MELALEUCA'S OLIGOFRUCTOSE COMPLEX tm

There are several facts that exist regarding the quality of the nutrition that Americans are receiving today.

We are not getting the nutrition we need from our diets. Less than 20% of adults eat the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables.

This is the situation. Our modern diets have the majority of us gorging on calories but starving for the nutrition found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods. To compensate, we take a multivitamin to help fill the nutritional gaps in our diets. Unfortunately traditional multivitamins have two main problems.

1. Solubility: Unlike nutrients found naturally in plants, minerals in supplements are isolated and are less soluble in the intestines. The ph levels of the small intestine are very low, a ph of 1, on the order of a glass of water! At that level, the minerals re-crystalize back into their original form and thus are unable to be absorbed by the body.

2. Free Radical Generation: Isolated minerals found in other supplements sold in the marketplace release free radicals as they re-crystalize in the small intestine that can rob antioxidants (e.g. vitamins A, C, and E) of their effectiveness. In other words, the minerals that you are taking with the antioxidants in your multivitamin are creating free radicals, that are then "attacked" by the antioxidants that must neutralize them naturally. A little of the mineral may make its way into the body systems, but the antioxidants you were counting on to prevent disease and aging are basically rendered useless!

There is a solution, a new invention that will set the supplement industry on its ears in the coming months.

Melaleuca's new supplement line with patent-pending Oligofructose Complex (tm) binds minerals to organic compounds (oligofructose and amino acids) to mirror the way minerals are found in fruits and vegetables to help resolve the problems with traditional multivitamins.

Oligofructose Complex (tm)helps keep minerals soluble in the intestine- where nutrient absorption takes place and as a result helps protect the potency of vitamins by guarding the minerals, reducing their ability to generate excess free radicals.

Oligofructose Complex (tm)Is Exclusive to Melaleuca and
Patent-pending Oligofructose Complex (tm) was developed by Melaleuca scientists, and verified by independent scientific review.

Independently Researched and Tested results have yielded the following facts:

The rate that free radicals are generated by various products is as follows:

Centrum and one-a-day (using Sulfate, oxide)- 100%
GNC, usana, skaklee,herbalife (using Gluconate)- 75%
Pharmanex- (using Chelate) 40%
Melaleuca's Oligofructose Complex- 25%

Binding minerals such as copper and iron using Oligofructose Complex (tm) provides a free radical reduction rate of over 75%. Solubility is the key to absorption. Oligofructose complex (tm)proved to allow minerals to be over nine times more soluble than the forms used in One A Day and Centrum.

If you would like more information regarding this new discovery and how it can benefit you, please contact me at 917-331-9686, or by email at melafont@amjmarketingintl.com

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What are free radicals? Why are they damaging to the human body? And how does vitamins C and E and the other antioxidant nutrients help protect the body against free radical damage? I will attempt to answer these questions and help you understand they are important to your diet.

Background: A Brief Look at Chemical Bonding
To understand the way that free radicals and antioxidants interact, you must first understand a bit about cells and molecules. So here's a (very) brief refresher course in Physiology/Chemistry 101 ( I hope you dont fall asleep on me): The human body is composed of many different types of cells, composed of many different types of molecules. Molecules consist of one or more atoms of one or more elements joined by chemical bonds.

As you probably remember from your old high school days, (and you thought you would never need this stuff huh?), atoms consist of a nucleus, neutrons, protons and electrons. The number of protons (positively charged particles) in the atom's nucleus determines the number of electrons (negatively charged particles) surrounding the atom. Electrons are involved in chemical reactions and are the substance that bonds atoms together to form molecules. Electrons surround, or "orbit" an atom in one or more shells. The innermost shell is full when it has two electrons. When the first shell is full, electrons begin to fill the second shell. When the second shell has eight electrons, it is full, and so on.

The most important structural feature of an atom for determining its chemical behavior is the number of electrons in its outer shell. A substance that has a full outer shell tends not to enter in chemical reactions (an inert substance). Because atoms seek to reach a state of maximum stability, an atom will try to fill it's outer shell by:

1. Gaining or losing electrons to either fill or empty its outer shell or

2. Sharing its electrons by bonding together with other atoms in order to complete its outer shell.

Atoms often complete their outer shells by sharing electrons with other atoms. By sharing electrons, the atoms are bound together and satisfy the conditions of maximum stability for the molecule.

This is how free radicals are formed. Normally, bonds don't split in a way that leaves a molecule with an odd, unpaired electron. But when weak bonds split, free radicals are formed. Free radicals are very unstable and react quickly with other compounds, trying to capture the needed electron to gain stability. Generally, free radicals attack the nearest stable molecule, "stealing" its electron. When the "attacked" molecule loses its electron, it becomes a free radical itself, beginning a chain reaction. Once the process is started, it can cascade, finally resulting in the disruption of a living cell.

Some free radicals arise normally during metabolism. Sometimes the body's immune system's cells purposefully create them to neutralize viruses and bacteria. However, environmental factors such as pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke and herbicides can also spawn free radicals.

Normally, the body can handle free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable, or if the free-radical production becomes excessive, damage can occur. Of particular importance is that free radical damage accumulates with age.

How Antioxidants May Prevent Against Free Radical Damage:

The vitamins C and E, are thought to protect the body against the destructive effects of free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by donating one of their own electrons, ending the electron-"stealing" reaction. The antioxidant nutrients themselves don?t become free radicals by donating an electron because they are stable in either form They act as scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage that could lead to cellular damage and disease.

Vitamin E is the most abundant fat-soluble antioxidant in the body. One of the most efficient chain-breaking antioxidants available. Primary defender against oxidation. Primary defender against lipid peroxidation (creation of unstable molecules containing more oxygen than is usual).

Vitamin C is the most abundant water-soluble antioxidant in the body. It acts primarily in cellular fluid. Of particular note in combating free-radical formation caused by pollution and cigarette smoke. Also helps return vitamin E to its active form.

Picture a little cell, working its little heart out. You have 100,000,000,000,000 of them. Thats one hundred trillion cells. Each cell combines with other cells to form tissue. Tissue in turn forms organs, and organs form systems, like the endocrine system, the nervous system, the muscular system, etc. If the cell does not get the correct nutrition, well, it basically suffers, and eventually dies. Obviously, if a cell dies or is hurt, or functions less effectively, the tissue that it makes up also suffers, and the organs age, where out and die. Of course, then we die to if our organs die. Antioxidants prevent the damage caused by free radicals by nutrilizing the little buggers, satisfiying them and keeping them happy.

Heart Disease: Vitamin E may protect against cardiovascular disease by defending against LDL oxidation and artery-clogging plaque formation.

Cancer: Many studies have correlated high vitamin C intakes with low rates of cancer, particularly cancers of the mouth, larynx and esophagus.

The Lesson: Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables, but take supplements to boost the body's ability to fight to keep you healthy.

The antioxidants are believed to help protect the body from free-radical damage. But before you go out and stock your pantry with mega-doses of these vitamins, be warned: more is not always better. The long-term effect of large doses of these nutrients has not been proven. Other chemicals and substances found in natural sources of antioxidants may also be responsible for the beneficial effects.