Dr. Perricone’s Top 10 Super Supplements – #3 – Astaxanthin
Super Supplement #3: Astaxanthin
Astaxanthin comes from the microalgae haematococcus pluvialis, found in abundance in arctic marine environments, and is a natural carotenoid (any of a class of yellow to red pigments, including the carotenes and the xanthophylls). Carotenoids are one of the most abundant molecules in the world and give nature its wide variety of colors—from carrots to flamingos. It is the most potent of all of the carotenoids—in fact it is ten times stronger than beta carotene and 100 times stronger than Vitamin E. Wild Alaskan salmon, lobster, rainbow trout, shrimp, crawfish, crab, and red caviar all owe their rich colors to their astaxanthin-rich diets. Astaxanthin is an exceptional anti-inflammatory, making it an important component of the Perricone Weight Loss Diet. Its ability to protect muscles and increase physical endurance is a wonderful asset for everyone needing to start and maintain a regular exercise program.
DOSAGE RECOMMENDATION: 1-2 capsules, 2 mg each, per day. Look for the AstaReal™ trademark on your bottle of astaxanthin supplements for potency and purity.
Astaxanthin Tips:
Because astaxanthin has been proven to cross the blood brain barrier (see Carnitine below), it offers protection to the brain, the central nervous system and the eye.
It increases physical endurance and reduces muscle damage.
It reduces eye fatigue and improves visual acuity.
It provides wrinkle reduction by internal supplementation.
It reduces hyperpigmentation (better known as age spots).
It provides cytokine regulation; inhibiting the expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines.
It improves gastric health; and reduces infection/inflammation of H. pylori, spiral-shaped bacterium that can damage stomach and duodenal tissue, causing ulcers.
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2 Questions:
(1) Is this Astaxanthin good for the liver ?
I have a feeling it might be….??? I have been searching for some clues…
(2) While reading and learning about those ingredients you’ve mentioned in your posts, especially # 7 – CoQ10, #5 – Acetyl-L-Carnitine and #4 – Carnitine , It seems like these super supplements must be so efficient in the process of burning fats. That’s great! However, if one side of platform is busy loading people in the train ( like bringing fats to mitochondria to burn ) then, on the other side of the platform it will be filled with people coming out from the train….you know what I am saying? What kind of nutrients or food would be good to deal with this waste products(?), like Ketone bodies or other by-products which might be prone to inflammation?? In other words, people who are on diets sometimes get headaches, muscle aches, or fever and so on…..what would you recommend as supplements or food or actions to deal with these, maybe, temporary bothersome process to make it easier to get through.? Maybe drinking lots of water would help and maybe your anti-inflammatory food would help but more specifically what kind of nutrients, food or actions would help solve this dilemma?
Thank you!
Minkyong