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“ANTIOXIDANTS” ARE HERE TO STAY & HALO™ IS BLAZING THE WAY!

By Penny Richards

Everywhere you go you hear the latest health buzzword: “ANTIOXIDANTS”. Making HALO™ the new “A Team”. The media are inundating us with information about antioxidants. The scientific community is expounding on their health benefits. Food suppliers and the beauty industry have jumped on the bandwagon. Even a recent anti-aging segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show had Dr. Mehmet Oz touting their wonders.

Sure, the word is out about antioxidants but some of us are still unclear as to how powerful and needed antioxidants are for good health. And just how do we get them into our diet?

Antioxidant Class 101: Antioxidants repair cells in our body damaged by free radicals.

So, what’s a free radical and why is it so bad?

Every day in our modern world we’re exposed to negative elements like pollution, chemicals and UV rays. Even our own bodies (the traitors) produce stress hormones and toxic chemical reactions that are highly damaging to our cells. These toxins weaken the molecules in our cells causing them to lose an electron (a part in the cell that carries electrical charges allowing your cells to work together). These weakened molecules – the free radicals (or oxidants) - then steal electrons from other molecules to compensate, thus damaging (or oxidizing) those cells and the marauding and damage continues on and on. Once a nasty free radical is created, the damage can spread rapidly.

Free radicals in blood vessels are caused by things such as cigarette smoke, deep-fried foods or air pollution. They change the structure of the LDL (bad) cholesterol causing it to clog up your arteries creating heart problems. Excess sunlight and air pollution can create free radicals in your eyes leading to cataracts and blindness and damage cell DNA in skin cells thus raising the risk of skin cancers and accelerating wrinkles. "Free radicals can damage any cells that get in their way," says Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Antioxidant lab at Tufts University in Boston.

The only way we can protect our bodies and combat these disease-causing free radicals is with antioxidants. It’s as simple as that! Antioxidants stop oxidative damage by replacing a molecule's “stolen” electron without damaging other molecules. They disarm free radicals and rehabilitate them back into “law-abiding citizens” of your body’s cellular community. Antioxidants are also designed to combat specific enemies. For example, isothiocyanates (found in broccoli) attack pollutants such as cancer-causing nicotine and smog. Vitamin C blocks uncontrolled cell division that creates tumors and Selenium fires up the genes needed to break down carcinogens. Antioxidants are like a million microscopic “Delta Force” troops on an internal mission to save your body!

Study after study has proven that antioxidants help prevent heart disease, cancer, reduce risks of degenerative diseases, safeguard memory, soothe pain, protect joints, reduce muscle soreness and fatigue, avert blindness (macular degeneration and cataracts) and even ward off wrinkles.

So where do you get these amazing needed antioxidants? Fruits and vegetables, and even wine, chocolate and beef, all have antioxidant values. Unfortunately, we would have to overeat to get all the antioxidants needed on a daily basis. The USDA Food Pyramid recommends we eat five servings of an assortment of fruits and vegetables a day; but most of us get less than two. Not even close.

Antioxidant drinks are the newest “A” on the block and a great source of antioxidants, but how do you choose which one is the best and most beneficial? Answer: One with the highest “ORAC” --- “Oxygen Radical Absorbency Capacity” --- a scientific lab test that measures the potency and ability to absorb oxidants. The higher the number the stronger and greater the potency.

Time to call in the “A Team”. With the highest, unprecedented ORAC number on the market today – at over 140,000 ORAC units per liter bottle – HALO™ Leaf of Life is the most potent antioxidant on the planet! Just one ounce a day is equivalent to the potency of eating TEN+ servings of fruits and vegetables. What makes HALO™’s ORAC so high? The superior ingredients and proprietary formulation of these ingredients enables them to work “synergistically,” creating an amazing new “A Team” that can kick a whole lot of “free radical” booty! As your body kills off the free radicals, it enables your immune system to work at its peak efficiency naturally. Be aware, most labels on other products won’t even mention an ORAC number, and those that do won’t have a level even close to HALO™ Leaf of Life.

Six of HALO™’s seven ingredients are packed with incredibly potent antioxidants. The seventh is a high mineral combination designed to distribute the “A Team” efficiently to every cell in your body to help battle disease and early aging.

Congratulations! Now you should feel more confident and better informed about the importance of antioxidants and their amazing healing properties. We hope you make the wise choice in incorporating HALO™ Leaf of Life in your daily diet. Read our testimonials to learn about some incredible experiences our dedicated HALO™ Leaf of Life customers are having. Be prepared to feel great and go kick some “free radical” butt with the “A Team”!