Renew Your Natural Radiance with USANA Celavive® Skincare

USANA Celavive® Skincare

Restore moisture and support your skin’s natural ability to reduce the visible signs of aging.

Glowing, Healthy-Looking Skin Starts with the Science of Beauty

Revive your most luminous skin with Celavive skincare. Inspired by a deep understanding of the needs of your skin, Celavive is designed to bring your complexion to life. Each product contains innovative science-based ingredients and vital nutrients to replenish, balance, and restore your skin’s youthful appearance.

In only a few short weeks of using the full regimen, you will see beautiful results:

  • Brighter, healthy-looking skin
  • Enhanced look of firmness
  • Visibly reduced fine lines and wrinkles
  • Improved hydration
  • Appearance of soft, smooth texture
  • Visibly even skin tone

The entire Celavive line is gluten-free, contains no harsh chemicals or parabens, and has been dermatologically tested.

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Skin Basics

When it’s healthy, your skin is very resilient. The skin cells actively produce water-binding chemicals, lipids, and structural proteins needed to form a barrier that defends against toxins and retains moisture for a healthy appearance. This naturally protects the soft elastic tissues that keep skin looking young.

However, genetic and hormonal changes linked with normal aging—along with other lifestyle factors—can change the appearance of your skin. These visible changes can show up as wrinkles, dryness, sagging, and uneven skin tone.

Celavive skincare products work together to rejuvenate a youthful look by supporting healthy skin and a strong barrier.

The Regimen that Delivers Results

To let your youthful glow shine through, make sure to use products designed for your skin type. And apply your products in the correct order to get the most out of your skincare routine.

Step Dry/Sensitive Skin
Cleanse: Conditioning Makeup Remover
Cleanse: Gentle Milk Cleanser
Cleanse: Exfoliating Scrub+Mask
Tone: Perfecting Toner
Enhance: Hydrating + Lifting Sheet Mask
Enhance: Vitalizing Serum
Enhance: Hydrating Eye Essence
Hydrate AM: Protective Day Cream SPF 30
Hydrate PM: Replenishing Night Cream

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Step Oily/Combination Skin
Cleanse: Conditioning Makeup Remover
Cleanse: Creamy Foam Cleanser
Cleanse: Exfoliating Scrub+Mask
Tone: Perfecting Toner
Enhance: Hydrating + Lifting Sheet Mask
Enhance: Vitalizing Serum
Enhance: Hydrating Eye Essence
Hydrate AM: Protective Day Lotion SPF 30
Hydrate PM: Replenishing Night Gel

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Step 1. Cleanse Twice a Day

Don’t let grime dull your glow. Use a gentle cleanser to remove impurities without over-stripping the natural oils from your skin. This will help prepare your skin for application of additional skin care products and/or makeup.

  • In the morning, cleansing will not only refresh your skin. It’s also helpful for removing any sweat, excess oil, dead skin cells, etc. that may have accumulated overnight.
  • At night, it’s essential to wash off the day. And water alone won’t do the job. Remove makeup with a makeup remover. Then cleanse away dirt, pollutants, and oily residue to leave your skin feeling fresh.
  • Three times a week cleanse and enhance by exfoliating to remove any dead surface skin, purify pores, and revive your complexion.

Step 2: Tone after Cleanser

One of the most important steps in your routine, toner begins to restore moisture balance and will help you get the most out of your other skincare products.

Step 3: Enhance with Treatment Products

Serums, masks, and eye treatment products deliver more concentrated active ingredients than you can get from a moisturizer. They are the best way to give your skin a boost of protection from the effects of the environment and defy the visible signs of aging. These products are essential for effectively preserving the look of youthful skin tone, texture, and firmness.

Step 4: Hydrate in the AM and PM

Dermatologists agree, retaining and replenishing moisture is key for healthy-looking, vibrant skin. (Even oily skin can become dehydrated and needs to have water restored.) Treat your skin to a high-quality moisturizer morning and night to complete your daily skincare routine.

  • In the morning, hydrate and protect with a moisturizer that also contains a broad-spectrum sunscreen. UV rays are one the biggest contributors to visible wrinkles and minor discoloration associated with normal aging.
  • At night, ensure a beautiful morning with a replenishing moisturizer that also contains targeted ingredients to help rejuvenate and repair the look of your skin.

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Celavive Skincare Fights the Appearance of Aging with the Best of Science and Nature

Skin science has shown that the appearance of youthful, healthy skin can be preserved or renewed with the use of the right beautifying ingredients. These plant extracts, nutrients, and peptides are some of the key ingredients found in USANA Celavive products.

Two exclusive technologies found in Celavive products deliver visible improvements in the appearance of visible expression lines, wrinkles, dullness, and sagging.

