Gina Jackson Personal Fitness

I started using Resveratrol about 2 weeks ago and am starting to pay closer attention to the differences in my energy and those of many (well actually most) of my students and clients that are generally younger than me.

Yes, I know I am a little like “cayenne pepper” at times, but I still regularly use vitamins to support my mental, physical and 45+ year old body.

Yes, I challenge (and sometimes encourage) most clients to eat healthy proteins, fruits and vegetables regularly and to support their own health, fitness and body with vitamin supplements. The higher the quality the better. Truthfully, every single person that has followed by admonition for vitamin supplements, has come back thanking me for the change in their energy levels, minimized joint problems, etc.

Two weeks ago, I started using using an isotonic* solution. This basically means I am drinking my nutrient supplement to get the maximum value as quickly as possible. Since I am over 45+ years old, I am primarily focused on antioxidants, in my diet and my nutrient supplementation.

Antioxidants act as “free radical scavengers” and hence prevent and repair damage done by these free radicals. Health problems such as heart disease, macular degeneration, diabetes, cancer, etc are all contributed by oxidative damage. Antioxidants may also enhance immune defense and therefore lower the risk of cancer and infection. They are found abundant in beans, grain products, fruits and vegetables. Brightly colored fruits and vegetables, in fact; lutein in some of the yellow pigments found in corn; orange in cantaloupe, butternut squash and mango; red from lycopene in tomatoes and watermelon, and purple and blue in berries.

It is best to obtain these antioxidants from foods instead of supplements, and while I eat a lot of fruits and veggies, I am “pumping up the volume,” with an isotonic supplement of Resveratrol.

Need Energy?

Poor cellular and cardiovascular health is becoming a worldwide epidemic. An unhealthy diet of processed, high-calorie, high-fat foods, pollution, smoking and sedentary lifestyles all contribute to poor cell and heart health.

Scientists revealed The French Paradox, which states that even though the French drink, smoke and eat high-fat foods they have some of the lowest incidences of poor cardiovascular and cellular health. Scientists attribute this to the large amounts of red wine that the French consume, or more importantly, an extract found in red wine, resveratrol.

Resveratrol is an ingredient with incredible clinical research revealing that it supports cardiovascular and normal cell health. Because wine is so highly processed, the actual amount of resveratrol is quite low. One would have to drink at least three bottles of red wine a day to experience the effects of resveratrol extract. Additionally, the content of resveratrol in red wine is inconsistent and varies by type of wine, region and processing techniques. Resveratrol extract or more specifically, Resveravine®, which is a more concentrated form of resveratrol, ensures that the body reaps all of the benefits of resveratrol, without the ill effects from three bottles of wine.*

Isotonix® Resveratrol is an isotonic-capable supplement, made from three patented ingredients, Resveravine with 20% resveratrol extract, BioVin® Advanced with 5% resveratrol extract, and VitaBlue® (wild blueberry extract), designed to promote normal cell health.

Isotonix Resveratrol works to maintain cell health, promote normal cell cycle activity, promote apoptosis (programmed cell death) in unhealthy cells, support the normal activity of the SIRT-1 gene, and promote cardiovascular health, by promoting healthy platelet activity, promoting vasorelaxation, and providing antioxidant protection of LDL particles. Resveravine is a combination of trans-resveratrol (20% purity) and viniferin extracted from vine stems, which work synergistically to enhance the effectiveness of resveratrol extract. Trans-resveratrol is the predominate isomer found in red wine grapes and juice, and Resveravine is 100 to 300 times more concentrated in trans-resveratrol than other products from grape skin.

According to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, trans-resveratrol may have a higher bioavailability than other isomers of resveratrol. Resveravine provides a higher level of free radical defense against oxidative stress, stronger promotion of normal cellular activity, and higher antioxidant protection of LDL particles than pure resveratrol extract.

30 Day Test

So watch out folks. I am on a 30-day test to monitor closely the effects and outcome of taking the product. I need to be clear about it before I suggest you try it.

I promise to report back the results and my full experience before Christmas 2009.
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*Isotonic solution: A solution that has the same salt concentration as the normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to a hypertonic solution or a hypotonic solution. An isotonic beverage may be drunk to replace the fluid and minerals which the body uses during physical activity.

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