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Supplement Spotlight: Got Pollution? Get a HealthPak!

There are actually mountains in the distance.

There are actually mountains in the distance.

You may remember our recent Scientifically Speaking post about the air quality in Salt Lake City during the winter. Let’s just say, it’s not pretty.

As I’m writing this, we’re smack dab in the middle of one of the terrible inversions that traps all the pollutants in the air, forming a hazy cloud of greyness that envelops the whole valley. It’s just gross!

Pollution can cause stress on your body — namely oxidative stress that, if it continues, can affect your health, including your respiratory and cardiovascular system. I can tell you, after a few days of this stuff, you can feel the effects of the pollutants — tightness in your lungs, headaches, a twinge in your throat.

While we can’t escape the pollution, we can try to protect ourselves from its effects.

If pollution is something that surrounds you in your daily life (hello, car exhaust), I’d like you to consider upgrading from the Essentials™ to our award-winning HealthPak™.

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HealthPak for a Boost in Antioxidant Defense

In addition to the Essentials, the HealthPak contains a powerful AO Booster that’s packed with resveratrol, grape seed extract, and — the nutrient I’d like to focus on today — alpha-lipoic acid.

Alpha-lipoic acid (LA) does a lot for your body. One of its more notable activities is that it helps recycle the body’s antioxidants, like coenzyme Q10. It’s sort of like bringing in reinforcements, resupplying those antioxidants so they can keep neutralizing excessive reactive oxygen species (otherwise known as free radicals), which are what can cause oxidative stress. Protection from that oxidative stress is important for maintaining the integrity and function of your cells, and even your DNA, to help you stay healthy. *

Healthpak_US_MG_0052_pbh-XLIn particular, LA helps restore natural glutathione levels in the body. Glutathione is a well-known cell protector, and keeping levels high is especially important when we’re surrounded by pollution, because our stores are used up as it works to defend against the oxidative damage caused by it.*

LA and glutathione also support the body’s natural detoxification processes, so it can help your body naturally rid itself of any toxins that may have entered as a result of exposure to pollution.

Although it’s found in spinach, tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, and other plant and animal sources, it’s very difficult to get enough LA for real benefits from diet alone, because dietary intakes have shown almost no effect on concentrations in the blood. So supplementing, especially when your body is under stress, is the best way to go.  And taking it in multiple doses is also a good idea, because it tends to get used up in your body very quickly.

Pollution is bad. Help your body protect itself with AM and PM doses of your HealthPak (adding Hepasil DTX™ wouldn’t be a terrible idea either) every day.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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7 replies
  1. Michael Hardin
    Michael Hardin says:

    Dear Usana, I know the usana website says the essentials are the strongest product thus far. But I was wondering how other products that are on the shelf in Chicago Illinois such as whole food market, solgar or 365 days per year or some generic brand at a much lower price, is this something to do with you basically get what you pay for or is it the manufacturing process also? Please respond to [email protected]

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  2. Peter
    Peter says:

    Can thrice Usana Health Pak a day?
    because I have left 3 boxes,These need until empty then it will be twice a day..

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  3. Camille Fletcher
    Camille Fletcher says:

    Peter, because USANA provides advanced levels of nutrients in our supplements, I would suggest you stick with the recommended two packets per day. It probably wouldn’t hurt you, but if you adhere to the label instructions, I can be certain it won’t (barring any health conditions you may have).

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