Super supplement for super health - Curcumin

MitoQ Curcumin is a super supplement because it combines two highly bioavailable antioxidants — MitoQ® Mitoquinol and Longvida® Optimized Curcumin — that together tackle oxidative stress from both inside and outside the mitochondria, delivering benefits for cellular energy, brain function, and overall wellbeing that neither ingredient could achieve as effectively on its own in standard, poorly-absorbed forms.

What is cell stress?

Cell stress is a term that describes a form of stress caused by oxidative molecules in the body. Oxidative molecules like free radicals are unstable due to a lone electron in their valence shell. Electrons like to be in pairs and a free radical molecule will steal electrons from other molecules nearby to establish an electron pair. Free radicals can cause damage to many cellular components including proteins, DNA, and even membranes.

How antioxidants support healthy cells

Free radicals are a byproduct of many cellular processes and are an inherent part of living organisms. Free radicals are often portrayed as toxic molecules, but in reality, they only cause problems when the balance of free radicals and antioxidants swings too far where free radicals become unruly and can start to wreak havoc.

Antioxidants can be thought of as molecules that act to ensure free radicals don’t cause unnecessary damage. Antioxidants are found throughout the body and naturally occur in many different fruits and vegetables.

There are many different forms of antioxidants and each has its own place in how they protect the cell and body from oxidative damage. Curcumin and CoQ10 are potent antioxidants that play an important role within the body.

CoQ10 is a specific antioxidant that helps the mitochondrial membrane fight back against free radicals produced during cellular respiration. CoQ10 levels can see a decline with age and this can result in oxidative stress and decreased mitochondrial efficiency. CoQ10 can be supplemented but many forms of CoQ10 are poorly absorbed into the body.

Curcumin is an antioxidant that comes from outside sources that have been shown to support skin health, cholesterol levels, brain health, and gastrointestinal health. Curcumin is considered a super supplement for its wide-reaching impacts and ability to help your body fight back against free radicals and oxidative stress.

Why bioavailability matters

Bioavailability may just sound like another buzzword, but in reality, bioavailability represents a very important aspect of any supplement you take.

At its most basic, bioavailability is a measure of how well the body is able to utilize a molecule or supplement. This concept is important for supplementation because it gives you a much better idea of what you are actually paying for. A supplement may state that it contains a certain amount of a molecule, but depending on quality and bioavailability that product may only yield a small amount of absorption and utilization within the body.

Both CoQ10 and curcumin are excellent antioxidants to supplement. Utilizing MitoQ^® Mitoquinol and Longvida^® Optimized Curcumin are the best ways to ensure you are getting what you pay for and that the supplements you spend your hard-earned money on are actually being utilized and absorbed into your body where it is needed most. Supplements with low bioavailability may be cheaper, but they often times yield little benefit and low levels of absorption within the body.

What is MitoQ?

MitoQ® Mitoquinol is a new patented mitochondria-targeted formulation of the antioxidant CoQ10 with significantly superior absorption compared to standard CoQ10/ubiquinol. MitoQ is able to deliver a payload of free radical defense directly into your cell’s energy-producing mitochondria, thus accumulating inside the mitochondria hundreds of times more effectively than all other forms of CoQ10 supplements. And when you increase levels of CoQ10 in the mitochondria, it is like ‘tuning up’ your cellular engine, making more energy available to your cells and reducing the cell stress from free radical damage.

What is Longvida^® Optimized Curcumin?

Curcumin comes from Turmeric, a spice belonging to the ginger family. In addition to its use as a spice & pigment, turmeric has been used in India for medicinal purposes for centuries. The bright yellow-orange color of turmeric comes mainly from pigments known as curcuminoids.

Curcumin, the principal curcuminoid found in turmeric, is considered its most active component with growing evidence, and scientific interest in its potential in a multitude of health benefits. It is one of the most thoroughly researched natural compounds today. In its natural form, curcumin is not soluble in water and is poorly absorbed by the gut. This means that large doses are required to achieve health benefits.

Clinical human bioavailability data has found Longvida^® to be an incredible 65 to 100 times more bioavailable than unformulated curcumin.

One ground-breaking finding over the course of several bioavailability studies, shows that dosing of Longvida^® leads to clinically significant levels of free (not inactivated or bound) curcumin in the bloodstream and in multiple organs, including the brain and digestive system.

+ Learn more about MitoQ Curcumin

This makes Longvida^® Optimized Curcumin the most advanced and bioavailable curcumin formulation available.