Celavive Cell-Signaling Complex Signals Healthy Skin-Cell Activity for Younger-Looking Skin

Nourish your skin’s natural processes that defend against visible aging with the Celavive Cell-Signaling Complex. USANA InCelligence Technology® uses targeted botanicals and bioactive peptides to support cellular communications that promote a beautiful, younger-looking appearance. By working with your skin cells, this powerful complex delivers results that are unique to your personalized beauty needs.

Found in: Perfecting Toner, Hydrating Eye Essence, Vitalizing Serum, Replenishing Night Cream, Replenishing Night Gel, Hydrating + Lifting Sheet Mask

Celavive Olivol Botanical Blend Delivers Deep Hydration for a Healthy Look

Reveal your natural radiance by replenishing deep hydration to your skin for up to 24 hours with the Olivol Botanical Blend. USANA’s unique olive-fruit extract plus watermelon, apple, and lentil fruit extracts work together to support your skin’s natural moisturizing processes. In only one use, skin looks plump, smooth, and youthful.

Found in: Gentle Milk Cleanser, Creamy Foam Cleanser, Exfoliating Scrub+Mask, Perfecting Toner, Protective Day Cream, Protective Day Lotion, Replenishing Night Cream, Replenishing Night Gel

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Frequently Asked Questions About Celavive Skincare

The name Celavive® represents the knowledge that your skin cells are alive, working together to provide protection from environmental elements, and supporting healthy beautiful skin. Celavive combines the best of science to awaken your skin cells natural ability to activate natural renewing abilities within your own skin for beautiful looking skin.

All of the Celavive products are gluten-free. The raw ingredients do not contain any gluten containing ingredients and independent testing did not detect and gluten (<20 ppm).

In the US there is not an official standard or requirement for a product to be labeled as hypoallergenic, so this designation has little meaning. Each Celavive product contains numerous naturally derived ingredients, making it possible for a person to be sensitive to a product.

The ingredients used in this product line have been thoroughly researched for safety and efficacy and should be appropriate for most individuals. If someone has a known sensitivity to skincare products or a specific ingredient it will be important to check product ingredient lists to determine if they are appropriate for use.

If you have known sensitivities to skincare products, it may be beneficial for you to test the products on a small area of your skin (the inside of your elbow, wrist, or the side of your neck) prior to applying it to your face to determine if you are sensitive. Potential reactions will typically occur within 24 hours, but may take up to 72 hours.

In the US, the Celavive line of products are regulated as cosmetics, with the Day Creams registered as OTC sunscreens. Cosmetic products are designed to cleanse, moisturize, protect and enhance the appearance of skin. Cosmetic products mainly work on the epidermis layer of the skin to fight against visible signs of skin aging.

USANA InCelligence Technology® uses plant-based nutrition to enhance the cell’s ability to communicate internally and with other cells. This technology harnesses natural cell-signaling pathways to improve health through unique personalized nutrition.

Certain products in the Celavive™ line include the Cell Signaling Complex, which uses InCelligence Technology to support healthy-looking skin. This Cell Signaling Complex uses powerful nutrients to target cell receptors that use communication to support your body’s natural, beauty-preserving functions.

Celavive is manufactured by a highly reputable skincare partner in a state-of-the-art facility in Japan. This facility specializes in skincare production and has an excellent reputation for their extremely high manufacturing standards. Products are tested for purity, safety, stability, and efficacy. Each product is tested multiple times during manufacturing.

Additionally, our manufacturing partner is committed to protecting the environment by focusing on energy conservation, responsible waste management, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and recycling.

The Celavive Cell-Signaling Complex is made up of two bioactive peptides and two botanical extracts: Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Hexapeptide 48 HCl, southernwood extract, and coffee-seed extract.

These active ingredients bind to key cell receptors to support and send signals that can help counteract visible signs of chronological aging and lifestyle stress. These functions include preserving a healthy, balanced skin barrier and promoting the synthesis of a healthy skin matrix.

Together, the ingredients in the Cell Signaling Complex support your skin cells’ natural ability to create glowing, smooth, younger-looking skin from within.

Celavive™ is a comprehensive skin care system designed for both women and men concerned with preventing and minimizing the signs of aging. Celavive™ products are designed to cleanse, moisturize, protect, or renew, to help reveal healthy younger looking skin.

Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should speak to their healthcare professional.

Celavive is a skin care line designed for adults concerned about minimizing the signs of visible aging. It is not designed to be used by infants or children. There are some differences between mature adult skin and the skin of infants and younger children and many health care providers routinely recommend skincare and sunscreen products designed specifically for this age group.

Celavive is not designed to treat diseases of the skin.

Celavive has a variety of products designed for different skin types.

