Research & Development
Ongoing Research Now Proves ProPectin Supports Good Health in Many Additional Ways
In March 2011...
The world was stunned when a massive earthquake hit Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami shortly thereafter. The combination of these two natural disasters resulted in severe damage to the nuclear reactors located at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which caused dangerous long-lasting radioactive contamination throughout the country... and possibly far beyond.
To help the citizens of Japan combat the harmful effects this radiation exposure could pose to their health, VitaPro introduced ProPectin®, a 100 percent, pharmaceutical-grade apple pectin product proven to bind with dangerous radioactive toxins, such as Cesium 137 and 134, in a process called chelation, and flush them from the body.
Pectin was identified in 1825 by the French chemist and pharmacist, Henri Braconnot. An expert in the extraction of active components from plants, he discovered a heteropolysaccharide with gelling properties which he named "pectic acid". Pectin is a family of complex polysaccharides which are found in high amounts in plant primary walls, and are a family of covalently linked galacturonic acid-rich polymers I.
Since Braconnot's discovery, pectin has been used as a gelling agent for food preparation and is recognized for its many health benefits when consumed. As a dietary fiber, pectin is not enzymatically digested in the small intestine but is degraded by microbia in the colon. This enables pectin to keep its gelling action in the digestive tract, which in turn slows down digestion II.
After the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in 1986, pectin was used extensively to treat children in the region who were exposed to radiation. It was very effective in helping to remove radioactive particles from the intestinal tract.
LinkIn large-scale studies in the Chernobyl area, pectin was found to substantially reduce the Cesium 137 level by up to 63 percent.
Today, by taking ProPectin every day, people throughout Japan and other areas where radioactive materials have leaked into the air, ocean and ground are able to combat the dangerous health risks caused by such exposure.
There are four reasons ProPectin is a superior apple pectin product:
It is the only product on the market that is pharmaceutical-grade apple pectin.
It is the only product that provides a daily dose of 9 grams (3 sachets per day) of high grade apple pectin due to a 6-step patented process and formula
It is the only product that is 100 percent soluble, which results in a significantly higher absorption rate.
With all these benefits, it also tastes great like delicious mild apple nectar.
Apple pectin is most effective when dissolved and consumed in liquid form. Currently there are no other apple pectin products available on the market that are soluble. ProPectin's 6-step process turns pharmaceutical-grade apple pectin into a highly soluble powder that dissolves immediately in water for quick and easy consumption.
ProPectin® is 4.5 times more effective than any other apple pectin product on the market.
The effectiveness of ProPectin is directly proportional to the quality and strength of its raw ingredients. ProPectin contains only the purest ingredients and assays are conducted to confirm the purity, quality and efficacy of the raw materials.
Research into the complete genome of the apple helped scientists determine what contributes to the highest quality apple, and enabled them to perform selective sourcing of the ideal pharmaceutical-grade apple pectin. VitaPro's medical advisory board, scientists and research and development team methodically and extensively searched the globe for the highest quality and purity apple source that would enable the company to provide the extraordinary bioavailability and efficacy of apple pectin used in ProPecitn.
Included in this exhaustive search were a number of factors that contribute to an exceptional apple, including the balance required between macronutrients and micronutrients in the farm soil; timing of the harvest; correct crop nutrition; and the role calcium, potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, boron, zinc and manganese play in the development of the fruit. This extensive research identified a specific region in Poland as the best place to grow the apples needed to produce a product of ProPectin's quality and efficacy.
It would be impossible to eat enough apples in a day, or a month, to equal the benefit of ProPectin®.
The formulation process is very involved and requires a high degree of esterification. ProPectin is manufactured in micro batches to ensure the maximum concentration and potency of the formula. This also ensures that each batch of ProPectin contains ingredients in their most potent state minus all unnatural or harmful compounds.
As a powerful detoxifier, ProPectin not only binds with deadly radioactive materials such as Cesium 137, Strontium and Cobalt, it helps to eliminate from the body dangerous heavy metals found in the environments where people work and live and in the foods and water they regularly consume. These heavy metals include Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Tin.
Reports of dangerous contamination from such metals are alarming and global; for example, recently people have faced serious health risks due to lead contamination in water supplies in Hong Kong and Flint, Michigan, and many are concerned about the levels of mercury found in fish sold for human consumption.
Pectin reduces inflammation associated with bowel disease by reducing the production of pro-inflammatory antibodies (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2010).
Chinese chemist Lin Shu Liu has developed a material from natural crop polymers, including pectin, which can be used in biomedical materials such as those used in human tissue regeneration. This new pectin-based material forms three-dimensional structures with better physical and mechanical properties than the tissue replacement materials now in use.
Pectin helps to manage or prevent some types of incontinence. Research in this field points to it as an effective part of a management program to control fecal incontinence. A study showed that women required 21 to 25 grams of fiber, including pectin, each day and men needed 30 to 38 grams of this nutrient daily to control fecal incontinence (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, June 2009).
Apple pectin has been shown to level cholesterol levels by significantly raising the levels of HDL, or good cholesterol ( Nutrition and Food Research Journal). The HDL cholesterol extracts the bad cholesterol, or LDL, from the arteries and way from arterial walls, then delivers it to the liver where it is processed and eliminated from the body. Pectin, as a soluble fiber, also works by binding cholesterol to bile acids and carrying them out of the body.
A 2005 study showed that regular intake of apple pectin has a healing effect on the human body. In people with disorders in the lipid balance, ProPectin leads to a reduction in overall cholesterol as well as LDL and restores the lipid balance.
Several studies with insulin dependent and nondependent diabetics have shown that pectin substances lower blood glucose and insulin levels after a carbohydrate meal (Tunadi, 1990, Levitt et al, 1980, Kanter et al, 1980). The results were comparable to studies with healthy volunteers (Jenkins et al, 1980, Holt et al, 1979, Sahi et al, 1985).
In another study, it was shown that combining ProPectin and a comprehensive diet regime for Diabetes Type 2 will diminish the complications of the disease. ProPectin also leads to a reduction in blood glucose levels, HbA1c, cholesterol and LDL.
Pectin may also help people consume fewer calories. Researchers at Konkuk University in Korea have tested the effects of a pectin-containing beverage on food intake for healthy but overweight women. The results showed that women who consumed the pectin twice a day consumed 12 percent fewer calories than usual at lunch time and 22 percent fewer calories at dinner (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2007).
New pectin applications include prosthetic medical devices and scaffolding for bone or cartilage repair. Pectin has properties that allow human cells to bind to it and grow. Plant physiologist Arland T. Hotchkiss and collaborators have demonstrated that pectin fragments have prebiotic properties. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that increase growth of beneficial bacteria which help prevent growth of food-borne pathogens.
