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Vitamins

I. Vitamins

The 14 essential vitamins can be classified into two groups: fat-soluble and water-soluble. The fat-soluble vitamins include A, D, E and K, and have many functions, including promoting healthy eyes and bones. The water-soluble vitamins include all the B Vitamins, Choline and Vitamin C. Most of these are involved in essential enzyme systems and energy metabolism. Each of the known vitamins has an ability to cure and prevent particular diseases and disease symptoms. So, be sure you eat plenty of vitamin-rich foods such as fruits and vegetables.

What Makes “ACTIVZ” Vitamins So Special and Nutritionally Dense?

It’s the way in which they are produced. ACTIVZ uses only vitamins that are derived from 100% whole-food sources. We use no chemicals… absolutely nothing about our vitamins are fractionated or synthetic. Using a unique patented process, ACTIVZ formulates its vitamins from a 100% vegetarian source. When you take an ACTIVZ vitamin you get the entire complex not just a fractionated chemical imitation. For our B vitamins, we use a proprietary and patented process… yeast that is fermented with soy*. Using this method, ACTIVZ can capture the nutrient power of the entire family of B complex vitamins… to include B-12. This process relates to therapeutic uses in promoting and improving general health, treating cancer, preventing infections, reducing the incidence of infections, treating infections, treating asthma, treating inflammation, modulating the immune system and treating immune disorders. Like the B vitamins, our A, D and E vitamins are also produced from patented, all natural whole-food sources.

Please note that all information listed below makes reference to vitamins that are from whole-food sources and not from laboratory made chemicals.

  • Vitamin A (as alpha-carotene and beta-carotene occurring naturally from carrots)

    Vitamin A is necessary for the growth and repair of body tissues. It is important to the overall health of the eyes. It fights bacteria and infection. One of the signs of Vitamin-A deficiency is rough, dry, and scaly skin. Vitamin-A helps build and maintain healthy skin. It also aids in bone and teeth formation. As a whole-food (from carrots) component of vitamin A, Alpha-Carotene is known to be effective in reducing tumors and other forms of skin cancer. Beta-Carotene helps in the treatment of eye disorders. Beta-Carotene protects the immune system cells, which are particularly susceptible to oxidation. Being all natural, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene have no toxic effect. Found in Activz Whole 9 Meal Replacement & Energy Shake and the Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin B-1 Thiamin (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    B1 is necessary for carbohydrate metabolism. It helps in maintaining a healthy nervous system, healthy muscles, heart and mucous membrane. It stimulates proper growth and muscle tone. Vitamin-B also stabilizes the appetite. Found in Activz Whole 9 Meal Replacement & Energy Shake and the Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin B-2 Riboflavin (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    B-2 is necessary for carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. It helps in releasing energy from food. It aids in the formation of antibodies and red blood cells, thus making it very effective in treating infections. B-2 helps to maintain a healthy respiratory, circulatory, digestive, and nervous system. It promotes normal growth and development. It maintains healthy eyes, skin and mucous membrane. Without B-2 the body will develop eye problems, cracks and sores in the mouth, skin disorders, retarded growth and digestive disorders. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin B-3 Niacin (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    B-3 (niacin) is necessary for carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. It promotes energy from sugars, fats, and proteins. Niacin maintains normal function of skin, nerves, tongue, and the digestive system. It is very effective in improving blood circulation and lowering levels of cholesterol in the blood. Niacin also prevents premenstrual headache. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin B-6 (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    B-6 is necessary for the proper metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. It aids in the formation of anti-bodies. B-6 helps to maintain the balance of sodium and phosphorus. It plays a key role in brain chemistry because it is involved in the manufacture of all amino acid neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine, and melatonin. Without B-6, nervousness, anemia, muscular weakness, and skin and mouth disorders will develop. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin B-12 (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    Like the other B vitamins, B-12 promotes normal growth and development and is necessary for carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. B-12 is essential for normal formation of blood cells, thus controlling anemia. It treats nerve damage and provides health to the nervous system. Without B-12 the body will suffer from anemia, brain damage, nervousness and pain and inflammation throughout various parts of the nervous system. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Folic Acid (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    Folic acid functions together with Vitamin B-12. It is important in red blood cell formation and in the maintenance of white blood cells. It is very effective in treating anemia. It maintains health for the nervous system, the intestinal tract, and sexual organs. Folic acid promotes normal body growth and development. Folic acid is critical in the development of the nervous system of the fetus. Folic acid deficiency during pregnancy has been linked to several types of birth defects. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Biotin (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    Biotin assists in the breakdown and utilization of fatty acids in energy metabolism. It is also essential for healthy cell growth. Biotin promotes strong nails and healthy hair. It is directly involved in the metabolism of sugar, fat, and amino acids. In its natural whole-food form it is non toxic. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Pantothenic Acid (from yeast fermented with soy) *