For general use on all skin types: Conditioning Makeup Remover, Perfecting Toner, Hydrating + Lifting Sheet Mask, Hydrating Eye Essence, and Vitalizing Serum

For dry or sensitive skin: Gentle Milk Cleanser, Protective Day Cream, and Replenishing Night Cream

For oily or combination skin: Creamy Foam Cleanser, Protective Day Lotion, and Replenishing Night Gel

Results are different for each person, since we are all unique. Most people will see a difference in skin hydration and overall appearance within about two weeks. Because it can take up to 90 days for skin to renew itself through normal cell turnover, more dramatic visual results may take several weeks of regular daily use for most people.

The science behind effective skincare is consistently evolving and we are always looking at science to develop cutting-edge products to support beauty and skin health. The Celavive™ line of products are based on recent science and the newest cutting-edge technology to help you create healthy younger-looking radiant skin.

Your skin is your outermost protective layer, and it is exposed to many environmental elements that can contribute to signs of premature aging.

Too much exposure to UV rays can lead to sunburn and impact delicate processes that affect the skin’s growth and appearance. Over time, exposure to UV rays causes the skin to lose its elasticity and to become thickened, leathery, and wrinkled.

The more exposed your skin is to the sun, the earlier your skin will show signs of aging, and as you get older, it becomes more difficult for skin to repair itself. Over time, this damage can take a toll on your skin and its underlying connective tissue. The influence of environmental and lifestyle factors is known as extrinsic aging or photo-aging.

But outside factors aren’t the only cause of skin aging. As you age naturally, your skin begins to produce less elastin causing skin to lose elasticity and decreasing skin’s resilience. Your skin also produces less collagen, which negatively affects skin structure causing the skin to appear wrinkled and less firm. This is called intrinsic aging and it is influenced by internal physiological factors including your DNA.

By proactively caring for your skin and focusing on prevention, you can minimize some of the visible signs related to aging skin. Limit sun exposure, apply sunscreen every day, and care for your skin internally. In addition to comprehensive topical support, providing your body with the micronutrients, macronutrients and adequate hydration can help to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles to maintain the appearance of healthy younger looking skin.

Many people are passionate believers that natural and/or organic ingredients must be better for their skin, but this belief is not always scientifically based or accurate. As the science behind skin care formulations evolve, new and innovative ways to create products are continuing to develop.

However, even with innovation, there are basic tenets of cosmetic development that must be followed to produce safe and effective products. From selecting the most effective raw materials to ensuring stability and shelf life, science dictates the types of ingredients most suitable for inclusion in products.

Our team of scientists thoroughly researched and reviewed the ingredients included in this innovative product line for safety, stability, and efficacy. The products have also been clinically tested in humans and the results are impressive.

Only the highest quality products ever make it from benchtop to market, and Celavive™ is the result of years of scientific innovation in product formulation and cell-signaling research brought to you by a team of highly qualified scientists.

Some may think that preservatives are a negative aspect of a product. But preservatives protect both the product and the consumer by maintaining stability of ingredients. They also prevent the growth of potentially harmful microbes that can occur from accidental contamination by the consumer or during the manufacturing process. In addition, all products that contain water must have some type of preservative system in place to maintain safety and stability. Certain types of multifunctional ingredients offer preservative properties and other benefits to the product.

Celavive products are preserved with ingredients including citric acid, sodium lactate, botanicals, oil extracts, and more.

Celavive is formulated without:

  • Parabens
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • Heavy Metals
  • Phthalates
  • BHA/BHT
  • Synthetic Dyes
  • Formaldehyde
  • Triclosan
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Hydroquinone
  • Coal tar

Fragrance in an integral part of the success of personal care products and Celavive products do contain fragrance.

Even products that claim to be fragrance free are not necessarily void of fragrance ingredients. In the US, the FDA has made the following regulation regarding this claim:

Fragrance free implies that a cosmetic product so labeled has no perceptible odor. Fragrance ingredients may be added to a fragrance-free cosmetic to mask any offensive odor originating from the raw materials used, but in a smaller amount than is needed to impart a noticeable scent.

Our scientists have a strong commitment to utilize the best science and latest available research to ensure the safety of products before they are marketed. They have gone to great lengths to find a fragrance that has a light mild scent that should not for be a concern for most individuals. As an additional safeguard, fragrance is added in minimal amounts and is typically listed near the very end of the ingredient list.

The ingredients that make up the fragrance contain synthetic ingredients selected for their stability, consistency and pleasing scent. The exact ingredients are proprietary and not available to disclose.

The Celavive Perfecting Toner contains highly purified marine-derived ingredients that are a byproduct of the fishing industry. The remainder of the Celavive products do not contain animal-derived ingredients.

