PRO-C™

PRO-C™ is a complete, advanced, synergistic Vitamin C plus antioxidant formula. It incorporates the latest nutritional research in a top-of-the-line formula combining highly-assimilable forms of Vitamin C (mineral ascorbates), powerful antioxidants (free-radical scavenging nutrients), minerals, cofactors, and herbal nutrients.

PRO-C™ offers very unique benefits:

• HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE VITAMIN C FORMULA PLUS ANTIOXIDANTS! A Complete Vitamin C Formula And A Powerful Antioxidant Formula Combined in a Single Supplement!!

• POWERFUL, SYNERGISTIC FREE-RADICAL QUENCHING CAPACITY. Formula Components Work Together To Quench Free Radicals in Your Body! Vitamin C Enables Grape Seed Extract to Function More Effectively, and Conversely Grape Seed Extract Potentiates Vitamin C. Green Tea Extract Boosts ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) Value. Read More Below!

• NON-ACIDIC, BUFFERED FORM OF VITAMIN C. Mineral Ascorbates Never Acidify Your Body, Keeping You pH Balanced. Staying Alkaline Is An Important Element in Maintaining a Healthy Body.

• RAPID ASSIMILATION! Unique Capsule Form Ensures Rapid Uptake and Assimilation in the Body. You May Also Empty Capsule Contents into Water, Food, or Directly Into Your Mouth, If Desired. Mildly Tart Taste!

• A CORE FORMULA For Building A Complete Supplement Program. Providing excellent Core Nutrition, PRO-C™ is designed to work with other core formulas, particularly a multivitamin (such as Mighty Multi-Vite!) and an essential fatty acid supplement (like Super Essentials Omega) together creating the basis of a complete nutritional program. From here, you can add specific supplements addressing your individual needs, i.e., by pinpointing where your body requires additional nutritional support.

Product Description:PRO-C™ contains buffered Vitamin C (in the form of powdered calcium, magnesium, and zinc ascorbates), high potency grape extract (from grape seeds, skins, and stems), green tea extract, reduced glutathione, n-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme forms of Vitamin B-2 and Vitamin B-6, and selenium. Grape extract and green tea extract both contain highly bioavailable bioflavonoid complexes that in research studies have been shown to have powerful antioxidant capability.

The oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC) in grape extract are able to strengthen collagen fibers in aging or damaged connective tissue and can act as a preventative against connective tissue degradation. Glutathione and NAC (a major precursor of glutathione) both provide important protection against toxins and free radicals, and can strengthen the immune system. Lipoic acid is a potent fat-soluble and water-soluble antioxidant with important metabolic and detoxification properties. Selenium has been shown by clinical research to be a key mineral in the body's defense against free radicals. Vitamin B-2, Vitamin B-6, magnesium, zinc, and calcium synergistically work with (and enhance the effects of) the other ingredients in this product. These ingredients are contained in a preservative-free gelatin capsule. PRO-C™ is designed to be hypoallergenic and is suitable for hypersensitive individuals.

The nutrients in PRO-C™ have been carefully selected and balanced to provide optimal effects, especially as related to free radical protection, detoxification, immune system enhancement, connective tissue strengthening, and reduction of inflammation. PRO-C™ therefore provides outstanding nutritional support in a wide variety of conditions of poor health, as well as acts to support and maintain a state of health and well-being.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: PRO-C™ is a synergistic antioxidant formula, especially in so far as it increases the body's ability to quench free radicals in its aqueous (i.e., water-based) compartments. Because antioxidants may become free radicals themselves after they have done their job, the body has developed an elaborate system for recovery of oxidized antioxidants. For example, reduced glutathione has the ability to reduce oxidized Vitamin C back to its unoxidized state. Vitamin C reduces oxidized Vitamin E back to its unoxidized state, and both reduces glutathione and spares it for other important functions, including detoxification and immune enhancement. Many polyphenols (e.g., oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC), anthocyanidins and catechins) found in red grape and green tea extracts spare Vitamin C and glutathione in the body, as well as operate as powerful antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, and connective tissue strengtheners. Lipoic acid operates as an antioxidant both in its oxidized and reduced states, reduces the oxidized forms of both Vitamin C and Vitamin E, and enhances glutathione levels.

