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A FRIGHTENING statistic from American Stroke Association shows that in every six seconds, one person is struck by stroke.
Each year, there are about 40,000 people within our country suffering from stroke and it is expected to be the single largest cause of severe disability in Malaysia. It is indeed a very disturbing situation.(1)
If you have high blood pressure, your stroke risk will increase six times.(2)
Therefore, the key to reducing stroke risk is by reducing risk factors, which includes conditions like hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes, not forgetting detrimental lifestyle factors like smoking, lack of exercise and unhealthy food or diet.
It is also crucial to protect your brain cells early to minimise any possible brain cell damages, either from the unnoticeable small scale stroke (silent stroke) or the big blown up attack of major stroke.
Palm tocotrienols is one of the few health supplements that has undergone stringent clinical trials and is proven to help protect brain cells from damage.
It helps salvage cells from damages caused by stroke. A recent report in STROKE Journal (2014) shows that palm tocotrienols taken 200mg twice day reduces the progression of brain cell damages that leads to formation of white matter lesion, a risk factors of stroke.
According to Dr Cameron Rink from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, brain damage during a stroke can be prevented by triggering the surrounding blood vessels to dilate and redirecting the blood flow around a blockage.
The blood vessel “redirect” is the result of 10 weeks' worth of supplementation in canine model with 200mg palm tocotrienols twice a day.(3)
Dr Rink discovered that palm tocotrienols could stimulate arteriogenesis – the formation of collateral blood supply with the expansion and redirection of the existing blood vessels in emergency, so that blood and oxygen can be delivered to the stroke affected brain areas. This collateral blood supply could provide a major difference in stroke outcomes.(3)
“We know that people with good collaterals have better recovery from strokes. We studied that tocotrienol helps improve the function of collaterals, which would offer someone better protection from an initial or secondary stroke,” says Rink.
Make sure you take the right palm tocotrienols – not all palm tocotrienols help in brain cells protection. Don’t waste money and effort on the wrong palm tocotrienols.
Palm tocotrienols in nature are known to be poorly absorbed. A technology known as Suprabio formulation was specially researched and found to help increase absorption of palm tocotrienols up to 300%.
It is a unique technology, which helps disperse the palm tocotrienols into smaller units once in contact with aqueous environment, allowing the minute particles to quickly and easily be absorbed into the body.(4)
Palm tocotrienols in Suprabio formulation was also proven in clinical trials from National Institute of Health, US, to efficiently reach vital organs such as the brain, liver, skin tissues and kidney.(4)
A palm tocotrienol in normal formulation without the enhanced Suprabio technology could not reach to brain cells for useful protection.(4)
Don’t take the risk – ask your pharmacist today and make sure you are recommended the Suprabio formulation of palm tocotrienols.
References
Amal et al. Med J Malaysia. (1)
2011; 66:1.
https://www.stroke.org/sites/ (2) default/files/resources/NSA_ BloodPressure_brochure.pdf
Rink et al. Journal cerebral (3) blood flow & Metabolism. 2011; 1-13
Ho et al., 2003. US Patent
(4)
6,596,306 B1
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