  1. Tobin D. Introduction to Skin Aging. 2017. Journal of Tissue Viability 26(1):37-46.

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Shake Up Your Next Meal with USANA® Nutrimeal™

Get balanced nutrition to support your health and weight-management goals in a deliciously convenient meal-replacement shake.

Hectic mornings and busy days can make it tough to stick to your goal of eating better to support your health. More often than not, they lead down a fast-food drive thru. Or to skipped meals, which isn’t a recipe for feeling focused and energized. Making a better dietary choice is doable and delicious with convenient USANA® Nutrimeal™ meal-replacement shakes.

Each gluten-free† Nutrimeal is packed with fiber and protein to help nourish your daily well-being in a number of ways:

  • Makes it convenient to get balanced nutrition on-the-go
  • Keeps you feeling energized
  • Helps control hunger
  • Curbs cravings
  • Supports digestive and cardiovascular health*
  • Supports weight-management goals
  • Helps maintain muscle mass*

Drinking USANA Nutrimeal is a great healthy habit that will help you manage your weight and keep your dietary choices on track. It makes a quick, easy breakfast or nutritious lunch on-the-go. It’s also a great solution for those who need a boost of quality nutrition to ensure they stay strong and healthy, including athletes or older adults.

Nutrimeal is available in three varieties—Dutch Chocolate, French Vanilla, or Nutrimeal Free—so you can choose the flavor and protein option that works best for you. Every shake serves up delicious nutrition that will satisfy your hunger, so you can feed your appetite for life.

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Make a Better-For-You Choice for Balanced Nutrition Anytime, Anywhere

Proper nutrition can help you face each day with vitality. Your body gets the energy it needs from macronutrients in the food you eat. Carbohydrates, protein, and fats are broken down in the digestive tract. Then the nutrients are delivered throughout your body, so you (and your body) have the fuel you need to function.

A healthy, whole-food diet is the best way to get the nutrition your body needs. But if you want a simple solution for a balanced meal, even on-the-go, you can eat to your advantage with USANA Nutrimeal.

Nutrimeal fits into a balanced diet by providing the goodness of a healthful meal in a convenient shake. Every serving delivers a carefully formulated ratio of fiber, protein, fats, and low-glycemic carbohydrates that can help satisfy hunger and support your daily well-being.

Fiber is particularly important. Most people need to consume considerably more fiber than they do. Nutrimeal is packed with fiber to help boost your intake. It’s an excellent source of soluble and insoluble fiber.

Soluble fiber dissolves in water and turns to gel during digestion. Insoluble fiber does not dissolve, so it adds bulk to the stool. Both types support digestive health by helping food pass—not too fast and not too slow—through your gastrointestinal system. Both types of fiber have also been shown to help support cardiovascular health.*

Fiber isn’t the only ingredient that makes Nutrimeal heart smart. It’s also high in quality sources of protein that can help maintain cardiovascular health.

In addition to your heart, protein helps support healthy muscles, skin, hair, nails, cartilage, and more. Protein is part of every cell, tissue, and organ in your body. And your body can’t store or make enough of the amino acids it needs from protein. So, protein must be consumed in the diet, preferably spread equally throughout the day. (For most people, breakfast is usually the meal with the least protein. Drinking a Nutrimeal shake for breakfast is a good way to boost your protein in the morning.)

Beneficial fats, like those from the sunflower oil in Nutrimeal, are also needed for good health. Dietary fats help your body do many things. That includes supporting the health of your cells and organs. And fat is needed to create some of the energy you need to conquer your day.*

Low-glycemic carbohydrates will also help keep your energy levels stable. They’re digested more slowly, so your energy stays steady. This is unlike the high-glycemic carbohydrates you’ll find in many refined foods. These are used up quickly, causing your energy levels to plummet when your blood sugar comes crashing down.

Macronutrients aren’t all you’ll find in Nutrimeal. Each shake also supplies many important vitamins and minerals essential for your health. It’s an excellent complement to the nutrients in your daily USANA CellSentials™. And Nutrimeal is a good source of the mineral potassium. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, healthy muscle contraction, and normal nerve transmission.*

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Manage Your Weight by Conquering Cravings with USANA Nutrimeal

Whether you need to lose, gain, or simply maintain your weight, USANA Nutrimeal can be a tasty part of a healthy, fit lifestyle.

To maintain your weight, simply determine how many calories you should consume per day and incorporate a Nutrimeal shake where it makes sense for you.

To gain weight, you likely need to eat more frequently. So, you can use Nutrimeal as a convenient way to add more calories from a balanced, nutritious source.

If you’d like to shed a few pounds to look a little better and support your health, drinking a shake or two in place of a regular meal every day could help. And remember to take your supplements to help fill any gaps while you’re reducing your food intake.

