Description
Suggested Use
Adults: Take 1 teaspoon (5 g) into 4 oz. (120 ml) juice or water (dilute to taste). Let stand for 2 minutes and stir well. Take once a day with food or as directed by your health-care practitioner. Adjust the amount of water or juice used according to your own taste. If you are taking other medications, take this product a few hours before or after them.
Duration of use: Consult a health-care practitioner for use beyond 12 weeks.
Cautions and warnings:
Cautions and warnings: Consult a health-care practitioner prior to use if you have hypertension or a liver disorder; if you have an iron deficiency, have a history of kidney stones or gastrointestinal lesions/ulcers, or are having a surgery; if you are taking blood thinners, anticoagulants agents, anti-inflammatory agents or other enzyme products, or any other medications or natural health products. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea have been known to occur; in which case, discontinue use and consult a health-care practitioner. Discontinue use and consult a health-care practitioner if you develop symptoms of liver trouble such as yellowing of the skin/eyes (jaundice), stomach pain, dark urine, sweating, nausea, unusual tiredness, and/or loss of appetite. Rare, unpredictable cases of liver injury associated with green tea extract–containing products have been reported.
Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, or if you are taking antibiotics or sedatives.
Known adverse reactions: Discontinue use if signs of allergy or symptoms of gastrointestinal distress occur. Consult a health-care practitioner prior to use if you have an allergy to latex or fruits (such as avocado, banana, chestnut, passion fruit, fig, melon, mango, kiwi, pineapple, peach, and tomato). Hypersensitivity/allergy has been known to occur; in which case, discontinue use.
Ingredients
| Ingredients per 5 g (approximately 1 heaping teaspoon): | |
|---|---|
| Vitamin C (from calcium ascorbate, potassium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, ascorbyl palmitate, zinc ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate, manganese ascorbate, and ascorbic acid) | 1165 mg |
| Calcium (from calcium ascorbate) | 28 mg |
| Magnesium (from magnesium ascorbate) | 20 mg |
| Zinc (from zinc ascorbate) | 11 mg |
| Manganese (from manganese ascorbate) | 2 mg |
| Selenium (from ʟ‑selenomethionine) | 3.5 mcg |
| Potassium (from potassium ascorbate) | 11 mg |
| Citrus bioflavonoids (from bitter orange [Citrus × aurantium]), 50% hesperidins | 465 mg |
| Quercetin | 23 mg |
| Rutin | 23 mg |
| Green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaf extract, 75% epigallocatechin-3‑gallate (EGCG) | 35 mg |
| Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), 50% resveratrol | 12 mg |
| Blend of fruit extracts, 20% anthocyanidins | 29 mg |
| Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) European fruit extract, 25% anthocyanidins | 12 mg |
| Grape (Vitis vinifera) seed extract, 95% proanthocyanidins | 23 mg |
| Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) 107× | 23 mg |
| Black pepper (Piper nigrum), 95% piperine | 1.165 mg |
| Bromelain (from pineapple [Ananas comosus var. comosus] stem), 2400 GDU/g (208,800 FCC PU) | 5.8 mg |
| Papain (from papaya [Carica papaya] fruit) (58,000 FCC PU) | 580 mcg |
| Orange (Citrus sinensis) crystals | 1605 mg |
| Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) fruit juice | 400 mg |
| Other ingredients: Natural orange flavour, dl-malic acid, silicon dioxide, sodium bicarbonate, and stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) leaf extract. | |
