Head and Heart: Part One of a Two-part Series about the Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 Fatty Acids are comprised primarily of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and each plays a significant role in supporting your body's two most important organs: your brain and your heart. Part one in this series focuses on DHA and its impact on your brain. Part two will emphasize the benefits of EPA on your heart.

This Is Your Brain

Your brain is the thought center of your body. As you age, however, its ability to learn and retain information decreases for a number of reasons. Brain cells get worn down over time due to oxidized stress. Oxidized stress is caused by exposure to free radicals that are brought into the body through pollution and certain things that we eat. DHA actually helps to counteract the negative effects that are caused by oxidized stress.

DHA makes up 97% of the essential Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the brain. Its purpose is to provide fluidity in the brain and assist with neurotransmission. During the aging process, however, the brain essentially uses up DHA and it is necessary to replenish these reserves. Because our bodies don't actually produce DHA, it is necessary to consume this essential fatty acid either in the foods we eat or in supplemental form.

This Is Your Brain on DHA

By increasing your intake of DHA you take steps to support your brain function and mental capacities. It is very important that you replenish the DHA that is lost naturally through the aging process. When your diet includes enough DHA, your brain is able to retain its necessary fatty composition in order to keep firing on all cylinders.

In addition, DHA is also a key component of the eye's retina. Similar to the brain, the eye requires DHA to improve fluidity and to aid in the transmission of light. DHA deficiency is related to both structural and functional eye issues, but by increasing supply of DHA you can help support the eye's overall health and functionality.

Any Questions?

The good news is that you can now take steps to ensure your diet has the proper amount of DHA to support lasting brain function. DHA is most available in fish oil, but fish oil typically comes with a not surprisingly fishy taste. There is a way, however, to avoid this fishy taste with the delicious and drinkable liquid, OmegaSmoothiePrutect. OmegaSmoothiePrutect is part of the PruTect family of products that combined with ProteinPruTect helps your body more quickly recover from surgery.

To learn more about the benefits of SurgiPack go here, and look forward to the second installment of this Omega series in the weeks ahead.

New Lower Price on Omega3ProteinPruTect

ProteinPruTect is in such high demand that we've been able to dramatically increase our production runs, cutting the cost almost in half. As a result, we've been able to cut the price on both Omega3ProteinPruTect bundles by 34%.

If you have difficulty swallowing pills, you can now get all of your daily omega-3, aminos, immno-stimulation, GI support, and brain protection needs fulfilled—pill-free.

Omega3SmoothiePruTect
As a delicious and drinkable liquid, OmegaSmoothiePruTect provides all the benefits of rich omega-3 without the fishy taste or huge pills to swallow. A serving of two teaspoons provides up to 720 mg of highly absorbable omega-3 fatty acids, EPA & DHA, which are essential to your body's ability to support joint tissue health, and brain and nervous system function. The result: you get nine times more fish oil absorbed into your bloodstream than standard fish oil softgels.* Omega3ProteinPruTect is available in two flavors: key lime and lemon meringue. Learn more about Learn more about OmegaSmoothiePruTect.

Dr. Chad recommends two teaspoons (10 mL) of per day. One bottle includes 43 servings.

ProteinPruTect
ProteinPruTect represents an innovative approach to biotransformation for people wanting to boost immunity, gastrointestinal (GI) function and strengthen overall health. This all-natural, gluten-free, dairy-free, fructose-free formula features patented and proprietary ingredients, including 21g of Vegan Protein Blend (a proprietary blend of pea protein isolate, rice protein concentrate, taurine, L-glutamine, and glycine), as well as serum-derived immunoglobulin concentrate, glucoraphanin, and arabinogalactan, a prebiotic. The combination of ingredients also serve as a natural appetite suppressant.* Learn more about ProteinPruTect.

Dr. Chad recommends two level scoops per day. One order of ProteinPruTect lasts 30 days.

Broccoli Seed Extract: the Ultimate Antioxidant

Everyone knows that broccoli is good for you, but not all broccoli is created equal. SGS broccoli seed extract is a super-vegetable that provides three days of antioxidant support and boasts the highest level of glucoraphanin (13%), more than any other broccoli product on the market today.