USANA Nutrimeal is the cornerstone of USANA’s 5-Day RESET program—a quick jumpstart into losing weight with healthier eating and lifestyle habits.** This is because Nutrimeal is formulated with a good balance of macronutrients that will keep you feeling satisfied. And it helps sustain your energy levels while you are cutting back on calories. Its low-glycemic formula may also help you reduce cravings.

Cravings often stem from a drop in blood glucose, especially after eating foods that rank high on the glycemic index. This is a relative ranking of carbohydrate in foods according to how they affect blood-glucose levels. High-glycemic foods cause a rapid rise in blood glucose followed by a rapid drop. This rollercoaster sends you searching for snacks. Because when your blood sugar plummets, suddenly you’re starving and tired. So, your brain starts urgently telling you to stuff your face with foods to quickly get your blood-sugar levels and energy back up again.

Low-glycemic foods, like USANA Nutrimeal, can help you get off that rollercoaster. These foods digest more slowly, so your blood-glucose levels don’t have such extreme highs and lows. This helps you avoid the crash that stimulates a strong desire for unhealthy foods. So, it will be easier for you to make a better choice at your next meal. And those little daily choices will add up to a big transformation.

Taking the guesswork out of meal planning is another way USANA Nutrimeal makes managing your weight simpler. Each tasty meal-replacement shake is only 240 calories (230 for Nutrimeal Free). Sticking to portion-controlled meal replacements for one or two meals a day has been shown to be effective in helping dieters lose weight and keep it off.

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Feed Your Willpower with Fiber to Support Weight-Management

Constantly feeling hungry is the death-knell for any efforts to sustain a weight-management program. Adding more dietary fiber, along with protein and a little bit of fat, to your meal can help control hunger. This will help make it easier to stick with your calorie-reduction plan and achieve waist-reduction success.

Dietary fiber comes from substances resistant to digestion. These substances usually originate from lower-calorie, plant-based sources. They help slow digestion and fill up your stomach to keep you feeling fuller, longer. This feeling of satisfaction is called “satiety.” By improving satiety, the dietary fiber in Nutrimeal can help you eat less without feeling hungry.

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Slim Down and Stay Strong with the Power of Protein

Protein is helpful for weight management, too. And not only because it helps control hunger. It’s also vital for helping you lose weight the right way.

As you slim down, you want to lose mostly fat, not muscle. Protein helps preserve your lean body mass while losing weight. And once you reach a lower number on the scale, protein can help you keep the weight off and maintain a healthier body composition—with less fat and more muscle.

Maintaining a healthy lean body mass is important for weight management because it helps support a normal basal metabolic rate. This is the number of calories (energy) your body needs to carry out its basic functions—like breathing and circulation. People with more body fat and less muscle tend to have lower metabolic rates than those who are leaner. So, by getting rid of the fat and not the muscle, you may help maintain a healthy metabolism.

Keeping your muscle mass isn’t only important for those trying to lose weight. Mature adults and athletes also need to ensure they get balanced nutrition with plenty of protein to help them stay strong and active. A Nutrimeal shake will help maintain muscle by helping to fill some of their daily protein needs. Plus, the other important macro- and micronutrients will also help fuel a healthy body.

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Choose the Nutrimeal That’s Best for You

Dutch Chocolate Nutrimeal

  • 15g soy, pea, and whey protein
  • 8g dietary fiber
  • Gluten free†
  • Sweetened with fructose

Nutrition Facts

French Vanilla Nutrimeal

  • 15g soy protein
  • 8g dietary fiber
  • Gluten free†
  • Sweetened with fructose

Nutrition Facts

Nutrimeal Free
(mild vanilla flavor)

  • 17g plant-based pea and potato protein
  • 10g dietary fiber
  • Gluten free†
  • Dairy free
  • Soy free
  • Sweetened with organic cane sugar

Nutrition Facts

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How to Mix the Perfect Nutrimeal Meal Replacement Shake

For a rich, creamy shake, combine three (3) scoops with 10–12 ounces of cold water to taste. Thoroughly mix in a blender or BlenderBottle® for 45 seconds.

If you’d like to customize your shake even further, the options are endless. Get inspired by some fan favorites. And here are some quick tips for shaking up your Nutrimeal:

  • To increase thickness, blend with ice.
  • For even more flavor variety, try blending with your favorite fruits, veggies, spices, or extracts.

Enjoy the great taste of satisfying nutrition with USANA Nutrimeal.

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Allergen Statement

†For our customers sensitive to gluten: No gluten-containing ingredients are used in this product. However, Nutrimeal is produced in a facility that manufactures other foods that do contain gluten.

Nutrimeal is produced on equipment that also processes peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, wheat, sesame, and shellfish.

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Frequently Asked Questions About USANA Nutrimeal?

