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Monday, November 11, 2013

BONE SUPPORT FROM LONGEVITY PLUS

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BONE SUPPORT FROM LONGEVITY PLUS

Supplemental Facts

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Grow Bone System - Garden of Life

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The Grow Bone System - Garden of Life

If you are one of the millions of women and men looking to slow normal bone loss that comes with aging, Garden of Life® has great news for you. Get ready to experience the Grow Bone System with RAW Calcium™ and Growth Factor S. The Grow Bone System is intended to stimulate bone growth, increase bone strength and bone mineral density, and has been clinically demonstrated to do so.† Backed by human clinical studies, Garden of Life is confident that the Grow Bone System will help build stronger, healthier bones.†

The clinically-studied ingredients found in the Vitamin Code Grow Bone System featuring RAW Calcium™ have been shown to:

Reduce Risk of Osteoporosis^††
Stimulate Bone Growth^†
Increase Bone Strength^†
Increase Bone Mineral Density^†

What’s in the System?

The Grow Bone System starts with Vitamin Code^® RAW Calcium formulated with AlgaeCal RAW Clinical Strength. This patented ingredient is an ocean-derived raw, organic, whole food, plant-form of calcium, naturally rich in 73 bone-building minerals and trace elements.

In order to maximize the benefits of Vitamin Code RAW Calcium, Garden of Life has added powerful minerals such as raw magnesium and boron.^† Finally, live probiotics and enzymes are added to the product as well as raw organic fruits and vegetables, for what could be the most complete whole-food calcium supplement available today.

Vitamin Code RAW Calcium Features:

756mg RAW, Whole Food, Organic, Plant-Form Calcium^†
1600IU RAW Vitamin D3
100mcg Vitamin K2 as RAW MK-7 from natto
386mg of RAW Magnesium
Completely free of limestone rock, chalk or animal bone source Calcium
Gluten Free, Dairy Free
No Binders or Fillers
Live Probiotics & Enzymes
Contains 22 RAW & Organically Grown Fruits and Vegetables

VITAMIN CODE GROWTH FACTOR S
The second formula in the Grow Bone System is Vitamin Code Growth Factor S, which is a combination of important bone health minerals such as strontium, probiotics, enzymes and raw organic fruits and vegetables.^†

Strontium is a common element that is found naturally in your bones in trace amounts of approximately 100 micrograms in every gram of bone. Clinical trials conducted on strontium found it most effective at supporting bone health when 680mg were consumed per day—the same amount contained in Growth Factor S.^†

It is important to note that you shouldn’t take strontium and calcium at the same time of day since they compete for the same absorption sites in the body. Make sure to take Vitamin Code RAW Calcium and Vitamin Code Growth Factor S at separate times of the day and also eat a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D.

How Can You Benefit from the Grow Bone System?

The clinically-studied ingredients found in the Vitamin Code Grow Bone System featuring RAW Calcium™ have been shown to:

Reduce Risk of Osteoporosis^††
Stimulate Bone Growth^†
Increase Bone Strength^†
Increase Bone Mineral Density^†

No one thinks about bone loss, but it is inevitable, so it’s best to slow it down as much as you can.

Clinical Studies

AlgaeCal RAW is an ocean-derived raw, organic, whole food, plant form of Calcium, naturally rich in 73 bone-building minerals and trace elements. The AlgaeCal RAW Clinical Strength found in Vitamin Code^® RAW Calcium™ is the same ingredient that was used in human clinical studies.

Clinical Studies = Confidence

In a six-month randomized, open label human clinical study, 176 women and men ages 18 to 85 consumed the ingredients in the Grow Bone System and followed a healthy eating plan and walking program. In just six months, participants experienced on average a statistically significant INCREASE in bone mineral density as evidenced by before and after full-body DEXA scans.

Warnings

Caution: As with any dietary supplement, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, anticipate surgery, take medication on a regular basis, or are otherwise under medical supervision.

Keep out of reach of children.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

ORTHO-BONE

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Advanced Orthomolecular Research (AOR) has an established reputation in Canada as the most advanced supplement formulator in the country and likely, the world. The company has continued to innovate over the years, consistently putting science-backed natural health products into the hands of health practitioners and into the lives of patients years ahead of their secondary acceptance by the mainstream dietary supplement industry.

ORTHO-BONE
300 Capsules

Ortho•Bone™ is a multi-nutrient combination designed to support bone health. It features ossein microcrystalline hydroxyapatite complex (MCHC Bone Meal), a lyophilized extract of bovine bone, which retains the intact microcrystalline structure of whole bone.

The MCHC in Ortho•Bone™ is derived from Australian pasture-fed, free-range livestock, not subjected to routine antibiotics or rBGH. Guaranteed free of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.*

ADULT DOSAGE: Take up to ten capsules daily, dividing the dose among meals to facilitate maximum absorption, taking the largest single dose with the last meal or snack of the day, or as
directed by a qualified health care practitioner.