NeuroPruTect and ProteinPruTect contain 60mg and 30mg, respectively, of SGS broccoli seed extract.

Why is Broccoli So Great?

Because broccoli contains glucosinolate, glucoraphanin and isothiocyanates:

• Glucoraphanin is the glucosinolate found in broccoli and converts to sulforaphane in the body
• Isothiocyanates are the bioactive molecules that trigger antioxidant activity in the body, with the most well-known being sulforaphane

Sulforaphane was identified in 1992 as the compound in broccoli responsible for many of its positive benefits. These compounds and their mechanisms have been studied extensively and supported by more than 500 scientific publications.

• The science has particularly focused on the compound's ability to selectively boost Phase II enzymes, enhancing the detoxification of cells
• These indirect antioxidants eliminate many types of free radicals, are recycled by the body, and remain active for up to three days

Broccoli Seed Extract

Due to the fragility of broccoli sprouts, SGS broccoli seed extract is made from the seed where glucoraphanin is most concentrated and stable. SGS broccoli seed extract is:

• Produced in North America under the FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Standards (cGMP) for drugs
• A completely natural process, using water extraction
• Patented in the US and international markets
• Specially formulated for tablets
• Kosher

NeuroPruTect Now Available

As part of the PruTect Series, NeuroPruTect enhances brain health and is available from PruTectRx.

ProteinPruTect: New Lower Price & Better than Ever

Same Great Formula, New Lower Price (and Still No Glutens)

Your health is so important to us that we've dropped the price on ProteinPruTect by $55 per 30-day supply.

ProteinPruTect is in such high demand that we've been able to dramatically increase our production runs, cutting the cost almost in half. We want this to be your gain as it's the same completely natural formula, featuring:

• Non-genetically modified pea & rice vegetable protein to maximize absorption
• Serum-derived immunoglobulin concentrate
• Arabinogalactan—a prebiotic
• Glucoraphanin
• High amino acid profile including 4g of glutamine

Learn more about ProteinPruTect protein powder from PruTectRx

Accelerated Recovery from Surgery

If you know anyone having surgery, please recommend SurgiPack, which will help accelerate surgical recovery following any procedure.

Dr. Chad Surgical Recovery Tip

When combined with our liquid omega-3 nutritional supplement, OmegaSmoothiePruTect, and as part of our Omega3ProteinPruTect Key Lime and Lemon Meringue bundles (you get 10% off), you can now get all of your daily omega-3, aminos, immno-stimulation, GI support, and brain protection needs fulfilled pill-free when it's difficult to eat and swallow, especially for cervical spine surgery and procedures affecting the throat, abdomen and digestive tract.

Not All Calcium Is Created Equally...

Not all forms of calcium are the same. OsteoPruTect features micro-crystalline hydroxyapatite concentrate (MCHC), a premium, proprietary, cryogenically processed whole bone extract that is twice as effective as calcium carbonate at building bone.

MCHC originates from New Zealand, the country that raises one of the world's safest, most natural sources of bone. MCHC provides a crystalline calcium and phosphorous matrix in the ideal physiological ratio of 2:1. MCHC also delivers bioactive growth factors and type I collagen, amino acids, glycosaminoglycans and a broad range of essential trace elements. During four decades of scientific research on MCHC, numerous studies document the reversal of bone loss at therapeutic levels of supplementation.

Though MCHC is perhaps the most powerful form of calcium found in any supplement on the market, its effectiveness is minimized without proper absorption. That is why OsteoPruTect also features the collagen catalyst ch-OSA® and vitamin D3.

OsteoPruTect Now Available
As part of the PruTect Series, OsteoPruTect is now available from PruTectRx.

