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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) - An Essential Nutrient For Energy
The nutrient Coenzyme Q10 is so essential to our body's energy production that we cannot function optimally without it.
Although Co10 is present in food, realizing the diminished quality of our food supply, it is probably a smart choice to take an additional CoQ10 supplement daily. I suggest you try at least 100 mg additionally daily.
Benefits Of, And Comparisons Between Grape Seed Extract and Pycnogenol
Taking antioxidants daily helps reduce inflammations of any kind. Antioxidants strengthen our capillaries, arteries, veins, and blood vessel walls; they also improve circulation, joint flexibility, skin smoothness, and elasticity.
When choosing between the antioxidants Pycnogenol and Grape Seed Extract, let me tell you that both have an excellent research record and will have many similar, positive effects in the body.
Only three differences give Grape Seed Extract the edge.
Beta-Carotene And Alpha-Carotene Use In Cancer Studies
Plenty of research continues to be done on cancers. Several of those studies focused on the cancer-preventive potential of Vitamin A and its precursors, Alpha-Carotene and Beta-Carotene. The latter has been studied widely as a promising chemo-preventive agent in reducing the risk of cancer in humans.
Not many people know that daily supplementation with carotenes has shown tumor reducing activities in specific cancers, such as oral cavity, head and neck, as well as colon.
Mother Nature's Amazing Carotenoids And Their Benefits
Carotenoids are essential compounds in nature. They are pigments showing red, orange, yellow, and purple colors in birds, fish, flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
Their health benefits include that they can protect us from disease and that they can strengthen our immune system. But there is more!! Without carotenoids we would not be able to see at all, because there would be no Vitamin A and thus no light gathering pigments in the eye.
