You can't see it. You can't hear it. You can't smell it and you can't feel it. But they're there. "Killer" substances in our air. Their name - the "free radicals". But this isn't some new political group - they're oxygen molecules. The name alone should tell you that we're dealing with "strange" oxygen molecules here.
And that's just what they are. Even a child knows that oxygen is necessary for us humans to live. That leaves us with the question of why we might give such a life-giving element such a curious name. Well - the reason is obvious, because oxygen can change its "face", just like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". One of oxygen's faces takes care of us affectionately and gives us life - the other, however, can turn very nasty and unpleasant towards us and negatively compromise our health and sense of well-being in many ways. The reason - not all oxygen molecules are the same.
The majority of inhaled oxygen molecules are stable and are essential for sustaining life. However, there are also so-called unstable oxygen molecules, and these include the aforementioned free radicals. They can rapidly turn into deadly substances. Radical and non-radical oxygen molecules vary in their molecular structure, and this has an effect on their behaviour within an organism. Free radicals can have a very serious and negative effect on our bodies - and that's putting it mildly.
To be able to better understand this, we'll need to have a quick crash course in chemistry and atomic physics. Don't worry - it won't be complicated. As we know, all material on our world is constructed from smaller units - molecules. Molecules, in turn, consist of even smaller subunits - atoms.
Research in the field of nuclear physics has shown that atoms too can be broken down into even smaller components - electrons, protons and neutrons. The protons and neutrons are located in the atom's nucleus. The electrons are located in the outer shell of the atom and orbit the nucleus. We can look at it much like our own solar system. Just as planets orbit the sun, the electrons also follow fixed paths when orbiting the nucleus.
With a stable oxygen molecule - i.e. one that is essential to us for live - there are always one or more paired electrons circling the nucleus in its outermost orbit. This is important, as an oxygen molecule's stability can only be guaranteed if the electrons provide a balance by orbiting the nucleus in pairs - think of it as a twin-pack of electrons.
Now, it is frequently the case that one of these electrons is lost. The reasons for this may be factors such as air pollution, UV rays from the sun, pesticides, other damaging substances and so on, and so forth. If one of these electrons is missing from an oxygen molecule, this creates an imbalance which results in what is referred to as an unstable oxygen molecule or free radical. They are unstable oxygen molecules possessing one or more unpaired electrons in their outer orbit.
In turn, this makes them - compared to stable oxygen molecules - unstable and unpredictable in their movement and appearance. Yes, they do get really aggressive, as free radicals just want one thing - to get their lost electron replaced as quickly as possible. To do this, they ambush other molecules in the body, attach themselves to them (using something like tiny magnets) and rob them of an electron. For example, a free radical might attack a molecule on an intact cell wall, which is then severely damaged by the radical oxygen molecule, because the "clinger" causes the molecule to oxidise our intact cell wall.
This can be compared with the formation of rust on iron by oxygen attacking it. Rust is nothing more than iron and oxygen binding. Any chemical bond between oxygen and any other substance is known as oxidation.
This shows us that free radicals react chemically with important parts of our body and cause them to be oxidised - effectively "rusting" them. Visible symptoms of oxidative cell damage can include age-related pigment stains (age spots) or wrinkles.
Because a free radical automatically grabs an electron from its surroundings for itself, it damages the molecule that it takes this electron from. The molecules attacked now themselves have a free electron and also grab an electron from another material in the surrounding area, and so on. This triggers an undesirable chain reaction.
Now, we're not trying to paint a picture of doom and gloom here - after all, Mother Nature does provide natural resources to come to our assistance. There are certain vital substances that free radicals don't like one bit. These vital substances are also known as "antioxidants". You can observe the power of these antioxidants quite simply yourself. Simply cut an apple into two halves. Coat one of the two halves with lemon juice where it has been cut. Now wait for a moment.
You'll notice something, namely that the untreated half of the apple will turn brown quickly. This is the fault of the oxygen attacking the apple - the assault of the free radicals. The half of the apple treated with lemon juice won't turn brown anywhere near as quickly as the untreated half will. The reason is the power that the antioxidants provides. One of the substances contained within lemon juice is vitamin C, and vitamin C is one of these antioxidants able to protect the apple from being attacked by the free radicals. This keeps the apple fresh for longer and prevents it from turning brown as quickly as the other half of the apple.
As there's no getting away from these free radicals, we recommend that you ensure that you take in antioxidants such as these. Known antioxidants are, for example, vitamin C (as mentioned above), vitamin E, beta-carotene and zinc. These antioxidative substances can counteract oxidation processes (antioxidative effects) Just like a policeman doing his rounds, they patrol the body and "arrest" or neutralise the free radicals found.
Mother Nature provides us with hundreds of these policemen (antioxidants) for use as a natural source of nourishment. Aside from the most well-known of the antioxidants, you will find an almost phenomenal elite squad in the form of our revolutionary product CCA (CellCare SuperAntioxidants). Highly effective superstars working together using a variety of methods to unleash such concentrated force on those free radicals, such that you only need to swallow one capsule a day.
