are not intended to provide medical advice to individuals. Consult with your physician if you have any health concerns, and before initiating any new diet, exercise, supplement, or other lifestyle changes.


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