Why Antioxidants?

We are all leading increasingly busy lives and are faced with unavoidable environmental and lifestyle challenges such as pollution, work stress, smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor nutrition. All these factors can cause the body to produce what are known as ‘free radicals’. Your body actually needs some of these free radicals to function effectively and does so by producing them in the course of normal metabolic function, but too many can cause damage to millions of healthy functioning cells resulting in disease and ill health. It is believed that free radicals can be kept in check by regular consumption of antioxidants, which act as free radical ‘scavengers’ to help restore the free radical balance in your body.

Where can I find Antioxidants?

Natural antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and other plants are the best dietary source of antioxidants available to man. Therefore, the optimum way to get antioxidants into the body is through the regular consumption a variety of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, many people do not eat the recommended amount of 5 – 9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, so they may not be getting all the antioxidants they need. Also the fruits and vegetables that you buy from the supermarkets may not contain the maximum level of antioxidants because they are harvested with transport to the supermarket in mind rather than at peak ripeness when the antioxidants are at their highest concentration.

Different fruits and vegetables contain different levels of antioxidants. The amount of antioxidants in different foods varies, and tends to be dependent on colour.

As a general rule;

The Deeper and more Varied the Colour of the Fruit/Vegetable =
The more Potency and Quantity of Antioxidants in the Fruit/Vegetable

For example: Red Grapes contain more antioxidants than Green Grapes

Richly coloured fruits and vegetables such as cranberries, plums, pomegranates, red apples, strawberries, carrots, tomatoes, beetroots and broccoli, for example, contain high levels of antioxidants than paler coloured fruits and vegetables

How is Antioxidant Value Measured?

The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value is the most common method of measuring the antioxidant capacity of different foods. The higher the ORAC value the greater the antioxidant activity of the food.

How Many Antioxidants do I need Each Day?

The recommended amount of antioxidants required to maintain a healthy body is an intake of between 3,000 and 5,000 ORAC units per day. As a guide, a medium sized banana has an ORAC score of around 900 and a tomato around 350.

How can AntiOx Shots Help Me?

In an independent test by Brunswick Laboratories, 90ml AntiOx Shot were shown to have an average ORAC score of 3,600 – the ideal daily dose of antioxidants for optimum health!

The primary ingredients of AntiOx Shots are mangosteen and pomegranate. Both these fruits are rich in colour and high in antioxidants.

Mangosteen is a tropical super fruit with an exquisite flavour known throughout Asia as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. The antioxidants, known as xanthones, are found in the flesh and rind of the mangosteen. AntiOx Shots contain mangosteen whole fruit juice, which includes the fruit and a portion of rind, and contains high levels of powerful natural antioxidants.

Pomegranate is an ancient fruit dating back to 1,000 years BC. Pomegranates are known for their nutritional benefits. For example, one glass of pomegranate juice provides 100% of the recommended adult’s daily folic acid requirements, and is an abundant source of polyphenol powerful antioxidants called punicilagins. Pomegranates contain twice the level of polyphenol antioxidants as red wine, and up to 10 times the amount found in a cup of green tea.

AntiOx Shots also contain:

Red Pitaya (Dragon Fruit) juice and Hibiscus flower for additional antioxidants and natural colour; Passionfruit juice for taste and natural sugars with a small percentage (approximately 2%) of added sugar

AntiOx Shots do not contain any artificial colours or flavours.

AntiOx Shots are made from a careful combination of super fruit juice so that no extra colours or flavours are required, and you get a pure shot of your daily antioxidant requirement in one single bottle!