Astaxanthin is a deep red-colored phytonutrient synthesized by microalgae called Haematococcus. It is grown in fresh water using sophisticated techniques that encourage the algae to grow its own powerful medicines that protect it from oxidation, UV radiation and other environmental stresses. When harvested from the algae and concentrated into a liquid, astaxanthin becomes the most powerful antioxidant known in the natural world, demonstrating 550 times the antioxidant power of Vitamin E.
Astaxanthin is known as the "King of the Carotenoids". Carotenoids are the pigments that give many of the foods their beautiful colors. There are more than 700 different carotenoids. We can only obtain Carotenoids through our diet. Carotenoids are powerful nutrients that can help us live better and longer. Carotenoids are divided into 2 groups, Carotenes & Xanthophylls. Astaxanthin is a memeber of the Xanthophylls. It is unique from other members of the Xanthophylls because it has more hydroxyl groups, which allows it to do more in the body. Scientific literature also demonstrates that natural Astaxanthin surpasses many of the antioxidant benefits of vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene and other carotenoids. Studies of humans and animals have shown a variety of benefits from natural Astaxanthin:
Astaxanthin is fat-soluble, so it is carried by fat molecules directly to tissues and organs in your body where it is most needed, for example your skeletal muscles, your brain, your breast tissue, retina, and prostate tissue.
Astaxanthin is what makes the flesh of salmon pink. It is also what enables salmon to swim upstream in raging rivers and waterfalls for up to seven days. Without Astaxanthin, salmon are average swimmers, and their survival rate drops to less than one in five. When Astaxanthin is added to the diet of farm raised salmon the survival rate raises from 17% to 98%!
Astaxanthin has been used in various ways to enhance the health of animals. In tests, it has been shown to:
BioAstin - Natural Astaxanthin is the world's best selling brand of astaxanthin for humans. It is a dietary supplement with powerful antioxidant and other health benefits.
Cyanotech produces BioAstin from microalgae. It was the first source of astaxanthin for human nutrition reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In August 1999, BioAstin completed a review by the FDA without objection and was allowed to be sold in the USA as a human dietary supplement.
BioAstin's benefits derive from its superior antioxidant activity and from its ability to support and maintain natural inflammatory response, enhancing skin, muscle and joint health.
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