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Breakthrough Technologies in Nutritional Science

Pharmanex's Biophotonic Scanner is one of the most important breakthroughs in nutritional science.

What is the Scanner?
It's a revolutionary tool developed by Pharmanex to measure the carotenoid antioxidant levels in your skin-and prove the effectiveness of your supplements in improving your overall antioxidant health.

What does the Scanner do?
Place the palm of your hand in front of the Scanner's safe, low-energy blue light laser, and you will obtain an immediate reading of the carotenoid antioxidant levels in your skin-your Skin Carotenoid Score.

Why should I be scanned?
By measuring the stable level of carotenoid antioxidants in your skin and generating your Skin Carotenoid Score, the Scanner provides a more accurate and reliable biomarker of your overall antioxidant health status than other methods of measuring antioxidants.

Getting your Skin Carotenoid Score makes you aware of the antioxidant levels in your body-and gives you the push you need to improve your overall antioxidant health.

If you already advise clients or patients on good eating habits, nutrition or wellness and you would like to find out how you can use the scanner in your clinic or for more information CLICK HERE then get back to the person who recommended you visit this site or contact Paul Clegg direct.

Being Obese Accelerates Growth of Cancers

(NaturalNews) Obesity increases the risk of a large number of cancers, in some cases by more than 50 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Manchester and published in the journal Lancet.

The new study was designed as a follow-up to an October report by the World Research Cancer Fund, which concluded that excessive body fat could be a cause of certain cancers.

"This study has extended that further and reported specifically on 20 different types of cancer," said lead researcher Andrew Renehan. "We showed an association with less common cancers that had not been shown before."

"This does not surprise me at all." says Paul Clegg. "When measuring antioxidant levels of clients using the Biophotonic Scanner, BMI influences the score as much as smoking does. Stress, smoking, BMI and low consumption of fruit and vegetables give free radicals a license to accelerate the growth of cancer cells, in my personal view."

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Nutritional Authority David Wolfe Discusses Metabolism and Chocolate

(NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit and in this excerpt, David Wolfe shares on foods that speed up metabolism and the truth about chocolate. Original Article

Kevin: Yeah, I think that's a nice approach. What other foods are there that can speed up metabolism. People love to hear, I love to hear, foods that can speed up metabolism because everyone feels they're so sluggish.

David: Well, we categorize these foods that speed up metabolism as super foods because not only do they speed up metabolism but they're also usually complete protein sources. They're usually some of the richest sources of minerals, natural trace minerals in food, and some of the best sources of vitamins. For example, the goji berry. The goji berry is one of the hottest substances, foods, in the world right now. In fact, it has just really, you know, caught fire in the west. The goji berry is a simple berry. It's a snack food. It's about the size of a raisin. It tastes great. You know, I start people on goji berries, even some of the top executives in America. That's the one thing they get from me. They get on the goji berries and they eat it all day long every day. What it does is it keeps you alert because of all the protein. It keeps the blood sugars stable but it also has all these trace minerals. It speeds up metabolism. It increases weight loss. In fact, I have a little story to tell. I sent this one executive off to Europe. I had met him at a party, talked to him about what I do. He said, "look, just give me a bag of whatever you've got. I'm going to Europe for six weeks tomorrow morning".

Kevin: Right.

David: I had to come up... I had to go to my car and just pull together all I had right there. What I had was I had goji berries.

Kevin: Um-hum.

David: I had another super food, which we're going to talk about, which is cacao beans, which is the raw chocolate nut. All chocolate is made from a nut. Most people are not aware of this. And this nut is the most widely eaten nut in the world; a hundred times more people eat it than almonds but not in its original form, in its processed form, which we call chocolate. Anyway, I gave him a bag of the cacao beans, the goji berries, a bag of cashews and I mixed it all together -- I mean it must have been two pounds of stuff. It was in, you know, those big Ziploc bags?

Kevin: Sure.

David: And I handed it to him and I said, "okay, every time you're tempted to snack on something in an airport. Every time you run out of food. Every time you feel hungry, snack on this." Well, he shows up -- I hear a knock at my door six weeks later and it's him.

Free Radicals and Antioxidants

NaturalNews) Contrary to popular belief, free radicals are not entirely bad for your health. Free radicals, by definition, are reactive elements that want to steal electrons from compounds that they come into contact with.