Yes, Nutrimeal can be mixed with hot water. However, it is not recommended to allow the product to boil or simmer for extended periods of time. Ideally, any liquids should be heated separately and allowed to cool to drinking temperature before adding Nutrimeal.

The Nutrimeal drinks are intended to be snack and meal replacements and not protein specific supplements. They are specifically designed to be balanced with respect to carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The Nutrimeals have a calorie breakdown of approximately 50% carbohydrates (half complex and fiber, and half sugars), 25% protein and 25% fat. This balance is essential to the purpose and function of the product.

There is currently widespread confusion about fructose, in part due to inaccurate mainstream reporting about high-fructose corn syrup, raw fructose, corn-syrup solids, and other fructose sources and compounds. It is certainly true that excessive intakes of any of these fructose sources would be unhealthy (as is the case with most everything), but moderate intakes of these ingredients within the context of a healthy diet are simply not dangerous or unhealthy.

Fructose is nothing more than a simple sugar found primarily in fruits and vegetables. One advantage of using fructose is its very low glycemic index (compared to glucose and some other sugars), while still being quite sweet.  This allows it to be used at lower dosages without a penalty to taste.

Additionally, while it is true that fructose is metabolized slightly different from glucose, please note that fructose does not automatically “turn into fat” or cause negative effects on blood lipids – despite what some websites may suggest. Much of fructose’s metabolism depends on the dosages used and the activity level and caloric requirements of a given individual.

As with any excess calories – whether from protein, fat, or carbohydrates – fructose can contribute to weight gain. But again, dosage is key. If fructose alone were responsible for causing weight gain, most vegetarians would tend to be heavier than they are since vegetarians’ fruit intakes are generally quite high. The amount of fructose contained in the Nutrimeals is similar to the fructose content of several common fruits, as the following table shows.

SUGAR CONTENT OF COMMON FRUITS

This table presents information on the sugar content of 21 common fruits and fruit juices. Values are for normal serving sizes, and they represent blended averages across multiple cultivars and samples of a given food. Individual values are presented for the three major sugars found in fruits (glucose, fructose, and sucrose). In addition, values for total sugars (which may include other minor sugars, such as mannitol and sorbitol) are given. The data presented were taken from a United States Department of Agriculture publication titled Sugar Content of Selected Foods (1987).

Fruit or Fruit Juice

Serving Size

Grams per Serving

Glucose

Fructose

Sucrose

Total Sugars
Apples

1 apple

3.2

10.5

4.6

18.4
Apple cider

8 fl oz

6.2

13.9

4.2

27.0
Bananas

1 banana

4.8

3.1

7.4

17.8
Blackberries

1 cup

4.5

5.9

0.6

11.4
Blueberries

1 cup

5.1

5.2

0.3

10.6
Cantaloupe

1/2 melon

3.2

4.8

14.4

23.2
Figs, dried

10 figs

53.5

48.6

12.2

124.4
Grapes

20 grapes

3.2

3.4

0.6

7.8
Grape Juice

8 fl oz

9.0

11.0

15.5

35.5
Mangos

1 mango

1.5

6.0

20.5

30.6
Nectarines

1 nectarine

1.6

1.5

8.4

11.6
Oranges

1 orange

2.9

3.3

5.5

11.7
Orange Juice

8 fl oz

6.9

7.4

10.2

25.3
Papaya

1 papaya

4.3

8.2

5.5

17.9
Peaches

1 peach

1.0

1.1

4.9

7.6
Pears

1 pear

3.2

10.6

3.0

17.4
Pineapple

1 cup diced

4.5

3.3

4.8

18.4
Prunes, dried

5 prunes

14.1

7.3

0.2

21.6
Raspberries

1 cup

4.3

3.9

3.4

11.7
Strawberries

1 cup

3.3

3.7

1.5

8.6
Watermelon

1/16 melon

7.7

15.9

17.4

43.4

Unfortunately, misinformation is easily available on the internet and many people accidentally recycle such information without fully understanding what it claims. Sometimes the information may even be valid, but inappropriately taken out of context and used to draw incorrect conclusions.

The fundamental point of this article is to reinforce that good health requires variety, balance, and moderation. USANA does not advocate eating only fructose as a sweetener, but it does have a place – in appropriate amounts – in healthy products. Stated another way: there is a big difference between getting fructose as a sweetener in a soda or some other nutrient-poor food, and getting it as part of a balanced diet.

Although too much sodium can be of concern, please note that sodium is an essential mineral and electrolyte. The recommended sodium intake for healthy adults sits near 2,400 mg per day, and even doctor-prescribed low sodium diets rarely drop below 1,000 mg per day. Intakes below 500 mg per day can result in serious health conditions, including death. Because the Nutrimeals are classified as meal replacements, adequate sodium is absolutely necessary to prevent serious health consequences. This is especially true during hot summer months, during times of exercise, or in circumstances where individuals choose to use the products as a primary source of nutrition.

