What are nutraceuticals actually?
"Let nutrition be your medicine and medicine be your nutrition"
Hippocrates
Hippocrates already knew about the high health potential of nutrition 2500 years ago. It is well known that fruit and vegetables are particularly healthy. But with today's scientific methods, we are learning more and more about the exact components of our diet that are particularly protective of our health. We now know that it is often the so-called secondary plant substances that have a particular health benefit. Individual molecules are now being identified that are responsible for a specific health effect. In a plant extract, these molecules are referred to as "active ingredients". These are, for example, the curcuminoids from turmeric root, the lycopene from tomatoes, the catechins in green tea and many more. These active ingredients make up the main part of the health effect of a particular food. In studies, we can also determine how much of these active ingredients need to be consumed for the effect to occur.
We call these natural substances with health benefits described here nutraceuticals. They are becoming increasingly important in medicine because they have great potential to support conventional medical treatment. Due to their mostly minor side effects, nutraceuticals can support our health in a gentle way.
However, only high-quality nutraceuticals that are supported by scientific studies offer real added value for consumers. The quality of nutraceuticals that you can buy as dietary supplements varies greatly. For example, it is important that the extracts are standardized, which means that they always contain the same sufficient amount of active ingredients. Many active ingredients are very sensitive and only retain their activity if the extraction process is gentle enough. Another important point is the so-called bioavailability: some nutraceuticals can unfortunately only be absorbed by the body in very small quantities. In high-quality products, the bioavailability has been significantly increased, e.g. through certain patented processes, so that the active ingredients can be absorbed in sufficient quantities.
BENEGANIC Premium Nutraceuticals
We at BENEGANIC offer you study-supported nutraceuticals. We only use substances with standardized active ingredients, gently extracted and with the highest possible bioavailability. This is the only way for nutraceuticals to develop their full health benefits. We also carry out our own studies to test the benefits of our products. Nutraceuticals that we use are lycopene and pomegranate extract for men's health, high-quality curcumin for your well-being, beta-glucan from yeast extract in our immune product, omega-3 fatty acids from krill for heart and liver health, keratin from sheep's wool for your hair, hyaluonic acid and collagen for your skin and saffron, ashwagandha and lemon balm extracts for your psyche. As you can see, the range of possibilities for nutraceuticals is vast and nature's resources are almost inexhaustible. And so we look forward to developing more outstanding products for your health in the future,
Author: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Gänshirt
