Helpful Hints & FAQ’s

While Ultra OPC is a fantastic product, to get the full benefits of a healthy lifestyle, you should also incorporate these few ideas suggested by Dr. Roberta Lee, Head nutritional director of Beth Israel Hospital, New York which we hired on a few occasions to lecture our clients.

• Drink 8 glasses of water a day
• Exercise 2-5 times per week
• Stretch 3-2 times per week (Example: Yoga)

FOOD:

• Protein: 50-100grams a day from fish (2-3 times/week) or a vegetable source (soy) or Hormone free
• Antibiotic free live stock and poultry
• Vegetables/fruit: 5-9 servings a day
• Antioxidant Recommendations
  • Vitamin C: 250-500mg/day
  • Vitamin E: 400-800 IU/day
  • Vitamin B complex
  • Calcium/mag: 1000mg/day
  • A good multi-vitamin A-Z

Ultra Opc has a very high ORAC value.  
ORAC is an abbreviation for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity and was developed by the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore. In short, ORAC units measure the antioxidant capacity of foods. The higher, the better. It is widely believed that high antioxidant foods help greatly to lower the risks of degeneration, and disease.

What are Antioxidants ?
Antioxidants come in several forms, including the vitamins A, C, and E; plant-derived polyphenols, found in colorful fruits and vegetables; and also the element selenium, found in nuts and broccoli. “What these compounds share,” explains K. Sandeep Prabhu, Penn State assistant professor of immunology and molecular toxicology, “is the ability to neutralize harmful molecules in our cells.”

These harmful molecules, known as free radicals, contain unpaired electrons—which is unusual because electrons typically come in pairs. “The unpaired electrons make free radicals highly reactive, and in this state, they can cause damage by attacking the components of our cells.

So where do free radicals come from? Some are created as a natural by-product of reactions in our cells, says Prabhu. Other sources of free radicals include cigarette smoke, air pollution, and exposure to UV light or radiation. And once free radicals are formed, they can make more free radicals by scavenging electrons from other molecules, “creating a domino effect,”

What are the Benefits of Antioxidants – Ultra Opc?
Antioxidants come up frequently in discussions about good health and preventing diseases. These powerful substances, which mostly come from the fresh fruits and vegetables we eat, prohibit (and in some cases even prevent), the oxidation of other molecules in the body. The benefits of antioxidants are very important to good health, because if free radicals are left unchallenged, they can cause a wide range of illnesses and chronic diseases.

What are Antioxidants and Free Radicals?
The human body naturally produces free radicals and the antioxidants to counteract their damaging effects. However, in most cases, free radicals far outnumber the naturally occurring antioxidants. In order to maintain the balance, a continual supply of external sources of antioxidants is necessary in order to obtain the maximum benefits of antioxidants. Antioxidants benefit the body by neutralizing and removing the free radicals from the bloodstream.

What is Isotonic ?
An isotonic solution refers to two solutions having the same osmotic pressure across a semipermeable membrane. This state allows for the free movement of water across the membrane without changing the concentration of solutes on either side.