Natural Astaxanthin 12mg - Double Strength - Green Nutritionals

A potent natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory that reduces free radicals formed in the body and helps maintain a health skin structure, elasticity, hydration and skin firmness.

Natural Astaxanthin 12mg supports healthy cholesterol, mental function, cognitive performance and heart health in athletes.

Natural Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant that helps reduce cellular damage caused by free radicals. It has both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that help the body function better and can also contribute towards living a longer, healthier life.

How Natural Astaxanthin 12mg helps:

It contains the most clinically researched natural Astaxanthin in the world from the renowned AstaReal® Group.

AstaReal® Astaxanthin is derived from the richest natural source, the microalgae Haematococcus Pluvialis, using an ultra-clean proprietary indoor cultivation method and is the only natural Astaxanthin source used in over 60 clinical studies.

AstaReal® Astaxanthin is recognised as the trusted industry gold standard due to the innovation, research and unique cultivation method that ensures optimal growth and accumulation of Astaxanthin and protection of the algae.

The natural Astaxanthin from AstaReal® is then micro-encapsulated right here in Australia using the unique Pharmako CPO™ technology that protects the potency and enhances bioavailability of the natural Astaxanthin.

• Antioxidant/Reduce free radicals formed in the body
• Helps reduce/decrease free radical damage to body cells
• Anti-inflammatory/relieve inflammation
• Helps maintain/support healthy cholesterol
• Maintain/support heart health in athletes
• Enhance/improve/promote/increase cognitive performance
• Maintain/support cognitive function/mental function
• Maintain/support skin firmness
• Maintain/support skin health
• Maintain/support skin hydration
• Maintain/support skin elasticity
• Maintain/support skin integrity/structure

Pharmako's CPO™ advantage.

Pharmako's CPO™ technology allows oil active ingredients to become compressible powders suitable for encapsulation with better shelf stability than oils and less sensitivity to air and oxidation – the CPO™ formulations are optimised for stability and allow for high oil capacity with a loading of up to 70% oil, with improved dissolution properties.

Traditional micro-encapsulated oil products have a crust around a liquid centre that commonly, when under pressure, breaks and spills out all its oil, which can spoil the end product.

To overcome this problem of product spoilage from oils, Pharmako's CPO™ technology absorbs the oil into specially designed silica particles. When under large pressures, Pharmako's CPO™ particles simply split into smaller particles, each still loaded with oil.

The result of this combined technology is a vastly improved Natural Astaxanthin 12mg vegan (100% vegetable) capsule, with NO Carrageenan or other nasties, delivering a pure, double-strength natural astaxanthin supplement at a lower cost for Australian consumers.

Choose Green Nutritionals astaxanthin capsules or astaxanthin powder for a convenient high-potency, natural source of astaxanthin.

Ingredients

Each Vegan Capsule (Hard) contains:

• Natural Astaxanthin Ester extracted from
  Haematoccocus pluvialis 400mg
  Equiv Natural Astaxanthin 12mg
• Coconut Oil fractionated 140mg
• Pure Silica 160mg

Directions for use:

Adults: take 1 capsule daily, with meals, or as directed by your health professional.

If symptoms persist, talk to your health professional.

Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans.

Contains NO Carrageenan, NO animal products.

Grown in USA, microencapsulated and packaged in Australia.

What is astaxanthin?

Astaxanthin is a carotenoid, like betacarotene. Betacarotene is probably the best known of all the carotenoids as it the best way to fulfil your body's Vitamin A needs. An astaxanthin supplement provides many powerful health benefits beyond many other carotenoids including: heart health, eye and skin health. It is 550 times more powerful than Vitamin E, 10 times that of betacarotene and surpasses Vitamin C as an antioxidant.

Astaxanthin can be found in plants and animals throughout the world. It is most prevalent in algae and phytoplankton, but it also can be found in a limited number of fungi and bacteria. Because organisms like many Astaxanthin containing algae and plankton are the base of the food chain, Astaxanthin can be found in many animals as well. Any sea animal that has a reddish or pinkish color contains Natural Astaxanthin. For example, you can find Astaxanthin in salmon, trout, lobster, shrimp and crab. These animals eat krill and other organisms that ingest Astaxanthin-rich microalgae and plankton as a major part of their diets.

As we mentioned before, the animals that have the highest concentration of Astaxanthin are salmon, where it concentrates in their muscles and makes them the endurance heroes of the animal world. Can you imagine what salmon would look like if they didn't have any Astaxanthin? Not only wouldn't they be able to swim up rivers and waterfalls for days on end, but they'd also look pale and fatigued.

About the Company

We are a company committed to providing you with the World’s best quality superfoods. For us, the term ‘World’s Best’ refers not only to the quality, purity and potency of our products but also their origin & source, where & how we package them, our full disclosure values and the ethics we uphold in the marketing of our products.

