THE PROBLEM: THE ANTIOXIDANT MYTH

Our bodies benefit from the vitamins and minerals found in foods known to be rich in antioxidants such as oranges, dark chocolate and red wine. We’ve all been led to believe that if we eat these foods and other foods like them, we’ll receive tremendous antioxidant rewards.
But you can’t simply eat your way to excellent health!

Surprisingly, scientific studies show that your body can’t possibly ingest enough antioxidants to eliminate the number of free radicals your body makes every day. You would need to eat ridiculous amounts of foods rich in antioxidants (32 pounds of strawberries, 31 pounds of raspberries, or 15 pounds of dark chocolate per day for example), to achieve the antioxidant power you get from one Protandim caplet each day.

Direct antioxidants destroy 1 free radical for every 1 antioxidant molecule consumed.  Your body creates 3X10²³ (3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 3 septillion) free radicals every day!  We simply cannot ingest enough to be effective.  And studies have shown us that over supplementation of antioxidants can be harmful, even dangerous.

Over 99% of all products on the market today that claim an antioxidant benefit rely on the Orac Scale.  However, every single direct plant based antioxidant, such as those found in wild blueberries, goji berries, dark chocolate, and acai berries, is not really beneficial when you consider all the facts!  Yes, antioxidants take out free radicals. Yes, we can take them in the form of a pill or in antioxidant rich foods (direct antioxidants). Yes, free radicals can be lethal, but direct antioxidants can only take them out at a ratio of 1:1. Since there are 3 septillion free radicals created in our bodies’ everyday, and since one direct antioxidant eliminates one free radical then it’s used up, it would be impossible to take enough direct antioxidant supplements to get them all.

On the other hand, your white blood cells and lymphocytes have the ability to produce “super antioxidant enzymes” that can eliminate the free radicals at a 1:1,000,000 per second ratio (without being depleted) every second — 24 hours per day!  These primary super antioxidant enzymes are Super Oxide Dysmutase (SOD), Glutathione (GSH), and Catalase (CAT). The body’s natural production of these enzymes is the only effective solution to combating the free radical problem.  Most healthy newborns to healthy 20 year olds are producing enough of these very special enzymes to eradicate those 300 septillion free radicals per day.


Scientific research has shown that individuals who have low levels of these naturally produced enzymes are more susceptible to chronic illness. Research also shows that the production of these enzyme levels, steadily decline by 8% to 12% per decade, beginning at the age of 20. Their production is further reduced by continual stress upon the immune system such as illness, infection, and environmental toxins. As we now know, a lowered immune system significantly increases the risk of chronic illness and disease. This is a vicious cycle. Now there is finally a solution: Protandim.