As oxidation takes place in the body over time — due to normal chemical reactions like eating or moving, but also from exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins — certain compounds can become very reactive and damage cells. At times, this causes abnormal cells to grow and multiply, or it can have other effects like slowing metabolic efficiency and changing neuron signalling. Adequate intake of antioxidants largely prevents this form happening, protecting the body against oxidative stress.
NuBody was developed from years of clinical experience, to give the body the optimum chance of keeping in shape from a nutritional perspective given the stresses of the modern day life style. It’s great taking all kinds of supplements, but when you need protection and rebuilding material, you need the best.
That’s why NuBody does not only give some of the most essential building materials for the body, but also a wide spectrum of anti oxidant protection.
NuBody will aid your body in rebuilding degenerating parts like, skin, hair, nails, brain, joints, circulatory system, gut, sagging bits as well as provide protection against the onslaught of modern day environmental and dietary toxins.
What is in NuBody
Collagen
Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. It’s found in muscles, bones, skin, blood vessels, digestive system and tendons. It’s what helps give our skin strength and elasticity, along with replacing dead skin cells. When it comes to our joints and tendons, in simplest terms, it’s the “glue” that helps hold the body together.
Our body’s collagen production naturally begins to slow down as we age. We can thank this degenerative process for signs of ageing, such as wrinkles, sagging skin and joint pains due to weaker or decreased cartilage.
Collagen works in a different way from most other nutrients, wherein when consumed, the nutrient makes its way to the nearest deficiency in the body, and fills up. Then collagen provides the amino acid starting materials for new collagen creation.
Increasing collagen levels can help your skin look firmer, increase smoothness, and help your skin cells keep renewing and repairing normally. Collagen also reduces cellulite and stretch marks.
When we lose collagen, our tendons and ligaments start moving with less ease, leading to stiffness, swollen joints and more. Collagen allows us to glide and move without pain, it’s like greasing a creaky door hinge. It helps your joints move more easily, reduces pain often associated with ageing and even reduces the risk of joint deterioration.
If you suffer from leaky gut syndrome, a condition where bad-for-you toxins are able to pass through your digestive tract, collagen can be super helpful. It helps break down proteins and soothes your gut’s lining, healing damaged cell walls and infusing it with healing amino acids.
The biggest digestive benefit of consuming more collagen is that it helps form connective tissue and therefore “seals and heals” the protective lining of the gastrointestinal tract.
A boost in collagen may help increase your metabolism by adding lean muscle mass to your frame and helping with the conversion of essential nutrients.
Collagen protein is the building block of your fingernails, hair and teeth. Adding collagen into your diet regimen can help keep your nails strong and possibly reverse signs of hair loss.
Green Tea Extract
Green tea contains nutrients and antioxidants that provide many health benefits.
Some of these chemicals are; polyphenols and catechins, which are micronutrients found naturally in our foods that can act as antioxidants and prevents disease. Many studies have been done on the antioxidant properties of green tea and it has been shown that green tea lowers the risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer in humans.
Polyphenols in green tea protect telomeres from damage. Telomere damage can affect your biological age and increase disease risk. Thus, polyphenols can help prevent ageing.
Finally, all of the benefits that green tea and EGCG offers will make your life healthier, which can also boost your longevity.
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the main polyphenol found in green tea is known to have many beneficial effects on human health. The polyphenols can reduce the formation of free radicals, which play a role in diseases. This protects cells and molecules from damage.
The EGCG, caffeine, and L-theanine all work to improve brain function and health.
The amount of caffeine found in green tea is enough to help improve memory and reaction time. It also increases the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain.
EGCG and L-theanine both increase memory, attention and also has anti-anxiety effects and can help you calm down. On the other hand, EGCG was proven to reduce fatigue. It can refresh and relax your brain.
Green tea has been shown to increase the metabolism and help burn more fat, it suppresses appetite and leads to less energy consumption, and it also interacts with other compounds that burn fat as well as adrenaline to increase the body’s metabolic rate.