    Also known as vitamin B-5, it plays a critical role in the utilization of fats and carbohydrates in energy production and in the manufacturing of adrenal hormones and red blood cells. In its natural whole-food form it is non toxic. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin C (from Acerola)

    Vitamin C helps to form and maintain healthy collagen in the connective tissues. Heals wounds, scar tissue and bone fractures. Vitamin-C is a powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger that boosts the body’s immune system. When applied topically Vitamin C protects the skin from free radical damage. It helps in the production of red blood cells in bone marrow. It promotes healthy capillaries, gums, and teeth and enables iron to be absorbed by the body. Recent studies confirm that Vitamin C can block cancer from forming, keep the arteries running clean and open, prevent cataracts, greatly reduce odds of having a heart attack, dramatically lessen and even eliminate arthritis and joint pain and keep the skin looking young, radiant and wrinkle free. There are several forms of Vitamin C… most being synthetic like ascorbic acid, a 1/8 fraction of the whole. Activz uses only the “whole” C complex as found in the acerola berry. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin D (from yeast fermented with soy)*

    Vitamin D improves the absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphorus required for healthy bone function. It maintains a stable nervous system and normal heart action. Vitamin D regulates growth, hardening and repairing of bones, and controls bone formation. Vitamin D deficiency results in poor bone and tooth formation, softening of bones and teeth, inadequate absorption of calcium and retention of phosphorus in the kidneys. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

  • Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols from soy, sunflower, corn, grains, rice oil and seeds)

    Vitamin E protects fat-soluble vitamins and red blood cells. It is essential in cellular respiration. As an antioxidant vitamin, it protects the body’s internal and external cellular structure from oxidation and free radical damage. It inhibits the coagulation of blood, thereby allowing clean and easy blood flow through the circulatory system of the body. Vitamin E protects against heart disease, cancer and strokes and is essential for normal growth and development. Deficiency of Vitamin E will cause a rupture of the red blood cells, muscular wasting and abnormal fat deposits in the muscles. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that about 90% of adult American men and 97% of adult women do not get enough of this nutrient….in its natural whole food form. Only from natural whole food sources, do we get the entire E complex….safely. Found in Activz Vitamin, Mineral and Antioxidant Shake

*Activz’ Unique Whole-Food Vegetarian B Vitamins:

Our B vitamins come only from Nature’s most cherished beneficial food micro-organisms (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The resulting nutrient dense micro-organisms are produced by a patented soy fermentation process. Once the fermentation (fermentation is easier for the body to digest) process is completed, the yeast is harvested, washed, pasteurized (to kill the yeast) and dried on roller drum dryers.

The fermentation process allows the micro-organisms to be transformed into highly complex foods in which the nutrient (as in all natural foods) is in complex formation with other constituents of the food matrix. The end product result is a nutrient-dense Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. It is animal-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and kosher. The resulting yeast extract is a nitrogen source containing many amino acids, Folic Acid, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamins (B1… thiamin, B2… riboflavin, B3… niacin, B6 and B12), minerals (zinc and selenium) and nucleic acids.

No animal derived proteins or carbohydrates, such as gelatin or lactose, nor any modified starch such as Maltodextrin is used during or after the fermentation process; only whole plant foods including NON-GMO, NON HEXANE WASHED soy.

The yeast that Nature provides produces nutrients as complex components of foods–not as separate bits of purified chemical crystals and powders. There is a synergy, wholesomeness, and completeness to food. Every year brings more evidence for the interlocking relationships between nutrients and phytonutrients in foods.

Key Points:

  • No amount of additional USP or FCC vitamins or minerals are ever added to “standardize” (spike) potencies after the fermentation phase has transformed the original amount included in the fermentation process.
  • Batches are analyzed to confirm that coliforms E. coli, Salmonella, and Candida albicans are completely absent (negative).
  • No preservatives are used nor allowed in any of the ingredients utilized.

For additional information the B-Complex Vitamins (yeast fermented with soy) please refer to the section entitled “Proprietary Ingredients” in “Activz” Nutritional Products