We’ve been in the superfood business for over 25 years, beginning in 1995 with the Australian launch of the renowned Hawaiian Pacific Spirulina products. As the World has become more aware of the great benefits of superfoods and the crucial importance of environmentally sustainable packaging and ethical sourcing, we have grown our business by providing products of outstanding quality and adhering to our values. These values are reflected in our core ideals and company policies that include:

• LOCTEC™ Nutrient Protection Technology packaging
• Licensed Australian GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) production and packaging
• Full disclosure of the origin of our superfoods
• 100% Australian owned & operated
• Environmental awareness & care
• 100% recyclable glass and metal packaging

LOCTEC™ packaging

LOCTEC™ Nutrient Protection Technology means our nutrient-rich superfoods are exclusively packed in glass bottles with metal caps and our bulk products in 100% metal eCANS (no plastic lining, no BPA) that stops oxygen and moisture from entering. This protects the valuable nutrients in our superfoods and greatly reduces nutrient-loss that can be caused by oxygen & moisture.

We use 100% recyclable glass and metal packaging that upholds the integrity of nutrients far better than ‘HDPE plastic bottles’ and ‘composite cans’ made from a blend of card-boards, adhesives and plastic that are NOT recyclable. This is also a commitment to the Earth and our precious environment and ecology.

Over use of plastic is a massive problem that our world is facing and at GREEN NUTRITIONALS we’re serious about helping protect the Planet in any way we can.

Product origin and sourcing

Some of the world’s most prolific producers of superfoods are countries where pollution is a significant issue and where there is little or no regulation around how this impacts the quality and purity of the foods they grow. In regions where the environment is full of pollutants, the foods grown in these conditions can be contaminated with heavy metals and have lowered nutritional values.

At GREEN NUTRITIONALS we buy only from the very best growers in non-polluted regions, then fully disclose who these growers are and why we believe their superfoods are the best. We know our suppliers and we know where the products that we pass onto our valued customers have come from. This is about product quality. It’s also about ethical sourcing and knowing the eco-journey of each product that we sell.

Nutrients vs Ingredients

Today, people are becoming much more educated than ever before about the importance of checking what’s in the food products they buy.

At GREEN NUTRITIONALS we heartily endorse this approach to becoming an informed and empowered consumer.

One thing we can tell you that isn’t always apparent from a list of INGREDIENTS on a product label, is the crucial distinction between what NUTRIENTS these ingredients actually contain.

Many brands list a whole lot of ‘ingredients’ on their superfood packaging, but no ‘nutrient values’. What they fail to make clear is that many of these ingredients are either present in such small amounts they offer no nutritional value OR that the ingredients are sourced from countries that may be polluted – also compromising the nutritional value.

We focus 100% on the nutritional content so you can be sure every one of our superfood products will deliver the valuable nutrients you are paying for.

Ethical

Full transparency and 100% disclosure of the origin & quality of our superfoods has been the hallmark of our brand for over 25 years.

We choose only the best quality superfoods from around the World, proudly tell you where they are grown, who grows them and why they are the best – we never buy superfoods from countries or regions that have compromised environments and all our superfoods are tested to ensure the highest purity and potency.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Our ethics go well beyond a 100% unconditional guarantee – doing the right thing by our highly nutritious superfoods, our precious environment and our valued customers is all important to us and we will never compromise our standards.

We never take our customer’s trust for granted … ever!

For example, we choose not to pack our superfoods in cheap, toxic, non-recyclable plastic bottles, composite cans (cardboard with plastic and glue added) or plastic pouches because they do not protect the oxygen-sensitive nutrients and are damaging to the environment – we only pack in 100% recyclable glass and metal containers that are oxygen-proof to keep your superfoods fresh and potent.

There’s nothing pure, organic or natural about plastic and we believe it should not be used to store superfoods.

Ethical behaviour is doing the right thing – even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

Honest

We always tell our customers the truth so they can be confident our product labeling, packaging and marketing is accurate, honest and complete. For example, we refuse to omit information that is important to you, or use any of the latest fad words & phrases that can often mislead consumers as to the origin, potency & purity of our superfoods.

Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it – right is right even when no-one is doing it.

Knowing the truth is what it’s all about and we actively encourage our customers to do ask the tough questions of all the food brands they buy.

When it comes to helping you determine what foods best strengthen your health & wellbeing, it’s important that you get full disclosure and honest information.

After all, it’s your health and you really do deserve the best!

The only people who get upset when you speak the truth are those who are living a lie – keep speaking the truth.

Real

Keeping it real is the only way we can actually deliver the nutrients you are paying for in our superfoods. We never take the easy way out.

Keeping it REAL is a full time job.

When we say we have the World’s Best Superfoods it’s not just a throw-away tagline, we can actually back it up … here’s just a few examples of how we keep it real for our customers;

• Full independent NUTRITIONAL ANALYSES … so you know what you’re buying
• Full disclosure of Country of Origin for ALL ingredients used in our products
• We DO NOT buy superfoods or ingredients from environmentally compromised countries or regions.
• We DO NOT use plastic packaging or composite cans (cardboard with plastic & glue added)
• We pack our products in Australia under GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) licence.
• We use LOCTEC ™ Nutrient Protection Technology so that you get the nutrients you are paying for.
• We DO NOT sell blends with tiny amounts of dozens of ingredients.

We deliver nutrients, not just ingredients … there is a big difference!