Zest for Life antioxidant formula is one of many new antioxidant preparations on the market today. There are, in fact, such a burgeoning plethora of antioxidant supplements appearing online that the unschooled consumer who is just learning about them has no clue as to which one will be better for his health. Without guidance, he is liable to pick the one which is least expensive, or the one with ingredients he has heard about or the one with the most ingredients for the least, a buy which may or may not be a bargain for his money. This review of one the typical antioxidant preparations that can be found online is meant to assist the rookie antioxidant supplement user, and contains general concepts that will help in forming a cogent opinion about the products being offered on the web.

Zest for life is compounded from nine ingredients, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Bioflavonoids, Green tea extract, Selenium, Lecthin, and Coenzyme Q 10. All of the nine ingredients have known antioxidant abilities. To an untrained eye, this antioxidant preparation will appear very desirable, especially at the price of 19 dollars for 60 tablets, it appears inviting. While acknowledging that each of the individual products is considered to have health benefits, we need to look further to make an accurate evaluation of the product.

The greatest concern about Zest for Life would be the inclusion of Vitamins C, Vitamin A, and Selenium. Fifteen to twenty years ago when researchers began setting up trials to determine the effectiveness of antioxidants, their attention turned to these three antioxidants.They knew they could design studies to test the effects of antioxidants and it would be easy and inexpensive to include these three ingredients in a supplement. Such as study was designed and run by NIH, and the findings, released in 2011, showed that a diet supplemented with these three antioxidants did not extend life, and may have shortened life slightly. Why? The reason is that while oxidants in excess are definitely harmful to the body, they do serve, at least temporarily, a positive purpose. For example, during an infection immunity cells discharge free radicals, (a form of oxidant chemicals), to kill the invading microbes and viruses. Were these oxidants to be entirely neutralized it would weaken the body’s ability to fight off infection.

While it is generally believed that neutralizing excess free radicals in the body has potential health benefits, not every antioxidant can neutralize every free radical. It takes a spectrum of antioxidants to do the job. And how can you know which spectrum is the right one. Mere inclusion of readily available antioxidants is not necessarily going to do the job. The opposite approach, which is likely to bear more fruit, is taken by health product companies which put naturally antioxidant rich botanical extracts into their formula, and they specifically choose botanicals that have a track record of increasing longevity, and reducing the incidence of cancer and heart disease.

Two of the ingredients in Zest for life are extracts of natural botanicals with strong antioxidants effects, grape seed extract and green tea extract. Both of these natural antioxidant rich substances have a proven track record, spanning centuries, of bequeathing health to people who use them. However, inclusion of only two such natural plant products may not be enough to give a complete spectrum of the natural antioxidants needed to healthily reduce oxidants in the body. eHelps, for example, another natural products company includes 13 botanical extracts in BioOPC+, their antioxidant supplement. Each of the 13 has a proven record over time of providing significant health benefits to users. Wolfberry, for example is grown in a province of China where there are four times as many Centenarians as all the rest of the country. Inhabitants attribute their longevity to Wolfberry.

When evaluating an natural antioxidant formula, consumers should consider how many natural botanical extracts are included in the particular antioxidant supplement and they should also look at the stated reasons for including the selected herbs.

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