| Public service campaigns are encouraging
people to eat more fruits and vegetables to maintain a
healthy lifestyle. Despite years of media publicity, 85
percent of Americans are not even eating the minimum
recommendation of five servings of fruits and vegetables per
day. Those who do report eating some produce often fail to
consume the yellow and purple colored plants that are
critical components of such a program.
Life Extension Mix™ contains 93 unique
vegetable, fruit, and herbal extracts along with
high-potency amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and special
antioxidants. The Life Extension Mix formula is fortified
with botanical extracts that help maintain healthy cells via
physiological processes separate from traditional
antioxidants. Consumption of these types of plants is being
recommended based on research emanating from the world's
most prestigious medical centers.
The Life Extension Mix has been
reformulated to include higher potency extracts and new,
updated ingredients.
“Next Generation” Pomegranate
Fruit Extract. Many products
on the market contain pomegranate standardized to ellagic
acid – a potent antioxidant. However, subsequent research
has shown that ellagic is not the most biologically active
and absorbable polyphenol in pomegranate. Punicalagins are
the new “shining star.” The ellagic-acid based extract in
Life Extension Mix has now been replaced by a high potency
punicalagin-based extract.
Higher Potency Green Tea.
The new Life Extension mix now has the highest potency green
tea available with higher levels of the important EGCG. The
new Life Extension Mix provides 325 mg of a decaffeinated
green tea extract that is standardized to contain 98% (318.5
mg) of polyphenols and 45% (146.25 mg) of Epigallocatechin
gallate EGCG) which scientists attribute to green tea's
health benefits. The amount of polyphenols (including EGCG)
in Life Extension Mix is equivalent to drinking about 3-6
cups of green tea per day.
“Next Generation” Chromium.
Life Extension Mix now contains a superior and biologically
active trivalent chromium complex, a unique food form
bio-organic water soluble matrix. It has shown to reduce
blood-glucose levels by 33% compared to control. Chromium
helps insulin metabolize fat, turn protein into muscle, and
convert sugar into energy. Chromium, along with magnesium
and biotin, are nutrients required to maintain healthy blood
sugar levels in those already within normal range. Life
Extension Mix provides 500 mcg of chromium. A review of
studies showing the benefits of chromium supplementation
reveals that doses exceeding 200 milligrams per day are
required for optimal effects.32,33
Higher Potency Magnesium.
Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions
in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve
function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy
immune system, and keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps
regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure,
and is known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein
synthesis. The Life Extension Mix now provides 100% of the
Daily Value.
In addition to these new changes, the Life
Extension Mix still contains classic ingredients such as:
Vegetable extracts.
Luteolin is a flavonoid found in parsley, artichoke, basil,
celery and other foods. When measured against 27 other
flavonoids, luteolin provided the best DNA protection. One
favorable mechanism of luteolin is its ability to inhibit
oxidative damage to cellular DNA. Another unique benefit is
luteolin's ability to suppress excess levels of dangerous
inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-6 and interleukin
1B.8 Life
Extension Mix contains a standardized dose of 8 mg luteolin.
Broccoli is touted as one of the most
important vegetables to help maintain healthy DNA. Broccoli
contains several active constituents, with sulphoraphane
being the most significant because of its unique
detoxification and DNA protecting effects. The new Life
Extension Mix provides a concentrated broccoli mixture that
provides standardized extracts of sulphoraphane and
glucosinolates, two compounds attributed to broccoli's
multiple protective benefits. Broccoli is also a natural
source of gene protecting chlorophyll.*9-13
D-glucarate is a botanical extract found
in grapefruit, apples, oranges, broccoli and Brussels
sprouts. D-glucarate effectively supports a detoxification
process that helps to remove DNA toxins from the body.14,15
The daily dose of Life Extension Mix provides 200 mg
D-glucarate.
Lutein, an extract found in spinach and
collard greens, has been shown to help maintain critical
pigments in the eye macula, while the carotenoid
alpha-carotene has demonstrated antioxidant activity far
grater than beta-carotene. Lycopene from tomatoes has shown
potent effects in helping to maintain healthy DNA structure
and protect against LDL oxidation. Life Extension Mix™
contains 60 times more lutein and 10 times more lycopene
compared to Centrum®. Most multivitamin supplements provide
no vegetable extracts whatsoever.
Fruit extracts.
Life Extension Mix is also fortified with fruit extracts
such as bilberry, grape seed, grape skin, and citrus
bioflavonoids to provide healthy circulation throughout the
body and maintain healthy DNA.*
The media has publicized the multiple
benefits of fruits such as blackberry, cranberry,
elderberry, cherry, plums and persimmon. Life Extension Mix
has a customized blend of these and other fruits that
studies indicate provide multiple favorable effects in the
body.
Olive oil consumption is one of the
important factors behind the health benefits of the
"Mediterranean Diet."16,17
Researchers have discovered that there are up to 300 times
more polyphenol compounds in olive water compared to olive
oil.18,19 Olive
polyphenols have been the subject of numerous studies
pointing toward their benefits in many different areas,
including helping to protect against LDL oxidation,
suppressing free radicals, and stabilizing cell membranes.20-22
Life Extension Mix contains a potent olive juice extract
standardized to contain 7 percent of the best-documented
polyphenol called hydroxytyrosol.23
The amount of hydroxytyrosol in Life Extension Mix is
equivalent to drinking one ounce of virgin olive oil per
day.24-25
Sesame lignans enhance the effects
of vitamin E. Sesame and its
lignans have a broad range of applications in human health.
This includes increasing human tissue levels of vitamin E by
facilitating carrier proteins in the liver to deliver
nutrients to cells throughout the body.26,27
Sesame lignans increase the
anti-inflammatory index of fish oils and help maintain
healthy cholesterol/LDL levels in those already within
normal range.*28-31
Life Extension Mix contains 10 mg sesame lignan extract to
provide the direct benefits of the lignans and augment the
effects of vitamin E and other nutrients in the body such as
gamma-tocopherol and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).
High potency vitamin D3.
Doctors used to be concerned that too much vitamin D could
be toxic. Over the past few years, however, an increasing
body of evidence indicates that it takes much higher doses
of vitamin D (perhaps over 10,000 IU/day) to inflict
toxicity on a healthy person. The concern expressed by
researchers today is that fear of vitamin D toxicity is
keeping many people from supplementing with enough vitamin
D, which is critical for maintaining bone density. In
response to studies showing that even those who take
standard vitamin D supplements are not obtaining adequate
amounts, Life Extension Mix provides 800 IU vitamin D3 per
daily dose.
Life Extension Mix saves time and money by
combining the most popular nutrient supplements in one
product, eliminating the need to take separate bottles of
B-complex, vitamins C and E, mineral supplements and much
more that would be required to achieve the same effects.
Life Extension Mix supplies the most powerful antioxidants,
including water and fat soluble vitamin C, the ideal form of
alpha vitamin E, and plant extracts that help protect
against cellular DNA damage. Other ingredients in Life
Extension Mix enhance beneficial DNA methylation patterns,
and help maintain glycemic control and healthy levels of LDL
in those already within normal range.*
Life Extension Mix is the cornerstone of a
comprehensive supplement program because it provides so many
well-studied nutrients. If you are on a budget, Life
Extension Mix provides the best cost per milligram value.
With the addition of the newest ingredients, Life Extension
Mix has become an even greater value. |
