Antioxidants and why ensuring adequate levels is essential for good health.

The major antioxidant nutrients are vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C and selenium. The phytochemicals (plant-derived antioxidant nutrients) are also important and you will find out all about this important class of antioxidants in the free educational guide accompanying the test kit.

These antioxidant nutrients protect your cells and tissues against oxidative damage caused by 'free radicals' and other reactive oxygen species. Damage to the body by free radicals can contribute to and cause illness and disease.

There is increasing evidence that antioxidant vitamins can help protect you against development of arteriosclerotic disease, diabetes, cancer and other degenerative disease including macular degeneration (a common form of eye blindness in older persons). Antioxidants are also important in helping to delay the aging process.

Therefore, ensuring adequate antioxidant levels is essential for good health and will help protect you from illness and disease.


How to ensure you have adequate antioxidant levels for good health.

Everyone handles antioxidant nutrients differently. It cannot be assumed from the diet alone if your antioxidant status is sufficient. A number of factors come into play in establishing your antioxidant status. Poor absorption, increased excretion, abnormal metabolism and utilization and stress are some factors that can lead to poor antioxidant status.

Simply loading up with antioxidant vitamins is of little use. For one thing, too much can be dangerous, e.g. with vitamin A where too high a level can cause birth defects and liver damage.

What is really needed is a way to help tailor individual requirements based on individual needs. In other words, an effective way to find out if your total antioxidant level is sufficient for good health or whether you have a deficiency. Antioxidant deficiency can put you at increased risk for poor health.

So how can you easily find out if your antioxidant status is sufficient?

It relies on the fact that the extent of free radical damage in the body, which can be easily measured, is directly related to your total antioxidant status.

One of the main advantage of this test is that it is non-invasive. Test sampling can be carried out easily and non-invasively at home.

Designed with Wellness and Optimum Nutrition in mind, the Antioxidant Test Kit will help you to discover your antioxidant status. You can use it to optimize your antioxidant levels to ensure sufficient protection from free radical damage.

With this information you will have an effective way to discover the level of antioxidant support needed in your diet or by supplementation.

Together with the general recommendations contained in the educational guide accompanying the results the test gives you the information you need to help improve your antioxidant status for optimum nutrition and health.


About the test kit:

The test measures a marker of free radical activity and provide an index of your total antioxidant status. [The marker used is lipid peroxides. The higher the levels, the lower your antioxidant status].

• You will get laboratory-quality results. The test kit comes with full instructions and the necessary collection vessel for collecting the small amount of urine needed. All you need do is return your sample to the lab in the packaging material provided.

• It's affordable and easy to use. Testing is non-invasive requiring only a small amount of urine sample. And no fasting is required.

• Your results are easy to interpret and comes with a graphical representation allowing easy visualization of where you are on the antioxidant protection scale.

example profile showing level compared to healthy normal values. At a glance you can tell if you are inside or outside normal scale.

• You will get pre-paid return postage supplied with the kit so all you need do is collect a small amount of urine and send it back to the lab in the mail.

• You will get your results posted to you and can also be easily accessed via the web site.

• Receive a free and concise educational guide with recommendations to help you attain optimal antioxidant protection for better health.