The vast majority of free radicals that exist in your body at any given moment can be traced back to one of the following sources:

* Everyday metabolic pathways that occur in your body to produce energy

* Environmental toxins, such as industrial pollutants, household chemicals, and cigarette smoke

* Physical stressors, such as unhealthy oils, food preservatives, and the wide variety of chemicals that are found in almost all highly refined foods

* Emotional stress

Free radicals inflict damage upon other compounds by stealing electrons from them, which initiates bouts of inflammation that can lead to scar tissue formation. For example, if enough free radicals steal electrons from the inner wall of one of your blood vessels, the resulting inflammation can lead to hardening of the vessel wall, which can cause compromised blood circulation in that area of your body.

Tomato extract helps improve heart health

Tomato extract helps reverse "sticky" blood, improves heart health

(NaturalNews) Tomato extracts can boost heart health by deleting the accumulation of platelets that eventually lead to blood clots, heart attacks and strokes, according to two complimentary studies from British researchers. They say the aggregation of platelets is one of the three major components of heart disease.

This component has largely been ignored by the manufacturers of products attempting to reach a growing health-conscious shopping crowd. The researchers say "As a functional food or dietary supplement, tomato extract may have a role in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease by reducing platelet activation, which could contribute to a reduction in thrombotic events." Both studies were led by Niamh O'Kennedy from Provexis.

Welch's Step Up Advertising About Antioxidants

Welch's 100% Grape Juice is naturally abundant in protective antioxidants

It may surprise you to learn that Welch's 100% Grape Juice, made from Welch's own Concord grapes, recently ranked #1 in antioxidant capacity per serving among all juices and beverages tested in an independent study of 1000+ common foods.1 In fact, Welch's Grape Juice has more than twice the natural antioxidant power of orange juice.2

The natural antioxidant power of fruits and vegetables comes from certain natural plant compounds. Concord grapes are abundant sources of natural plant compounds called polyphenols and, in particular, contain a subgroup of polyphenols called flavonoids. When we make our juices we press the whole grapes, straight from the vines, with skins and seeds intact. Because polyphenols are typically found in the seeds and skins, these natural plant nutrients are transferred into the juice during the press, making our purple 100% Grape Juice an antioxidant superstar.

But not all grape juices are the same. Many purple grape juices are not made from antioxidant rich Concord grapes and, consequently, those juices may have significantly less total antioxidant capacity.

Grape seed flavonoids demonstrate anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties

(NewsTarget) Natural nutritional elements in grape seeds offer a wide variety of antioxidant, anti-cancer and other benefits, according to the web site PDRHealth.com. A type of mixed flavonoid - proanthocyanidins - extracted from grape seeds are the essential ingredient.

What you need to know - Conventional View

• The proanthocyanidins are what's important here: They have been shown to hold antioxidant properties. In laboratory tests, grape seeds have been considered to have possible anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-atherogenic properties. Lab tests suggest that the anti-cancer properties include cardioprotective (heart) properties, hepatoprotective (blood/liver) properties and capillary protective properties. Grape seeds also have, through in vitro tests, been observed to help fight lung, breast and stomach cancers.

• Anecdotal evidence suggests that they also are useful for treating varicose veins, arthritis and some allergies. In other in vitro tests, the grape seeds have been linked with helping the vascular system.

• According to PDRHealth.com, these grape seeds can be found under the brands "Proanthodyn Grape Seed Extract (Source Naturals), Activin Grape Seed Extract (Natrol), Grape Seed Power (Nature's Herbs), Grape Pips (Nutricology), Grape Seed Phytosome (Enzymatic Therapy) and Grapenol (Solaray)."

What you need to know - Alternative View Statements and opinions by Mike Adams

• Grape seeds contains remarkable natural medicine with greater safety and efficacy than any pharmaceutical for treating cardiovascular disorders. Grape seed extract is ignored by drug companies because, being a natural substance, it cannot be patented and sold for profit. But with natural health practitioners, it is well known as powerful medicine. Chewing grape seeds is a natural way to consume more proanthocyanidins. Seek out grapes with seeds, and chew the seeds. (They're crunchy.)

• Isn't it interesting that our food supply has been stripped of the natural medicine in grapes through the promotion of seedless grapes? In many grocery stores, it's impossible to find grapes with seeds. This is what denies the public access to healing nutrients that can protect them from heart disease, cancer, inflammation and other health problems.

Biophotonic Scanner - A Breakthrough?

I encourage you to find out more about the Biophotonic Scanner, a breakthrough in the measurement of anti-oxidents and carotanoids at cellular level.

Given the connection between anti-oxidents, life expectancy and the aging process this piece of equipment cannot be underestimated.

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I would particularly recommend you view the following:

* Pharmanex Scanner
* All nutrition supplements are not the same

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