CAUTION: Persons taking anticoagulant (“blood thinning”) medications such as warfarin
(Coumadin®) must not take this supplement
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 10 capsules

Servings Per Container: 30

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value‡

Vitamin C (as magnesium ascorbate) 90 mg 150 %
Vitamin D3 (as cholecalciferol) 1000 IU 250 %
Vitamin K2 (menatetrenone/MK-4) 120 mcg 150 %
Folate (as folic acid) 400 mcg 100 %
Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin) 24 mcg 400 %
Calcium (from MCHC) 1000 mg 100 %
Phosphorus (from MCHC) 455 mg 46 %
Magnesium (as magnesium aspartate, magnesium ascorbate) 420 mg 105 %
Zinc (as zinc citrate) 11 mg 73 %
Copper (as copper (II) citrate) 1 mg 50 %
Manganese (as manganese bisglycinate) 2.3 mg 115 %
Ossein Microcrystalline Hydroxyapatite Complex (MCHC) 4545mg †
Boron (from boron citrate) 700 mcg †
Silicon (from sodium metasilicate) 35 mg †

Other ingredients: hypromellose (capsule)No longer in Ortho-Bone: Strontium 5mg
‡Daily value based on a 2000 calorie diet. †Daily Value Not Established.
AOR guarantees that no ingredients not listed on the label have been added to the product. Contains no wheat, gluten, nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, fish or shellfish.
Main Applications
As reported by literature:
• Excellent source of calcium and other nutrients.
• Bone health.
Pregnancy / Nursing
Safe.

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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Friday, September 14, 2012

PEAK K2

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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 superior to 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Vitamin Code RAW Calcium

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Vitamin Code RAW Calcium 150 Count

Is your Calcium RAW, organic, whole food and plant-form calcium? It is if it’s Vitamin Code RAW Calcium. Using a patented form of marine algae known as Algas calcareas.sp which is ecologically harvested off the pristine shores of remote South America, this is the only raw, organic, pure plant form of calcium that Garden of Life^® has ever found.

Why Choose This Form of Calcium?

There are many advantages to choosing this plant-form calcium over a rock-source calcium. It is widely known that plants from nature are the preferred source of nutrients for the body. Of equal importance is that the plant-form calcium used in Vitamin Code RAW Calcium, Algas calcareas.sp, also provides 73 naturally occurring minerals and trace elements such as magnesium, silica, boron, vanadium and strontium that have all been linked to healthy bones.^†

Other Nutrients Found in Vitamin Code RAW Calcium

In addition to the raw, plant-formed calcium, Vitamin Code RAW Calcium contains a host of other raw vitamins and minerals as well as live probiotics and enzymes. Raw Vitamin D, an important bone-building vitamin, is included in the amount of 1,600 IU per serving.^† Vitamin D is vital to bone health and acts as a hormone to increase the absorption of calcium by up to 80%.^†
Also known as an important factor in bone health, vitamin K₂ comes in two forms: MK-4 and MK-7. Vitamin Code RAW Calcium uses the MK-7 form which lasts longer in the body than MK-4.
Vitamin Code RAW Calcium Ingredient Highlights:

RAW, Whole Food, Organic, Plant-Form Calcium
1600IU RAW Vitamin D₃
100mcg Vitamin K₂ as RAW MK-7 from natto
386mg of RAW Magnesium
Completely free of limestone rock, chalk or
animal bone-source Calcium
Gluten Free, Dairy Free
No Binders or Fillers
Live Probiotics & Enzymes
Contains 22 RAW & Organically Grown Fruits and Vegetables

AlgaeCal RAW is an ocean-derived raw, organic, whole food, plant form of Calcium naturally rich in 73 bone-building minerals and trace elements.

What Are the Benefits of Taking Vitamin Code RAW Calcium?

The first RAW, organic Calcium, Vitamin code RAW Calcium:

May Reduce Risk of Osteoporosis^††
Increases Bone Strength^†
Increases Bone Mineral Density^†
Slows Bone Loss^†

Whether you are living a vegetarian lifestyle, or just simply looking for the best source of supplemental calcium available, Vitamin Code RAW Calcium with AlgaeCal RAW is the answer for you.
^††Adequate Calcium and Vitamin D as part of a healthful diet, along with physical activity, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life.

Other Ingredients

Vegetable cellulose, Brewer's yeast (saccharomyces cerevisiae), lactobacillus bulgaricus, natto.
Contains (fermented) soy.

Contains no filler ingredients, artificial colors or preservatives.

Warnings

Keep out of reach of children.

Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

ORTHO-BONE - AOR

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