蝦青素

甚麼是蝦青素?

蝦青素是一種高純度化合物,可從海藻,磷蝦,鮭魚,蝦和龍蝦中天然提取。 它是經過臨床研究的成分,可促進安全的抗炎活性,支持關節、心臟、新陳代謝、肝臟的健康,帶來抗衰老功效。

根據美國食品藥品監督管理局(FDA)規定,並且經過第三方的廣泛毒性測試,蝦青素常被認可為安全的食品物質(GRAS),即使服用極高劑量也沒有顯著臨床問題。

PUERFONS蝦青素對我的健康有甚麼好處?

蝦青素抗氧化作用比較¹

PUERFONS蝦青素的6大功效

超過50項臨床和實驗研究,以及1500多篇科學文章認證這款新一代天然但功能極強大的抗氧化保健品的優勢:

支援心血管健康

  • 降低三酸甘油脂 (主要由天然油脂組成)
  • 平衡血脂、脂肪組合分佈,增加血液中的HLD (好膽固醇)² ³,減低心臟病的風險
  • 通過減少巨噬細胞轉移和凋亡,提高血管結構的穩定性⁴
  • 促進線粒體能量傳遞,有助於心肌更有效地收縮,以增強毛細血管的血液流動⁵

減輕關節不適

  • 預防由炎症引發的病痛
  • 抑制慢性炎症
  • 減輕風濕性關節炎疼痛
  • 改善結締組織 
  • 提高肌肉耐力和恢復能力

延緩大腦老化

  • 保護腦組織¹⁷
  • 改善與年齡相關的健忘情況,在中老年測試者中,其認知評估測試(評估關鍵認知能力,包括注意力,注意力,言語學習和記憶,口語流利度,工作記憶和執行功能)和格羅頓迷宮學習測驗(GMLT)的得分有所提升⁶ ⁷

加強免疫系統

  • 增加白血球和免疫細胞的數量和活性,保護先天免疫系統⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
  • 避免誘發炎症 (炎症是一種過度的免疫系統反應)¹¹

舒緩眼晴疲勞

  • 改善眼球睫狀肌調節的張力
  • 保護視網膜細胞免受氧化應激造成損害¹² ¹³
  • 減少視網膜上破壞性的新血管生長區域¹⁴ ¹⁵

明亮膚色、逆齡緊致

  • 保護皮膚表層細胞免受氧化,明亮膚色¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸
  • 抑制引發皮膚鬆弛和皺紋的自由基攻擊,增加皮膚彈性¹⁹ ²⁰ ²¹ ²²
引文
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