What Makes RiSoTrieneTM So Special?

What you will read here is excerpted from . . .

"RiSoTrieneTM "Unlocking Rice Bran's Healing Properties."

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Vitamins and Minerals

A Potent Source of Vitamins . . . lencopyright
RiSoTrieneTM Rice Bran is a source of a newly discovered complex of Vitamin E - and tocotrienols, as well as tocopherol - the compound generally called Vitamin E. The tocotrienol compounds are 40 to 50 times more potent than alpha-tocopherol as antioxidants. RiSoTrieneTM Rice Bran is also one of the richest source of B vitamins found in nature. RiSoTrieneTM Rice Bran contains all the vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids, (EFAs) necessary to maintain full health.

Protein and Fiber
RiSoTrieneTM Rice Bran contains all the essential amino acids (protein) required to maintain a healthful life. Stabilized Rice Bran is considered to be hypoallergenic and is also an excellent source of fiber. lencopyright

Phytonutrients
RiSoTrieneTM Rice Bran contains numerous phytonutrients, including gamma oryzanol, cycloartenol, beta-sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, dimethylglycine, CoEnzyme Q10, squalene, and lipoic acid.lencopyright
Lipoic Acid
Lipoic acid is an advantageous compound for producing energy in muscles and is an important part of the antioxidant system. This essential "key" unlocks energy from food. Lipoic acid directs calories into energy production and away from fat production. Lipoic acid also stabilizes blood sugar levels and reduces glycation - the damage done to the body by excess sugar. Glycation leads to accelerated aging, heart disease, and diabetes complications.lencopyright

In Europe, lipoic acid for nearly thirty years to treat diabetic neuropathy, help regulate blood sugar, and prevent diabetic retinopathy and cardiopathy. Lipoic acid protects the nervous system, and may be involved in the regeneration of nerves.

Lipoic acid is a conditionally essential antioxidant nutrient. That is, we make some lipoic acid in our bodies, but not enough for optimum health, so the rest must be obtained from food. Also, our ability declines with age or disease.

Lipoic acid interacts with and recycle the antioxidants Vitamin E and Vitamin C. The antioxidant function of lipoic acid is important. Free radicals are highly reactive entities that occur in the body and do damage that leads to disease. Among the free radical diseases are cancer, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, strokes, rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, Alzheimer's Disease, and most degenerative diseases.
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There are tens of thousands of free radicals created in the body every second. They are the result of a molecule gaining or losing an electron. DNA can be altered by free radicals. Cigarette smoking, pollutants, sunlight, radiation, and even emotional stress can create free radicals and cause free radical chain reactions, Antioxidants - Vitamin E, Vitamin C, beta-carotene, and lipoic acid act as free radical scavengers in the body. They "eat up" the free radicals before the free radicals damage the body at the cellular level.
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Lipoic acid also protects the liver and detoxifies tissues of heavy metals such as excessive iron and copper, and the toxic heavy metals cadmium, lead, and mercury.

It is amazing that a single nutrient has so many actions. The value of lipoic acid to our health is best described by its nickname - the metabolic antioxidant. Lipoic acid is a coenzyme that is involved in metabolism (energy production) and a universal antioxidant that directly and indirectly helps protect every body component from the damage of oxidative stress.

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