Rescue Yourself From Free Radicals with OPCs + II
by Georges Morisset, Pht
Matol's Health & Nutrition Board

The Dangers of free radicals .........................................................
"Free radicals have now been implicated in more than fifty medical problems, including various forms of cancer, heart disease, premature aging, cataracts and even AIDS."
Dr. Kenneth Coopers Antioxidant Revolution, 1994

While oygen is essential to life itself, it has a dark side ...................
Each of our cells utilizes oxygen to generate the energy that powers the body's many biochemical processes. Without oxygen, we simply could not exist. When energy is created by "burning" nutrients with oxygen, certain "rogue" oxygen molecules are inevitably created. These are known as free radicals. Unstable, these molecules escape the orderly process of the energy cycle and fire off at random, like sparks from a log on a fire. Having lost one of their electrons, free radical molecules seek to restore their balance by stealing a vital electron from other molecules. They become toxic, attacking and damaging our cells' DNA, altering its biochemical compound and even destroying some cells.

This enemy, we cannot see, we cannot feel but make no mistake about it: all of our organs and tissues are under constant attack by free radicals. Unless neutralized by antioxidants, free radicals can do great damage to the body, accelerating the aging process. It is at the source of many, if not most, serious ailments and all degenerative diseases.

Nature has provided for thebody's natural free radical damage. In fact, we would all be dead if it were not for the antioxidant enzymes produced within our bodies to combat free radical damage. These are complex proteins, -- like glutathione peroxidase, catalase and, perhaps the most important internally-generated antioxidant of all, superoxide dismutase (SOD). These molecules "quench" free radicals by receiving or donating an electron, rendering them harmless waste products, such as water and carbon dioxide, ready for excretion via urine, stools, sweat and exhalation. It is these complex proteins that serve as the body's most potent defence against free radical damage and the ensuing inflammatory reactions.

We live in a high stress oxidative environment, bombarded with more free radicals then what our body was originally designed to address. Exercise, stress, in fact anything that increases the heart rate and bodily use of oxygen increases free radical damage. Even breathing has become toxic because of the wide range of free radicals inherent in the not-so-clean air we breathe. Free radical damage is further compounded by multiple environmental factors such as air pollution, cigarette smoke, smog, car exhaust, toxic waste, pesticides, herbicides, ultra-violet radiation, drugs, etc. Our body's endogenous antioxidants alone cannot protect us.

Uncontrolled oxidation ..................................................................
The rusting of steel, the browning of a cut apple, the rotting of meat, and the degeneration of human flesh are all examples of uncontrolled oxidation.

Matol OPCs + II to the rescue ......................................................
Scientists have already identified dozens of antioxidants that help us cope with the ever increasing free radical offence that our bodies are faced with but none as potent as the one featured in Matol OPCs + II.

Matol OPCs + II ..........................................................................
Vitamins E, C, beta-carotene and minerals like zinc and selenium are already well known effective antioxidants. Each antioxidant has specific tasks to perform and each work in precise synergy with each other. In 1947, French scientist Dr. Jacques Masquelier was put on the track of antioxidants by a fortuitous reading of the explorer Jacques Cartier's journal in which he described the curing of scurvy of his crew by drinking an infusion of the bark from a local pine tree concocted by Indians living along the St-Lawrence River in 1535. The curative substances in this pine bark extract was identified as procyanidins. Dr. Masquelier identified grape seeds as a most potent source of procyanidins, which are easier to harvest and to stabilize. Scientists report that procyanidins from grape seed extract are 20 times more efficient than Vitamin C and 50 times more efficient than Vitamin E as free radical scavengers, not to mention that they also enhance the activity of Vitamin C as an antioxidant.

The authentic Masquelier OPCs grape seed extract is like no other grape seed extract anywhere in the world. It is further defined as very specific molecules called dimmers, trimmers and tetrameres, collectively called OPCs (Oligomeric Proantho Cyanidin).

Only Masquelier's authentic extract contains the di-tri-tetramers, is the only one with over 50 years of safe and effective results, and is the only one with pharmacological status in European countries.

Because Masquelier OPCs are both soluble in water and oil, they penetrate through cellular membranes and are 100% bioavailable. Four biochemical properties beneficial to our body have been recognized: free radical scavenging, collagen binding, inhibition of inflammatory enzymes and inhibition of histamine formation.

Dr. Masquelier OPCs potential benefits: ........................................
- Boosts immune system
- Protection from arteriosclerosis
- Enhances connective tissue health
- Reduces lipid peroxidation
- Boosts the effects of Vitamin C
- Lowers cholesterol levels
- Reduces inflammation & edema
- Reduced cancer risk
- Reduces risk of stroke & heart attack
- Effective antioxidant for brain & nerve tissue
- Possible arthritis reduction & relief
- Helps prevent inflammation of lung tissues
- Potential anti-aging benefits
- Reduction & repair of U.V. damage to cells
- Reduction of muscle cramps
- Potential for reduction of diabetic retinopathy

Added power ...............................................................................
In order to add even more power to this superior antioxidant formula, Matol has added two ingredients in OPCs + II : Acerola cherry extract, a rich and natural source of Vitamin C, and Beta 1, 3-D Glucan, known for its radio-protective effect that supports the immune system's ability to help prevent free radical formation by engulfing viruses, bacteria, tissue cells and other foreign debris. The result is a unique and very powerful antioxidant formula that can reduce free radical damage of blood cells by 85%, according to the latest research on Masquelier's grapevine seed extract presented at the 12th Annual Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology Meeting.

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