How Collagen Strengthens Bone

OsteoPruTect contains choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid (ch-OSA®)—one of the most effective substances on the market for promoting the generation of collagen. This collagen catalyst links together single chains of amino acids to form collagen strands. The collagen strands create the core-post "binding sites" for calcium and other bone minerals. In addition to helping reduce wrinkles, the oral supplementation of ch-OSA has been studied in chicks, rats, calves and humans. [1,2,3,4]

In a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, (n=136 women; T score <1.5), a study group received 6mg of ch-OSA along with 1,000mg calcium and 800 IU vitamin D3, while another group received a placebo in addition to the same amounts of calcium and vitamin D3. Upon completion, the study group showed a 19% increase in serum procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (PINP), the most sensitive bone formation marker, an overall positive trend for other bone formation markers (BAP, osteocalcin), and a 2.00% increase in BMD compared to the women taking only placebo, calcium and vitamin D3. Additionally, the ch-OSA group showed no adverse effects. [5]

An earlier study demonstrated that orthosilicic acid directly stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis in human osteoblast-like cells (bone-forming cells) and enhances osteoblastic differentiation. [6] Another OSA study demonstrated that the increase in collagen-responsible bone flexibility resulted in a greater resistance to physical stress. [7]

In addition to strengthening bones, ch-OSA and the collagen it helps generate helps prevent wrinkles. A nice side benefit, no?

OsteoPruTect Now Available
As part of the PruTect Series, OsteoPruTect is now available from PruTectRx.

References

1. Calomme M. et al. Effect of ch-OSA on bone density in chicks. Poster presentation at 29th European Symposium on Calcifi ed Tissues May 25-29, 2002.
2. Calomme M, et al. Effect of choline stabilized orthosilicic acid on bone density in ovariectomized rats. J Bone Miner Res, 2004 Oct; (19)(S1), S449 [PMID: 16604283]
3. Calomme M, et al. Partial prevention of long-term femoral bone loss in aged ovariectomized rats supplemented with choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid. Calcif Tissue Int. 2006; 78(4):227-32 [PMID: 16604283]
4. Calomme M, et al. Supplementation of calves with stabilized orthosilicic acid. Biol Trace Elem Res. 1997 Feb; 56(2):153-65 [PMID: 9164661]
5. Spector TD, Calomme MR, et al. Choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid supplementation as an adjunct to Calcium/Vitamin D3 stimulates markers of bone formation in osteopenic females: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, June 11; 9:85 [PMID: 18547426]
6. Reffi tt DM, et al. Orthosilicic acid stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation in human osteoblast-like cells in vitro. Bone 2003 Feb; 32(2):127-35 [PMID: 12633784]
7. Jugdaohsingh R, et al. Dietary silicon intake is positively associated with bone mineral density in men and premenopausal women of the Framingham Offspring cohort. J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Feb; 19(2):297-307 [PMID: 14969400]

You Are What You Eat

It's becoming increasingly difficult to know what's actually in the food we eat every day. Seemingly normal foods are becoming adulterated through processes that go unseen and, as they say, "out of sight out of mind."

But there are dangers with blindly trusting the source of what you put in your body. Anything from vegetables to eggs to milk can be genetically modified (GM) in some way as it moves along the food chain. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) represent an experimental technology that creates plant and animal genes that cannot occur on their own in nature.

GMO foods can be toxic or allergenic. At a very basic level they can also cause digestive issues as well. As it becomes more difficult to track the lineage of your food, you are at an increased risk of experiencing the negative effects of consuming GM foods. That is why it is becoming increasingly important to know where your food comes from.

Non-GMO Vegetable Protein & Nutritional Supplements

When a person undergoes surgery, it is even more important to reduce exposure to potentially harmful foods. For this reason, ProteinPruTect uses only non-GMO rice and pea protein, the benefits of which are two-fold:

1. There is no risk of consuming potentially harmful substances, and
2. Rice and pea based protein does not contain any allergens such as eggs, soy, milk, or wheat (glutens)

Another benefit of non-GMO vegetable protein is especially important after surgery when you take into account the fact that pain medication frequently causes digestive issues. By using a non-allergenic protein to boost recovery, you help support healthy digestive system function.

ProteinPruTect

When combined with immunoglobulin concentrate and arabinogalactan, ProteinPruTect helps accelerate surgery recovery and promotes daily wellness. ProteinPruTect is only available from PruTectRx.