The ultimate multinutrient for hair, skin and nails?

This product was not designed by the manufacturers as a cosmetic nutrient. It was designed as a supplement for general health and vitality, and in our opinion fills these aims brilliantly.

However, it is a fact that any factors that maintain health and vitality will also improve appearance, and OMNIUM is no exception.

There are a number of vitamins and minerals that have been recognised for many years as being important to the health of outer membranes; hair, skin and nails. These are as follows:

Vitamins and Minerals

Vitamin A

Recognised as probably one of the two main nutrients for skin and nails.

Beta-Carotene

Otherwise called pro-vitamin A. This is the plant form of vitamin A, which the body converts as necessary.

Vitamin C

The most important vitamin of all. As far as its importance to skin is concerned, it is the main vitamin involved in the formation of collagen and elastin, the main proteins involved in the strength and elasticity of connective tissue.

Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide, Niacin)

Lack of this vitamin can cause sensitivity of the skin to normal minor irritants.

Vitamin B5

This vitamin is involved, together with vitamin C, in the condition of the adrenal glands. One of the functions of these glands is the production of the body's own corticosteroids; hormones which have anti-inflammatory effects and are therefore important in avoiding certain inflammatory skin problems.

Biotin

One of the B group of vitamins. Recognised as being important for hair condition.

Zinc

This mineral, together with vitamin A, is recognised as one of the two main nutrients for skin and nail condition.

Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese

These three minerals are important in all structures of the body.

Antioxidants

Antioxidants neutralise free radicals. Free radicals cause tissue damage, resulting in a wide range of health problems, from cancer to arthritis to heart problems, but they also cause more visible problems, such as coarseness and wrinkling of skin, liver spots (lipofuscin), hair loss, loss of hair colour and loss of nail condition.

There are a number of nutrients that have been recognised for many years as providing antioxidant protection against free radicals. These are:

Beta-Carotene

This is the plant form of vitamin A; which also has powerful antioxidant effects.

Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol)

Recognised as having powerful antioxidant effects, particularly protective against free radical damage to fats and oils in the body and in food.

Vitamin C

Also a powerful antioxidant; usable in very large amounts.

Selenium

Recognised as a powerful antioxidant, particularly when combined with vitamin B.

Phytonutrients; Advanced Antioxidants

All the nutrients mentioned in previous sections are available in a number of the better multivitamins, although many multinutrients do not contain all of them.

What makes OMNIUM different from the others is the more esoteric antioxidants and the phytonutrients (herbal extracts) which don't appear in any other multinutrient that we know of.

What are the extras?

Mixed Carotenoids

These are (in addition to beta-carotene), alpha-carotene, cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin and lutein.

These carotenoids all have their own antioxidant effects, some more powerful than beta-carotene. Not all are convertible to vitamin A, but the combined antioxidant effect is far more powerful than any of the nutrients on their own.

Vitamin C Complex

This complex provides vitamin C metabolites, which increase absorption by the body by up to 400%, and also prevents excessive absorption of any particular mineral. (Vitamin C is combined with four different minerals; calcium, potassium, magnesium and zinc, instead of just calcium.)

Proanthocyanidin Complex and Polyphenol Complex

(red wine and green tea extracts)

This group of antioxidant compounds has been discovered to have antioxidant activity 50 times that of vitamin B and 20 times that of vitamin C.

Tocotrienol Complex

A group of nutrients allied to vitamin E, which are recognised as having stronger antioxidant properties than vitamin E.

Quercetin

Generally recognised as the most powerful antioxidant in nature. An extremely powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agent.

Alpha Lipoic Acid and Coenzyme Q10

Powerful antioxidants. Lipoic acid in particular has the property of regenerating the other antioxidant nutrients.

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