The unique composition of each CCA capsule will most certainly catapult this product to the position of uncontested leader in the antioxidant scene in no time at all. The list of ingredients reads like the cast of a blockbuster film, with leading actors bringing it multiple Oscars: Cistus tea leaves, pomegranate, OPC, lycopene, green tea polyphenols, melon, liquorice root, grape seed polyphenols, oregano, chlorogenic acid rich coffee extract, alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, onion powder, barley grass, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, selenium, beta-carotene and citric bioflavonoids.
Well?! Did we promise you too much? Let's take a closer look together at one of these "supercops" and their well-accepted effects:
Red wine, green tea and even dark chocolate are generally well recommended for the purpose of increasing the amount of antioxidants in the blood. The effects of so-called polyphenols have once again been proven by nutrition researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston (Massachusetts). They are able to provide good support for the body's own mechanism for repairing damaged cells.
However, it is by far less well-known that the leaves of the Cistus bush, a fountain of youth with its home in Greece sporting pink blooms, is one of the most radical radical-catchers around. The leaves of the bush (Cistus incanus ssp. tauricus) can be harvested to product a tasty, golden tea providing more than four times the antioxidative potential than, for example, red wine.
Pomegranates are not just for Christmas in bringing real health benefits. They shouldn't be forgotten once the silly season is over. It ought to be an all-year-round fruit, as scientific studies have shown that hardly any fruit is as rich in antioxidants as the pomegranate. For example, it contains three times more of these useful substances than in red wine.
Who doesn't know the famous pizza herb oregano?! But did you also know that oregano is an extremely effective antioxidant? Herbs don't just lend a fine touch to meals - they also contain an extraordinarily high level of antioxidants. Nutritionists Zheng and Shiow Y. Wang from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, USA examined 39 different types of herbs for their antioxidant content. The popular pizza herb oregano came out tops, with the highest level of antioxidative activity.
According to antioxidant specialist Dr. Lester Packer, the natural substance alpha lipoic acid represents the ideal universal antioxidant. It is effective within substances rich in fat or water and is thus able to make an incredibly large number of free radicals non-dangerous. Many other antioxidants are only able to do their work in water-based environments in the body (e.g. vitamin C) or fat-based environments (e.g. vitamin E).
While other important antioxidants are unable to each every part of the body due to their size, alpha lipoic acids are even able to penetrate the cell's nuclear membrane and overcome the blood-brain barrier. Alpha lipoic acid also has the ingenious capacity of replenishing its team players. For example, if vitamin C stops a free radical, it is itself deprived of an electron in the process. This electron is given back to the vitamin C by the alpha lipoic acid. As such, the alpha lipoic acid practically "recycles" other antioxidative substances and is able to use a variety of methods to strengthen the power of its police squad in its fight against the free radicals.
Tea time is healthy - that's not something that only the British know. Numerous nutrition studies and animal tests have shown that green tea in particular exhibits effects particularly advantageous to health. It possesses a strong antioxidative effect and thus has a fully deserved place in our CCA capsules.
OPC (oligomeric proanthocyanidin) is a natural plant substance available everywhere in nature. However, it is spread through the rind, peel, skin and wooden parts of the fruit that we usually remove before eating them.
Furthermore, OPC is only available in small quantities in most natural foods, with one exception - the seeds in dark grapes. It is here that the highest concentration of OPC so far has been found. It can also be found in the bark of the maritime pine (conifer), which grows nowhere in the world except in Spain and the South of France. And it's this OPC - extracted from the seeds of dark grapes and maritime pine bark - that can be found in our CCA capsules.
OPC is also generally acclaimed to be the most powerful antioxidant, capable of neutralising various types of free radicals. It is known to be extremely active, just like alpha lipoic acids, in both fat and water phases. In this respect it is different from many other antioxidants, which are only able to act in either a water-based (e.g. vitamin C) or fat-based (e.g. vitamin E) environment.
Lycopene, the main colour pigment in tomatoes, also enjoys an excellent reputation as a strong antioxidant. Lycopene is part of the carotenoid group and lends the tomato its beautiful red colour. Until recently, a mere mention of lycopene was enough to put anyone to sleep. Now this natural substance has gained a place in the top ten of antioxidants. By the way - tomatoes on the vine contain more lycopene than tomatoes that have been artificially ripened. This is why we only use tomatoes ripened on the vine for the lycopene in CCA.
And now for the complete squad list present in each and every CellCare SuperAntioxidant (CCA) capsule: 45 mg barley grass, 40 mg vitamin C, 12 mg vitamin E, 20 mg green tea polyphenols, 35 mg onion powder, 30 mg liquorice root extract, 30 mg oregano powder, 25 mg grape seed polyphenol powder, 25 mg Cistus tea leaves, 8.8 mg ellagic acid from pomegranate, 8 mg citric bioflavanoids, 15 mg chlorogenic acid rich coffee extract, 1.5 mg beta-cerotene, 14.25 mg grape seed OPC, 0.5 mg lycopene, 7.5 mg alpha lipoic acid, 2.5 mg melon extract, 1.5 mg coenzyme Q10, 1 mg pine bark OPC, 5 mg zinc, 30 µg selenium.
We recommend taking one capsule a day.