In addition to these properties, green tea can increase your endurance. This means that you can exercise for a longer time and be able to lose more weight.
Consumption of green tea also decreases carbohydrate consumption as well as block fat absorption.
Grape Seed extract
Grape Seed extract is one of the most profound and well researched anti-inflammatory compounds
Grape seed extract was found to reduce blood pressure in individuals with risk of high blood pressure as well as in individuals with metabolic syndrome.
There may be evidence that grape seed extract reduces factors that lead to heart disease (other than blood pressure), such as reduction of oxidised LDL, helping with prevention of arteriosclerosis, as well as antioxidants that protect the blood vessels from damage.
Grape Seed Extract may improve osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
Grape seed extract appears to reduce aggregation of brain amyloid cells, improving cognition, and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s.
Quercetin
Quercetin is a type of flavonoid antioxidant that’s found in plant foods like leafy greens, tomatoes, berries and broccoli. It’s technically considered a “plant pigment,” which is exactly why it’s found in deeply coloured, nutrient-packed fruits and veggies.
Flavonoid polyphenols found in quercetin are most beneficial for down-regulating or suppressing inflammatory pathways and functions.
Research shows that anti-inflammatory foods containing quercetin can help manage a number of inflammatory health problems, including heart disease and blood vessel problems, allergies, infections, chronic fatigue, and symptoms related to autoimmune disorders like arthritis.
Because of its ability to lower inflammation and oxidative stress, quercetin seems to be beneficial for people with heart and blood vessel-related disorders.
Studies done show that various types of flavonoids (quercetin, resveratrol and catechins, for example) can help reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, which is a dangerous condition caused by plaque building up within the arteries.
Taking quercetin supplements may help lower pain associated with autoimmune conditions, such as arthritis, as well as infections, including those of the prostate and respiratory tract. That’s because quercetin reduces inflammatory pain.
Flavonoids are also linked to reduced symptoms of prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate) and rheumatoid arthritis.
Alpa Lipoic Acid
Alpha lipoic acid is an antioxidant found in plant foods we commonly eat that scavenges free radicals, fights inflammation and slows the ageing process, but perhaps its most famous use is in treating diabetes naturally.
It also works in the body to restore essential vitamin levels, such as vitamin E and vitamin C, along with helping the body digest and utilise carbohydrate molecules while turning them into usable energy.
Something that makes ALA unique is that it’s both water-soluble and fat-soluble, unlike other nutrients (like B vitamins or vitamin A, C, D or E), which can only be properly absorbed with either one or the other. There’s some evidence that ALA acts as a “heavy metal chelator,” binding to metals (also called “toxins”) in the body, including mercury, arsenic, iron and other forms of free radicals that make their way into the bloodstream through water, air, chemical products and the food supply.
Alpha lipoic acid can increase how the body uses glutathione, and it might increase energy metabolism too — which is why some athletes use ALA supplements for enhanced physical performance.
Because alpha lipoic acid can protect cells and neurons involved in hormone production, one benefit it offers, is protection against diabetes. ALA is used to help relieve complications and symptoms of diabetes caused by nerve damage, including numbness in the legs and arms, cardiovascular problems, eye-related disorders, pain, and swelling.
Alpha lipoic acid has been used successfully to help control symptoms of eye-related disorders, including vision loss, macular degeneration, retina damage, cataracts, glaucoma and Wilson’s disease.
Some health care professionals use alpha lipoic acid supplements to further help prevent their patients from experiencing neuron damage, memory loss, motor impairment and changes in cognitive functioning because of its antioxidant activity. ALA seems to easily make its way into the brain by passing the blood-brain barrier, where it can protect delicate brain and nerve tissue. It’s also used to prevent strokes and other brain problems, including dementia in older adults.
Vitamin E
Benefits of consuming more vitamin E-rich foods can include treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels, such as chest pains, high blood pressure, and blocked or hardened arteries.
Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance made by the liver and required by the body for the proper function of your cells, nerves and hormones. When cholesterol levels are in their natural state, they’re balanced, normal and healthy. When cholesterol oxidizes, it becomes dangerous. Studies have shown that certain isomers of vitamin E serve as a protective antioxidant that fights cholesterol oxidation. This is because they can fight free radical damage in the body, which leads to cholesterol oxidation.
Vitamin E have powerful antioxidant abilities that has the power to reduce free radical damage, fight inflammation, and therefore help naturally slow ageing in your cells and fight off health issues like heart disease.
Vitamin E benefits skin by strengthening the capillary walls and improving moisture and elasticity, acting as a natural anti-aging nutrient within your body. Studies have shown that vitamin E reduces inflammation both within your body and on your skin, helping maintain healthy, youthful skin. These antioxidant properties are also helpful when you’re exposed to cigarette smoke or ultraviolet rays from sunlight, protecting against skin cancer.
Because vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant, it helps decrease environmental damage to your hair. It can also promote circulation to the scalp.
Vitamin E may help decrease the risk of age-related macular degeneration, which is a common cause of blindness.
Research shows that the anti-inflammatory activity of tocotrienols contribute to their protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin E may slow down the worsening of memory loss and functional decline in people with moderately severe Alzheimer’s disease or other neurodegenerative disorders.
Vitamin E can be used to improve your physical endurance. It can increase your energy and reduce the level of oxidative stress on your muscles after you exercise. Vitamin E can improve your muscle strength. It eliminates fatigue by promoting blood circulation and can also strengthen your capillary walls and nourish your cells.
Vitamin E is critical during pregnancy and for proper development in infants and children because it protects critical fatty acids and helps control inflammation. Some experts believe that the biggest need for vitamin E is during the 1,000-day window that begins at conception, since vitamin E impacts early stages of neurologic and brain development that can only happen during this one specific period. Because of this, it’s recommended that pregnant women, nursing mothers and children up until the age of two take a natural, food-based supplement to make sure they’re getting enough to prevent abnormalities.
Vitamin A
A deficiency in this vital vitamin can cause some pretty serious consequences, ranging from night blindness to scaly skin and stunted growth. However, striking the right balance is equally important, as overdoing it with supplements can also result in serious issues like birth defects and liver problems.
People with long-term malabsorption of fats are more susceptible to developing a vitamin A deficiency. Those with leaky gut syndrome, celiac disease, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatic disorders or alcohol dependence are also at a higher risk of deficiency.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that also acts as a powerful antioxidant in the body. It plays a critical role in maintaining vision, neurological function, healthy skin and more. Like all antioxidants, it’s also involved in reducing inflammation through fighting free radical damage.
Studies have repeatedly shown that antioxidants like vitamin A are vital to good health and longevity. They benefit eye health, boost immunity and promote cell growth.
One of the most well-known benefits of vitamin A is its ability to boost vision and keep your eyes healthy. This is because it is a critical component of the rhodopsin molecule, which is activated when light shines on the retina, sending a signal to the brain that results in vision. Beta-carotene plays a role in preventing macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of age-related blindness.
Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, such as retinaldehyde, vitamin A may also be useful in the treatment of a wide range of skin problems. In fact, studies show that retinoids may be therapeutic for common skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema and acne.
According to a review published in BioMed Research International, retinoids have been shown to block the growth of skin, bladder, breast, prostate and lung cancer cells in in vitro studies.
Vitamin A is crucial when it comes to proper growth and development throughout all stages of life, but it’s also considered one of the best vitamins for women, in particular. A deficiency in this key vitamin is linked to depressed immune function, a higher morbidity and mortality, and even a greater risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 for pregnant women.
The American Pediatrics Association lists vitamin A as one of the most important micronutrients during pregnancy, especially with regard to lung function and maturation.
Vitamin D3
Also known as the “sunshine vitamin”, Vitamin D is an essential fat-soluble vitamin.