In modern times, many individuals have begun to take sodium for granted since it can be easily consumed in excessive amounts. However, this does not mean that sodium is inherently “bad.” We have included a level in the Nutrimeals that is the lowest we would consider safe for adults subsisting entirely on our products for any period of time.

Many products claiming to be “meal replacements” run the risk of being much too low in sodium. In our opinion, the unscrupulous manufacturers of such products risk the health of their customers in an attempt to “look good” on a label.

If someone has additional concerns about the sodium content of a USANA Foods product, we recommending consulting a physician. He/she will be best able to know whether or not the amount of sodium in a given product is above an individual’s current requirements.

The Nutrimeals are better quality-wise when eaten immediately after making them, but their nutritional value and safety would still be fine for few days if they are refrigerated. It is also recommend that you cover and seal the container it will be stored in, since air will cause a greater loss of some nutrients.

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Lennerz B, et al. 2013. Effects of dietary glycemic index on brain regions related to reward and craving in men. Am J Clin Nutr 98(3): 641-647.

Burton-Freeman B. 2000. Dietary fiber and energy regulation. Jour Nutr 130(2): 272S-275S.

Westerterp-Plantenga MS, et al. 2009. Dietary protein, weight loss, and weight maintenance. Annu Rev Nutr 29: 21-41.

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**Individual RESET results may vary. The 5-Day RESET program lowers your daily caloric intake and recommends moderate exercise for best results.

It is suggested that you take the RESET products to your physician and secure his/her advice if you intend to change your diet, begin an exercise program, are pregnant or lactating, have allergies, are taking medications, or are under the care of a physician.

Children under the age of 18 should not participate in the 5-Day RESET program, except on the advice of their physician and/or dietician.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Experience the energizing benefits of Rev3 Energy® in a convenient, ready-to-mix pack. The Rev3 Energy Surge Pack is perfect to take with you wherever you go. Simply mix with a bottle of water and enjoy this fresh, scientifically formulated alternative to the typical energy drink.

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What Makes it Work?

Rev3 Energy Surge Pack contains a natural source of caffeine derived from the leaves of three different types of teas. With 80 mg of naturally derived caffeine, Rev3 Energy Surge Pack contains about as much caffeine as an average cup of coffee, but without many of the potentially harmful ingredients, such as large amounts of sugar, excessive calories, or artificial preservatives.

The Energy Complex

Malic acid and citric acid are part of Rev3 Energy Surge Pack’s complete energy complex. These ingredients are broken down and eventually enter the Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle) and electron transport chain where they help refuel the body’s energy stores.

The USANA Difference

Rev3 Energy Surge Pack has no artificial flavors, no artificial sweeteners, no artificial preservatives, and no artificial colors. It contains naturally derived caffeine from a blend of teas for improved mental alertness and stamina. Teas also provide numerous beneficial ingredients, including a thermogenic agent to aid in energy production, and antioxidants and phytonutrients known to be beneficial to health and metabolism.*

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Cleaner, smarter, stronger Rev3 Energy® Drink is a refreshing way to recharge your energy levels. It’s all the power of an energy drink—refined.

Now part of the USANA Active Nutrition line. Explore the other products that can help support your healthy, active lifestyle.

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With an advanced formula developed by USANA’s nutrition experts, Rev3 offers two superior alternatives to crash-and-burn energy drinks.

Rev3 Energy Drink

Rev3 contains L-carnitine, an ingredient that has an important function in energy production. L-carnitine helps shuttle fatty acids (fats) into the mitochondria where they can be turned into energy. Rev3 also contains coenzyme Q10, which is involved in the production of 95 percent of the energy required by the body.

A Revolution in Energy Drinks

Rev3 is low glycemic and formulated to provide sustained energy. With a high glycemic load, typical energy drinks spike your blood sugar levels, giving you a quick feeling of energy but soon leading to a crash that leaves you feeling drained. Rev3 has a total glycemic load that is three to four times lower than traditional energy drinks. This means that Rev3 does not lead to a debilitating sugar crash but rather leaves you feeling a sustained level of energy throughout the day.*

Proprietary Energy Complex

Rev3 was developed with a complete and proprietary energy complex that includes L-carnitine, malic acid, citric acid, Korean ginseng, and rhodiola. These ingredients are broken down and eventually enter the Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle) and electron transport chain where they help refuel the body’s energy stores.

The USANA Difference

Rev3 has a crisp, all-natural taste. Rev3 is unique among most common energy drinks because it has no artificial flavors, no artificial sweeteners, and no artificial colors. It contains naturally derived caffeine from a blend of teas for improved mental alertness and stamina. Rev3 also includes additional vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that support energy metabolism at the cellular level.*

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

USANA® Palmetto Plus™

Palmetto Plus is a science-based supplement for men that supports prostate health.

