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Astaxanthin (Pronounced – Asta-zan-thin)

Dr. Mark Tso of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University (considered by most professionals to be the most prestigious ophthalmology training center in the world) has clearly demonstrated that astaxanthin is the clear winner when it comes to protecting your eyes. He discovered that astaxanthin easily crosses into the tissues of the eye and exerts its effects safely and with more potency than any of the other carotenoids, without adverse reactions.

Specifically, Tso determined astaxanthin could ameliorate or prevent light induced damage, photoreceptor cell damage, ganglion cell damage, and damage to the neurons of the inner retinal layers.

He concluded that astaxanthin supplementation could be effective in preventing or treating a whole host of eye diseases, including:

EYE HEALTH FORMULA

Oxidation is the process which causes a nail to rust, or an apple or banana to turn brown. It is the process by which the cells in our bodies age and eventually die.

Fortunately our cells produce their own antioxidant substances to maintain their health, but as they age, it becomes harder for them to produce the full amount of antioxidant protection.

Eating fruits and vegetables certainly helps, but still does not overcome the oxidative assault. Antioxidant vitamins are needed provide the best defense against apotosis, or cellular death by oxidation.

We can now offer the most powerful antioxidant formula for the eye in EYE HEALTH FORMULA.

This combination of ingredients includes a super-antioxidant called Astaxanthin (pronounced asta-zan-thin), which was not available several years ago when the AREDS formula was assembled.

Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)
Diabetic retinopathy
Cystoid macular edema
Central retinal arterial and venous occlusion
Glaucoma
Inflammatory eye diseases (i.e., retinitis, iritis, keratitis, scleritis, etc.)

EYE HEALTH FORMULA contains the following:

Astaxanthin (Zanthin) 4.0 mg
Lutein 10.0 mg
Zeaxanthin 1.07 mg
Omega 3 (Krill Oil) 300 mg
Vitamin D3 600 (IU)

Other researchers (Shimidzu et al, Bagchi, Martin et al, and Beutner) have since confirmed Dr. Tso’s finding that astaxanthin is the most powerful antioxidant ever discovered for eye health, giving your eyes an additional layer of long-term protection.

Astaxanthin, unlike some carotenoids, is not converted to vitamin A (retinol) in the human body. Too much vitamin A is toxic for a human, but astaxanthin has lower toxicity

Astaxanthin is different from other nutritional elements because it is far more effective than other carotenoids at singlet oxygen quenching, which reduces the damaging effects of sunlight and various organic; crosses the blood-brain barrier and the blood-retinal barrier (beta carotene and lycopene do not), which increases eye health; is soluble in lipids, so it incorporates into cell membranes; is a potent UVB absorber; and is not associated with any adverse reactions.


	Below is a list of research on Astaxanthin demonstrating how much more powerful it is compared to the antioxidants which have traditionally been used in eye vitamins:

Astaxanthin has been shown to be a powerful quencher of singlet oxygen activity in in vitro studies, with up to 80- (DiMascio et al. 1990) to 550-fold (Shimidzu et al. 1996) higher quenching rate constants than vitamin E.

Astaxanthin is also a strong scavenger of oxygen free radicals, up to ten times stronger than beta-carotene (Miki 1991).

In vitro experiments with red blood cells and mitochondria from rats have shown that astaxanthin could be 100 to 500 times more effective at inhibiting lipid peroxidation than is vitamin E (Kurashige et al. 1990).

Astaxanthin's excellent ability to prevent lipid peroxidation was confirmed in vivo with rats given dietary supplements of astaxanthin and subjected to oxidizing agents (Miki 1991).

The antioxidative properties of astaxanthin have been demonstrated in a number of different biological membranes (Kurashige et al. 1990; Palozza and Krinsky 1992; Oshima et al. 1993; Nakagawa et al. 1997).

This antioxidant activity is believed to be at the origin of some of astaxanthin's most important potential beneficial properties in health.

About Valensa the manufacturer of Eye Health Formula:

Valensa International is a company founded in Eustis, FL in 1999 and is a leading producer of vitamin formulas. Many of the major brands of vitamins sold in the U.S. are produced and private labeled by Valensa.

For the following reasons, the Macular Degeneration Foundation recommends this source of astaxanthin in an eye vitamin over other sources:

"Valensa's Astaxanthin is extremely stable due to the O2B package that we add to our astaxanthin products. We guarantee 4 years shelf life based on 7 years of excellent stability data on our product. Our product is also produced in an allergen free facility that is Organic Certified. Valensa is the only Astaxanthin producer that actually extracts Astaxanthin from algae biomass. Valensa is also the only producer of Astaxanthin in the United States. All other competitors have their extraction done by third party off-shore contractors, some of which also extract products such as green lipped mussels (shell fish) which contain serious allergens. Valensa does not use Safflower oil as a diluting agent, as on of our competitors does, because it introduces shelf life instability into the formulation. Valensa only uses extra virgin olive oil to standardize our Zanthin product."

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