Are you feeling a little down lately? Bummed out on work? Just plain stressed? You could be suffering from Oxidative Stress, a disease caused when the body’s defensive abilities to combat free radicals (highly reactive species of oxygen and nitrogen), mainly antioxidants, become too scarce for normal body functioning.
Of course, some commercial “healthy drink” products offer a bit of antioxidants in their contents. However, these content values of antioxidants are usually minimal, and less pure due to the process of manufacturing and storage of the drink products. What you will need is something that, by itself, provides your body with the necessary components to reduce free radicals and prevent and/or relieve oxidative stress.
Thankfully, the kind researchers of Advanced Oxidative Stress Oxis International Inc., or more commonly and easily known as OXIS, provides just the right line of products to help prevent the buildup of free radicals and the eventual oxidative stress without any of the unnecessary additives found in certain “healthy drinks” that contain antioxidants. They have developed products containing their multifaceted “super oxidant” compound, L-Ergothioneine, or simply called as ERGO.
What is “ERGO” and what does it do?
According to OXIS, ERGO is a naturally occurring, water soluble, amino acid multifaceted antioxidant produced by microbes in the soil and most commonly found in (but not produced by) various species of mushrooms and grapes, meats and dairy products. It is not possible to extract ERGO from these sources, however, as the content of ERGO in their daily values are very small. Therefore, humans and most animals have low amounts of L-Ergothioneine in their regular diet.
Benefits of ERGO
Potential benefits of ERGO include its ability to (according to OXIS):
- Conserve and maintain levels of other antioxidants such as Vitamin E (an essential antioxidant agent), Vitamin C (an important nutrient for the human immune system), and gluthathione;
- Increase respiration and the oxidation of fat (possibly contributing to increased energy and exercise capacity);
- Protect mitochondria from damage (this is important because potentially damaging reactive oxygen species are generated when oxygen is normally metabolized in mitochondria,
- Reduce the damaging effects of environmental ultraviolet radiation (likely to be important in protecting the eyes against cataract producing oxidative injury);
- Neutralize increased oxidative stress by providing an ROS (reactive oxygen species) and RNS (reactive nitrogen species) scavenging capacity, a property that protects key molecules in the body; and,
- Protect against the effects of neurotoxins that are believed to have a casual role in the development and progression of cognitive decline.
So, in essence, ERGO certainly offers a lot of benefits for the human body. Aside from being an antioxidant, it can boost the immune system, increase respiration so that you can exercise more efficiently, and reduce the damage of ultraviolet radiation. They can also be useful for anti-aging purposes, as well as a whitening product, due to its ability to conserve gluthathione.
Where can I get OXIS’s ERGO products?
According to OXIS, they are developing and planning to sell nutraceutical and cosmecuetical products featuring natural ingredients, and more importantly, L-Ergothioneine, which, as mentioned earlier, has many benefits for the human body besides being a powerful antioxidant. They plan two product launches for Summer 2010, which includes:
- “Ergo-Pur™” - ERGO-Pur is a pure form of our highly potent multifaceted antioxidant which we anticipate will be used in some cases in concert with:
- “Ergo-Plex™” – ERGO-Plex is a combination of ERGO plus other functional nutraceutical ingredients directed at Joint Health.
Both products, and including other products in the future, are regarded in the market as penny stock.
Other Products
Aside from nutraceutical products containing L-Ergothioneine, OXIS Inc., are also evaluating a line of skin products, and are currently developing other nutraceuticals and functional foods such as nutrition bars, energy beverages, and others that will eventually lead themselves to traditional retail distribution.
