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| Sisu B complex 100 |
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B Complex 100
To offset the health impacts of stress and support many aspects of health
Scientific Background
The B vitamins include B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pathothene), B6 (pyridoxine), B9 (folate), B12 (cobalamin), and biotin. Each of the B vitamins is vital to different aspects of health. Thiamine and riboflavin together support brain health. Niacin improves fat composition of blood, thereby protecting against atherosclerosis. Niacin and pantothene are involved in energy production. Pantothene also supports manufacture of red blood cells but is primarily considered the anti-stress vitamin because of its role in adrenal function, which tends to be depleted under stress. B6, B9, and B12 work together to support brain function, heart health, production of reproductive hormones, and fetal brain development. Biotin supports fat metabolism. In fact, there is almost no aspect of health that could not be improved with B supplements.
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| Sisu Bilberry |
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Age related eye disease is one of the fastest growing health concerns in North America. Protection against visual deterioration begins with the correct antioxidants.
Eye Health and Antioxidants:
The ability to see depends on a series of actions beginning with the light being reflected from an object onto the cornea, which is a clear film covering the iris and pupil. The light rays come to a sharp focus on the retina, at the back of the eye, and particularly on the macula, which is the most sensitive part of the retina. On the retina, light rays are converted to electrical impulses, which are transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain, where the image is translated and understood. At every stage of the process, each part of the eye is fed by tiny blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients. Eye health depends largely on healthy blood flow to all its parts. Relatively speaking, the amount of blood flow through the eye is the greatest in the body. Chief among the nutrients required for eye health are antioxidants from a variety of sources.
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| Sisu Ester-C 600 |
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Main Reason for Use: Support against colds, flu, and allergies.
Vitamin C is best known for strengthening the immune system. Studies have shown that 5 grams (5000 mg) of Vitamin C can double the rate of key activities of white blood cells, the soldiers of the immune system. Vitamin C also fights heart disease by assisting with cholesterol metabolism. Most people consume Vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid, but ascorbic acid passes out of the body quickly, so little of it is absorbed. It can also cause gassiness, bloating, and diarrhea. Ester-C® is made from calcium ascorbate formulated through a patented process so that it neutralizes intestinal acids and can therefore be absorbed without discomfort. It also contains a form of calcium, which enhances absorption.
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| Sisu Vitamin D |
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Vitamin D touted as potent cancer stopper
Sharon Kirkey, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, June 08, 2007
A simple vitamin to prevent cancer has finally been accepted by the mainstream.
Long after natural "cures" such as shark cartilage and laetrile from peach pits flopped comes the first study of its kind to show that vitamin D is a potent cancer stopper.
The Canadian Cancer Society has used that finding and others in deciding to recommend for the first time that adult Canadians lower their cancer risk by taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily -- five times the current recommended daily amount for people under age 50.
The lead author of the new study called the Canadian move "outstanding," but said she would go even higher and recommend healthy adults pop between 1,500 and 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily.
"It's inexpensive, it's safe, and it's easy to take. It's something that should be considered by a lot of people," says Joan Lappe, professor of nursing and medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. "It's low-risk with maybe a high pay-off."
Lappe's team studied nearly 1,200 post-menopausal women from rural eastern Nebraska and found that those taking a combination of vitamin D and calcium had about a 60 per cent lower risk of cancer, including breast, lung and colon cancer, over four years of follow-up.
"In other words, it cut more than half the cancers over a four-year period," Lappe says.
Moreover, the higher the level of vitamin D in the blood, the lower people's cancer risks, according to the study, published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
An expert in cancer biology called the idea of using vitamin D to cut cancer risk one of the most important advances in cancer prevention. Dr. Michael Pollak, professor of medicine and oncology at Montreal's McGill University, said it may be time for public health authorities to consider mandating higher levels of vitamin D in milk and adding it to other foods, such as bread and flour.
When it comes to breast cancer prevention, drugs such as tamoxifen can help, Pollak says, "but here we're seeing important risk reductions with a vitamin. That's much more acceptable for many women. In a sense it's a more 'natural' way to minimize cancer risk."
Pollak did, however, caution that the women were followed for just four years and that larger studies are needed to confirm the findings.
People take in vitamin D from foods, including egg yolks and oily fish such as salmon and sardines, as well as fortified milk and margarine. Because ultraviolet rays also trigger the synthesis of vitamin D in the skin, sunlight is an important source of the vitamin. In their study, the researchers tested vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, the kind humans make when they are exposed to sunlight.
Many of the cells in the body have vitamin D receptors, meaning they need adequate amounts of the vitamin to do their work. Those cells work mostly through the immune system and help prevent cells from becoming malignant.
Lappe says people living at latitudes north of the 37th parallel -- meaning all of Canada -- can't get their vitamin D naturally during the winter months because of the sun's angle. As well, people would get fat if they tried to get optimum vitamin D by drinking milk, which contains about 100 units per glass.
Vitamin D touted as potent cancer stopper
Sharon Kirkey, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, June 08, 2007
Health Canada currently recommends 200 IU of vitamin D daily for 19- to 50-year-olds, 400 IU for 51- to 70-year-olds, and 600 IU for older people -- amounts many experts say are far too low for maximum health benefits.
The Canadian Cancer Society says the daily upper safety limit is 2,000 units, and that their recommendation of 1,000 IU takes into account vitamin D from diet and other sources.
"If you consider that most people get between 250 and 400 units [of vitamin D] in food and water, you're already at 400. As well, a lot of people take a multivitamin and most of those contain 400," says Heather Logan, director of cancer control policy.
"If you add 1,000 more units, you're getting close to the upper tolerable limit."
The cancer society recommends adults take 1,000 IU daily during fall and winter, or year round for those at risk of vitamin D deficiencies.
© The Vancouver Sun 2007
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| Sisu-mini vits |
Sisu Mini Vits is a complete multivitamin and mineral supplement in a chewable form for children. It contains all of the important vitamins and minerals, including vitamin A, Beta carotene, the B vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron and Zinc.
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