It can either be obtained in the diet, through food and dietary supplements, or synthesised in the skin upon exposure to sunlight.
Vitamin D plays a role in calcium and phosphorus balance important in bone health, and nerve and muscle activity.
It also regulates blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, immune function, cell production, and insulin secretion.
It plays a potential role in prevention and therapy of cancer and chronic conditions such as autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, and infections.
Supplementation with this vitamin has been shown to improve muscle strength, balance, and physical performance.
Studies indicate that this vitamin is important for brain development and its deficiency is associated with a wide range of psychiatric and neurological diseases.
It may protect brain cells through detoxification pathways. Furthermore, it also helps synthesis of proteins necessary for survival of brain cells in ageing and neurological diseases.
Epidemiological studies show that low concentrations of vitamin D are associated with: impairments in cognitive functions such as memory and orientation, diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, higher rates of psychotic experiences and schizophrenia, depressive symptoms, and low mood.
Studies have shown potent effects of vitamin D on both innate and adaptive immunity.
It has the potential to influence a wide range of immune disorders, particularly infectious and autoimmune diseases.
Vitamin D may be beneficial for inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease
Ginger
Ginger is an Anti-Inflammatory and effective painkiller.
Ginger helps with; Menstrual cramps; osteoarthritis; eczema.
Ginger can induce abnormal cell’s death by apoptosis (normal cell death is lost in some life threatening diseases)
Ginger may improve blood cholesterol/triglyceride profile
Ginger may reduce fasting blood glucose and HbA1c.
Moringa Extract
According to a report published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, moringa contains a mix of essential amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), carotenoid phytonutrients (the same kinds found in plants like carrots and tomatoes), antioxidants such as quercetin, and natural antibacterial compounds that work in the same way as many anti-inflammatory drugs.
Moringa leaves are high in several anti-aging compounds that lower the effects of oxidative stress and inflammation, including polyphenols, vitamin C, beta-carotene, quercetin, and chlorogenic acid. These are associated with a reduced risk for chronic diseases, such as stomach, lung or colon cancer; diabetes; hypertension; and age-related eye disorders.
Moringa contains a type of acid called chlorogenic acid, which has been shown to help control blood sugar levels and allow cells to take up or release glucose (sugar) as needed. This gives moringa natural anti-diabetic and hormone-balancing properties. Aside from chloregnic acid, compounds called isothiocyanates that are present in moringa have also been tied to natural protection against diabetes.
Since moringa contains a large number of vitamins and minerals, it supplies many co-factors that help other ingredients in NuBody perform optimally.
Cordyceps
Prized for their natural ability to fight free radicals, infections and inflammation, cordyceps are impressive disease-fighting mushrooms that have been used for centuries to reduce symptoms of respiratory disorders, coughs, colds, liver damage and much more.
Some studies suggest that consuming cordyceps benefits immune function and can help optimise the health of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine and reproductive systems, leading to longevity. This is because they contain anti-inflammatory compounds like polysaccharides, modified nucleosides and cyclosporines.
Coleus forskohlii
The root is rich in forskolin, a compound that increases the activity of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), a messenger molecule that helps regulate the metabolism of glucose, proteins, and lipids, as well as the function of hormones like adrenaline. In both laboratory and clinical studies, forskolin from coleus significantly lowers blood pressure by relaxing the muscles found in blood vessel walls.
Coleus also contains many polyphenols, tannins, flavonols, and other biologically active compounds. It can thus act as a powerful antioxidant. Studies in rats have shown that coleus extracts can protect the liver from damage induced by toxins.
L-lysine
It seems one of the L-lysine benefits for diabetics may be to prohibit the formation of AGEs in those with diabetes by preventing specific paths of glycation that lead to these products, helping to stave off infection.
These AGEs are part of the ageing process in the body in all people, but they’re in very high concentrations in diabetic patients. They’re implicated in many diabetes-related health conditions, leading scientists to study therapies that involve stopping AGEs from collecting in large numbers.