Green Tea Extract - Researchers discovered the health benefits of green tea while seeking the reason for low incidences of disease among the Japanese people.

Several studies identified the polyphenols and catechins in the green tea to have 25 to 100 times the free-radical fighting power found in vitamins E, C, and A.

Green Tea Extract increases metabolism and may aid in weight loss. There are two ways to lose weight -- either reduce energy intake, or increase energy expenditure. Because hypothyroidism -- even after treatment -- may reduce energy expenditure in some people, patients naturally are looking for options that can help safely help raise the metabolism.

In a study reported on in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it was found that green tea extract resulted in a significant increase in energy expenditure (a measure of metabolism), plus also had a significant effect on fat oxidation. While some of the effects were originally theorized to be due to the caffeine content of green tea, the researchers discovered that the tea actually has properties that go beyond those that would be explained by the caffeine.

Grape Extract - Thought to be one of the most powerful antioxidants available. Grape Seed Extract is renowned for its benefits as a free-radicals scavenger in the body. Specifically, grape seed contains the gallic ester Proanthocyanidin B2-3'-0-gallate. These compounds are the most active free-radical-scavengers and are not found in pine bark extract. Antioxidants play an important role in helping to prevent cancer, atherosclerosis and slowing the aging process.

Grape Seed Extract is a concentration of the pure oligomeric proanthocyanidins found in grape seeds and skins. The extraction method used to obtain Grape Seed Extract also ensures that it is free from solvent residues. Grape Seed Extract contains powerful, natural, hypoallergenic free radical scavengers and bioflavonoid complexes which are rapidly absorbed and distributed throughout the body. In vitro, the antioxidant power of Grape Seed Extract is 50 times greater than vitamin E and 20 times greater than vitamin C.

The ingredients in Grape Seed Extract are researched and supported by numerous clinical studies which show that they:

Work with glutathione to restore oxidized vitamin C
Cross the blood brain barrier to provide potent antioxidant protection to brain and spinal nerves
Remove lipofuscin and prevent its formation in the brain and heart, conferring antiaging benefits
Bind to collagen fibres, increasing elasticity and flexibility in muscles, tendons and ligaments
Act as smooth muscle relaxants in blood vessels, to combat hypertension

COMPOSITION: 1 preservative-free capsule of PRO-C™ provides the following percentages of the Daily Value:

NUTRIENT	AMOUNT	% Daily Value
Vitamin C (from mineral ascorbates)	500 mg	833%
BioVin® Grape Extract (>95% OPC)	30 mg	*
Green Tea Extract	30 mg	*
Calcium (from calcium ascorbate)	23 mg	2.3%
Magnesium (from magnesium ascorbate)	23 mg	5.7%
Glutathione (reduced)	20 mg	*
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC)	15 mg	*
Alpha-Lipoic Acid	5 mg	*
Zinc (from zinc ascorbate)	2 mg	13%
Vitamin B-2 (from riboflavin 5'-phosphate)	1 mg	118%
Vitamin B-6 (from pyridoxal 5'-phosphate)	1 mg	50%
Selenium (from l-selenomethionine)	10 mcg	*

* No established Daily Value

DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement take 1-3 capsules daily in divided doses (i.e., spread out over the day), or as recommended by a health care professional. It initially may be useful to take up to 6 capsules per day in divided doses for one week. The contents of the capsule may be emptied into juice or food as needed.

INGREDIENTS: PRO-C™ only contains the highest-quality magnesium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, BioVin® grape extract (greater than 95% OPC and greater than 3.5% anthocyanidins from grape seeds, skins, and stems), green tea extract (50% min. polyphenols and 40% min. catechins), glutathione (reduced), n-acetyl-l-cysteine, zinc ascorbate, alpha-lipoic acid, riboflavin 5'-phosphate, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, l-selenomethionine, the smallest amounts of silica and vegetable stearate, and a preservative-free gelatin capsule.

PRO-C™does not contain wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, gluten, soy, egg, dairy, yeast, sugar, sulfates, phosphates (other than coenzyme forms), fats, chlorides, wax, preservatives, colorings, or artificial flavourings.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.