Antioxidant Synergy

DISCUSSION:Antioxidant Synergy includes the complete "Antioxidant Network," the body's five-member antioxidant defense and recycling system. Most antioxidants lose their protective power once they have quenched a single free radical. These five antioxidants - R(+)-lipoic acid (the natural mitochondrial form of lipoic acid), the complete vitamin E complex (tocopherols and tocotrienols), vitamin C (in both fat- and water-soluble forms), glutathione (as effective precursors), and coenzyme Q10 - are unique in their synergistic ability to "recycle" one another into their active antioxidant forms. Selenium (an essential cofactor of the enzyme thioredoxin reductase) and flavonoids are proven network "boosters."