LifePak+
The Building Blocks for Proper Nutrition
Last year Pharmanex celebrated a 30 year anniversary. Seeing many scientific discoveries in nutrition over that time, and this time developing and creating innovative milestones nutrition products. This includes, but is not limited to the development of the cornerstone nutrition product, LifePak.
LifePak started with a base of well-researched micronutrients, in the best-understood bioavailable forms at the right balanced levels. We then incorporated the (then) relatively new science of antioxidant research by including antioxidants in levels shown to make a difference. Finally, we included phytochemicals – plant bioactive nutrients that had been shown to provide benefits beyond basic nutritive value. This was another new concept in 1993 and is still an area of active research.
Over the past 20 years, LifePak has evolved several times, including now being labelled as LifePak+, in order to keep up with both the new understandings in nutrition science as well as the improvements in vitamin, mineral and phytonutrient forms that add more meaningful potency and shelf-life stability.
Look at the back of the Lifepak+ box and you will see that the ingredients are divided up into meaningful sections. There are 13 vitamins in the vitamin list and 10 minerals in the mineral list. Next, you’ll see the subheadings, namely: Marine Lipid Concentrate, Polyphenol and Flavonoid Blend, Tocopherol blend, Carotenoid Blend, and various other ingredients.
In this short article we don’t have space to discuss all of the ingredients in LifePak, but let’s talk about just two of the subheadings, the Mixed Tocopherols and the Polyphenol and Flavonoid Blend.
First, the Mixed Tocopherols. Tocopherol is the scientific name for vitamin E. When vitamin E was first discovered in 1922, scientists mistakenly concluded that vitamin E was a single compound – d-alpha tocopherol. To this day, most Vitamin E supplements in the U.K. still contain only d-alpha tocopherol.
Only over the past 2 decades have scientists discovered the important health benefits of the long-ignored members of the E vitamin group: d-gamma, d-delta and d-beta tocopherol, which have differing, but beneficial and complementary benefits. So, while d-alpha tocopherol alone does provide certain benefits, the latest science informs us that the complete benefits of vitamin E supplements come when all four (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-) tocopherol members of the vitamin E family are all included.
Next, look at the Polyphenol and Flavonoid section and the Carotenoid section. You will see an interesting array of names like “catechins” from tea leaf extract, “citrus bioflavonoids” from citrus fruits, “quercetin”, “resveratrol” and others. How did these ingredients end up in Lifepak? What guided their presence and their levels in this supplement?
Quite simply, the scientists at Pharmanex used nature as our best guide.
Humans have evolved side by side with edible plants, and the availability of the chemicals from these plants has even allowed our bodies to forego having to manufacture some of them, like vitamin C. But our bodies also seem to be able to take advantage of these plant chemicals in other ways. Our eyes use some of the carotenoids to help protect them from harmful visible light radiation, and recent scientific discoveries have shown that some of these phytochemicals, especially the flavonoids, are able to influence the expression of our genes.
Even though these plant chemicals are not listed on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of essential vitamins and minerals, they seem to play a very important role in influencing fundamental aspects of our cellular machinery. These nutrients are the dietary constituents of healthy, plant-based eating habits, and at Pharmanex we’ve assembled them in the levels and proportions that one would find in such healthy diets.
It’s amazing what the body can do when provided the building blocks necessary for proper health and nutrition. Many of these building blocks come from nature and are included in easy-to-consume supplements for our benefit. Nutritional science has progressed significantly in the past 30 years, in the next 30 years it can only be imagined what things our understanding of nature will teach us all.
R2 Day & Night
R2 a food supplement with botanical extracts
What does it mean to feel alive? It’s a vibrant sense of dynamism.
A sound mind and body, and the harmonious experience of the two working together. R² is here to help bring that experience to you. How, you ask? We owe a lot to the effects of Panax Ginseng, found in R2 DAY, and Selenium in R² NIGHT. It begins by taking R² NIGHT each evening. R² Night contains Selenium which supports the immune system and helps to protect your cells from oxidative damage generated by our environment.
Then comes R² DAY. Taken each morning, it brings together a delicious blend of natural ingredients such as Panax Ginseng that plays an important role in energy metabolism *, and has a positive influence on maintaining stamina, as well as both physical and mental well-being. *
- R² Day offers a wonderful blend of ingredients such as Panax Ginseng. Ginseng helps the following three dimensions of vitality–energy levels, physical performance and mental well-being. *
- R² DAY also contains Cordyceps Sinensis and pomegranate.
- R² Night contains selenium that contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Please note that some European Member States may have additional specificities that are linked to their national legislation.
If applicable, you will find these in the country specific Webpage, in the respective national language.
*Evaluation of health claim pending
TR90
TR90 30-Day Kit: 30-Day Weight Management Programme
Your (short-term) transformation starts here.
Are you looking to get in shape for your next holiday? Do you want to shake up your workout in preparation for an upcoming sports event? Or would you just like to give TR90 a try before making a long-term commitment to the full 90-day programme?
If you said yes to any of those questions, then this 30-day weight management programme is the one for you.
Introducing the TR90 30-Day Kit, a playful wellbeing programme designed to build a better you.
TR90 empowers and enables you to reach your short-term weight management goals in just 30 days. How?
By targeting the daily habits that stand between you and your objectives. You’ll get ready to shun those unnecessary extra calories by managing your calorie intake. You’ll optimise your diet with botanical food supplements that are the perfect match for some tasty meal planning.