HEALTH REPORT
Ease the ache Whether it’s in your knee, your head or anywhere else in your body, wherever it hurts, pain and inflammation can profoundly compromise your physical and mental health.
Levagen ® can improve intestinal absorption and uptake of otherwise poorly absorbed ingredients used in products in the control of pain. This is an important advantage to the end user of the supplement, because it significantly improves the bioavailability and functionality of PEA in their body, ensuring that active pain-relieving ingredients are absorbed and used by the body at almost twice the rate they would be if Levagen ® was not present. Natural Support Boswellia (Boswellia serrata) This herb has featured strongly in Ayurveda, India’s system of traditional medicine, for centuries. Scientific research bears out and attests to the benefits of using a high potency standardised extract of boswellia in relieving and managing the
The word ‘pain’ comes from the Latin root word poena, which means ‘punishment’ – an apt interpretation for anyone who is subject to the aches of arthritis, the shooting, burning pain of shingles, the soreness of stiff muscles, the ongoing misery caused by an improperly healed injury, or the ‘clamping’ pain and debility caused by migraines. Generally speaking, pain results when a nerve ending responds to a signal of injury or imbalance in the body, which sends a message to the brain that the particular body part hurts. Pain can negatively impact a person’s whole life, and severely limit their actions and choices. This undermines their mental health, often acting as a trigger for anxiety, insomnia and depression, and also adversely affects the lives of those around them, including family, caregivers, friends and colleagues. Australians are estimated to spend over $20 billion per year on medications and surgical interventions in an attempt to cure or at least control pain. Fortunately, a growing body of clinical evidence supports the use of natural therapies and remedies to reduce pain, especially for pain and swelling that is linked to inflammation, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, back pain, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia. Powerful and effective botanicals, like boswellia, turmeric and
ginger, can make a profound difference to pain reduction and prevention. The science-backed ingredient PEA (palmitoylethanolamide) is a chemical derived from fat that is found naturally in foods like eggs and nuts, as well it is naturally produced in the body in response to injury and stress. Due to its fatty nature, PEA is poorly absorbed. There is now a dynamic, new and improved alternative
Powerful and effective botanicals, like boswellia, turmeric and ginger, can make a profound difference to pain reduction and prevention.
pain caused by inflammatory conditions, especially arthritis, colitis, Crohn’s disease, asthma and the lingering nerve pain that lasts after an attack of shingles. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Turmeric is a member of the Zingiberaceae family, along with ginger. A tropical plant, it is cultivated widely
to PEA, called Levagen ® which contains a superior form Palmidrol (PEA) with increased bioavailability using LipiSperse ® technology this reduces surface tension and allows particles to freely disperse in the gastrointestinal tract. It boasts 1.75 times better absorption compared to standard PEA.
in Asia, India and Africa, where it has been used for healing as well as culinary
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