Interview With Dr. Joe McCord At the forefront of free radical, and antioxidative science.

Have You Always Been Interested in Science? Joe McCord sparked his interest in science at ten years old when he got a chemistry set for Christmas. Entered graduate school at Duke University when he was twenty one years old. Discovered super oxide dismutase (SOD) in his second year of graduate school. Did his doctoral dissertation work on his discovery of SOD. Went to the University of South Alabama for 13 years where he became the chairman of biochemistry. Currently continues his research at University of Colorado.

Discovery of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) Dr. Joe McCord’s mentor, Dr. Friedivich, held the philosophy that, “anything that is real and reproducible, should be noted, and should be shared with other scientists because it’s fact, and sooner or later it will become significant and meaningful.” -On the basis of Dr. McCord’s mentors philosophy, they discovered an enzyme that created free radicals, and at the same time, Dr. Joe McCord, discovered superoxide dismutase which ironically gets rid of free radicals.

The Evolution of the Science of Free Radicals The discovery of an enzyme that gets rid of free radicals sparked many questions. What free radicals does it get rid of? Is it a localized phenomenon? Every organism that utilizes oxygen had enzymes that get rid of free radicals. If all organisms have SOD than they probably can’t live with out it. Dr. McCord conducted an experiment with E-coli to prove his theory. SOD Is vital for an organism to survive.

-Since learning about free radicals, there has been a movement in science to promote direct antioxidants. -Direct antioxidants from some food sources and vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene. -Using direct antioxidants as a source to get rid of the free radicals that cause oxidative stress was a short step to the problem, and not a true solution, and can even make matters worse. -Our body does not rely on direct antioxidants to get rid of oxidative stress, we rely on catalytic antioxidant enzymes. -We have since learned that we can signal our DNA to produce more antioxidant enzymes, this is where protandim entered the picture. What Do We Know Now About External Antioxidants?

Protandim Protandim Consists of a unique blend of five naturally occurring phytochemicals. Protandim Sends a message to human the DNA, which triggers the genes to produce more antioxidant enzymes.

Direct antioxidant Vs. Anti oxidant enzyme Direct antioxidant reacts on a 1:1 basis. Direct antioxidants are a tiny one time use package. Antioxidant enzymes are catalytic, which promote the reaction to get rid of free radicals. No toxic byproducts. One molecule of SOD can react to up to 1 million of free radicals every second! One and done (external antioxidants) to millions per second (antioxidant enzymes). Its like Comparing apples to oranges!

Direct antioxidant Oxidative stress Antioxidant enzymes Comparing Direct Antioxidants to Antioxidant Enzymes

Science of Protandim The process of the internal combustion engine of an automobile creates the same reactive by product (free radicals) that a human does. When you buy a new car its in good balance like a young human being or a young cell, it has little oxidative stress. As the car ages the aging process creates a smog as a byproduct, to remedy this problem the government has mandated that all cars have a catalytic converter to clean the byproduct of an automobiles combustion process. Cells have their own catalytic converter in the form of free radical eating antioxidant enzymes. Protandim increases the production of the bodies catalytic converter (antioxidant enzymes). Clinical trial of protandim showed that protandim reduced an eighty year olds oxidative stress level, to that of a twenty year old!

Validating Protandim Chronological age can not be changed. Biochemical age can be changed! We can measure biochemical aging by using t-bar tests. Protandim is able to block oxidative stress, and has been validated by using the t-bar test

Glutathione Our bodies make glutathione. Protandim up-regulated the production of the enzymes that produce glutathione. Glutathione protects us from oxidants. A paper published in 2009 showed that human cells treated with protandim, produced 3 times the amount of glutathione. Glutathione is recyclable. Glutathione is required by humans to live. Protandim can increase glutathione three fold!

Patents Protandim has two patents and one pending. Patenting natural products is not a simple process. Protandim uses 5 natural products, that creates a synergistic effect. Protandim’s unique composition of natural products resulted in protandim receiving a patent. These five products create synergy. The synergistic effect of the 5 products in protandim creates an effect 18 times greater than the sum of those five products. You cant get the effect of protandim by taking the 5 ingredients separately. The patents protect the composition of protandim from being copied.

Studies When Dr. McCord presented protandim to his colleagues, the concept was widely accepted, this lead to vast amount of studies being conducted. Twenty universities are studying protandim on their own expense.

What is the Antioxidant Myth? The antioxidant myth is a realization by scientists, that taking direct antioxidants has not provided the solution for oxidative stress. The myth is in fact conventional direct antioxidant can even make oxidative stress worse. Indirect antioxidants do not have a downside, they cannot become pro-oxidants. Protandim increases the same Indirect antioxidants that provide the benefits in the way your cells do, using the same enzymes our cells use to battle free radicals, without the possibility of toxic side affects. Indirect antioxidants

Why Should Everyone Be Taking Protandim? Everyone is aging, some of us have other problems. Regardless of who we are, and what age we are, our oxidative stress is relentlessly increasing. For the most part, oxidative stress is out of our hands, unless we induce the production of more antioxidant enzymes. Protandim can increase the production of antioxidant enzymes.

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