Antioxidants and good health
Many of the plant-based food and drinks in your diet – including fruit, vegetables, legumes, tea, coffee and even dark chocolate – are rich in naturally occurring antioxidant compounds called polyphenols, which are believed to be at least partially responsible for the health benefits associated with consuming a varied and nutritious diet.1
Polyphenol antioxidants are also present in many medicinal plants, and often play important roles in herbs’ therapeutic effects.2
Synergistic antioxidants
Fusion Revital 8 is a synergistic blend of botanical extracts rich in polyphenol antioxidants, which help reduce the formation of free radicals in the body.
Free radicals are produced in the body during normal cellular metabolism and from excessive exposure to the sun, pollution and many chemicals in our environment, food, water and air.
A balance between antioxidants and free radicals is vital for normal physiological function. Antioxidants are beneficial in maintaining good health.
Revital 8 includes:
- High-strength resveratrol from Japanese knotweed, which provides antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions
- Green tea, standardised for its content of catechins, including epigallocatechin-3-0-gallate (EGCG). Green tea catechins support healthy cholesterol
- Grape seed extract, with procyanidins that provide antioxidant activity and maintain general health and wellbeing
- Milk thistle standardised for its silybin content
- Curcuminoids from turmeric, including curcumin, which exerts antioxidant actions in the body
- Piperine, from black pepper, which enhances the bioavailability of curcumin
References:
1. Cory H, Passarelli S, Szeto Ju, et al. Front Nutr 2018;5:87.
2. Braun L, Cohen M. Herbs and natural supplements, 3rd ed. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone, 2010. Kindle edition.
