Age-Defying Antioxidants

Why are antioxidants so important?

Antioxidants neutralize free radicals caused by our internal metabolism or created by external environmental stressors like UV radiation in sunlight. Sunscreens absorb or scatter UV light, but they do not neutralize free radicals.

Free radicals are toxic because they oxidize critical compounds within the skin. Free radicals degrade elastin and collagen, and accelerate cellular damage known to cause wrinkles, uneven skin tone, rough texture and other unwelcome signs of skin aging.

How to fight free radicals? By preventing oxidation. Consider an apple slice. Left exposed to air (oxygen), it turns brown: a response to oxidative stress. Coating the apple with lemon juice (a fruit high in the antioxidant vitamin C), prevents browning. Oxidation will not occur.

The REVALÉSKIN^® System provides clinically proven around-the-clock antioxidant protection³. Daily use helps prevent further signs of early skin aging and defends skin vulnerable to toxic free radical damage.^3-4

What's one of nature's most potent natural antioxidants?

In order to measure the antioxidant effectiveness of foods and supplements, the ORAC test was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. The higher an ORAC value, or score, the more effective that substance will be in neutralizing free radicals. 

The ORAC score of CoffeeBerry^® Whole Fruit Extract is higher than any other known, naturally occurring antioxidant tested to date.^5-8

3. McDaniel DH. Clinical safety and efficacy in photoaged skin with CoffeeBerry^® extract, a natural antioxidant. Cosmet Dermatol. 2009;22(12):610-616.
4. Therrien JP, McDaniel DH, Millerman E, Hofland H, Hsia E. Pre-clinical and clinical studies confirm antioxidant and photoprotective effects of CoffeeBerry^® extract. Poster presented at: the American Academy of Dermatology 2009 Summer Meeting; July 29-August 2, 2009; Boston, MA. http://www.aad.org/Posters/View/Poster.aspx?meeting=SM2009&poster=2100&ext=.pdf. Accessed October 19, 2010.
5. Data on file, VDF FutureCeuticals Inc.
6. Data on file, Brunswick Labs.
7. Henning SM, Fajardo-Lira C, Lee HW, Youssefian AA, Go VL, Heber D. Catechin content of 18 teas and a green tea extract supplement correlates with the antioxidant capacity. Nutr Cancer. 2003;45(2):226-235.
8. U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA database for the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) of selected foods, release 2. May 2010. http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/ORAC/ORAC_R2.pdf. Accessed April 5, 2011.