The Benefits of Palmetto Plus

Palmetto Plus is a combination of saw palmetto, lycopene, and soy isoflavones, which have been shown to assist in retaining prostate health.*

Maintaining prostate health should be a concern for all men, because as they age, many are at risk for developing prostate problems. However, a healthy diet and exercise, coupled with targeted, standardized botanical extracts, such as those found in Palmetto Plus, may help support prostate health.*

The Science of Palmetto Plus

Palmetto Plus is a comprehensive formula that, over time, may provide support for prostate health. Considerable clinical research has shown that a significant percentage of men using saw palmetto show a positive correlation between saw palmetto and prostate health.*

Lycopene is the most abundant carotenoid (vitamin-like compound) found in the prostate and may play a role in supporting a healthy prostate by supporting a balanced immune function and providing antioxidant protection.*

Soy isoflavones, a group of phytochemicals found in soybeans, have been shown to help maintain health functions throughout the body.*

The USANA Difference

USANA is one of only a few major manufacturers to combine saw palmetto with lycopene and soy isoflavones in a single product. Palmetto Plus is a convenient, effective way to obtain a comprehensive men’s health formulation at a reasonable price.*

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Carraro JC, et al. Comparison of phytotherapy (Permixon) with finasteride in the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia: a randomized international study of 1,098 patients. 1996. Prostate 29(4):231-40.

Comhaire F, Mahmoud A. Preventing diseases of the prostate in the elderlyusing hormones and nutriceuticals. 2004. Aging Male 7(2):155-69.

Habib FK, Ross M, Clement KHH, Lyons V, Chapman K. Serenoa repens (Permixon®) inhibits the 5-reductase activity of human prostate cancer cell lines without interfering with PSA expression. 2004. Int J Cancer. 114(2):190-194.

Lowe FC. Ku JC. Phytotherapy in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a critical review. 1996. Urology 48:12-20.

Schroder FH, Roobol MJ, Boeve ER, de Mutsert R, Zuijdgeest-van Leeuwen SD, Kersten I, Wildhagen MF, van Helvoort A. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study in men with prostate cancer and rising PSA: effectiveness of a dietary supplement. 2005. Eur Urol 48(6):922-31.

Wilt T, et al. Saw Palmetto Extracts for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. 1998. JAMA 280(18):1604-9.

Wilt T, Ishani A, MacDonald R. Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia. 2009. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2):CD001423.

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USANA® Procosa® Helps You Move Free for a Life You Love*

USANA® Procosa®

Keep moving with the blend of vegetarian glucosamine and Meriva® bioavailable curcumin in the InCelligence Joint-Support Complex.

Your life is not meant to be lived sitting on the sidelines. And, keeping your body fit is essential to staying in the action. Maintaining your mobility throughout your lifetime takes strong, flexible joints. USANA® Procosa® can help you take care of them. This unique supplement is designed to provide nutrients that will maintain and protect your joint health. So, nothing will hold you back from doing the activities you love.*

Procosa is unique because it combines the InCelligence Joint-Support Complex—made of vegetarian glucosamine and Meriva® Bioavailable Curcumin—with vitamin C. These ingredients provide benefits you can feel and see:

  • Broad support for joint health, function, and comfort*
  • Skin health, firmness, and hydration*

No matter the game plan you have for your life, maintaining an active, independent lifestyle is the way to win. Procosa can help you live without limits, so you can achieve your version of victory.*

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Preserving Healthy Joints Hinges on Your Lifestyle

It’s pretty easy to take your joints for granted. But life would be really difficult without them, because they allow you to move freely. That’s why it’s so important to take care of healthy joints.

Your body has a few different types of joints. The most common is what’s known as a synovial joint. This is the type that has the greatest range of motion, allowing your bones to move together. You can thank these joints for your ability to run, climb, dance, wave at a friend, or hug a loved one.

Normal synovial joint anatomy. Healthy joint detailed illustration.

Synovial joints are unique, because they’re the only type of joint that has a narrow space between your bones—the joint cavity. These spaces are filled with synovial fluid, which consists mostly of hyaluronic acid. This fluid lubricates and provides nutrients to the cartilage that caps the end of your bones. It also acts like a shock absorber to cushion the joints. The entire joint is enclosed by a capsule made of connective tissue along with ligaments and tendons that help keep the joint stable.

Articular cartilage is the type of cartilage that caps the ends of your bones. It’s made of highly specialized joint cells (chondrocytes) that are suspended in a gel-like environment called the extracellular matrix. The chondrocytes are responsible for producing the substances that make up that environment. Within the matrix, you’ll find water, collagen, and other non-collagen proteins. It also contains proteoglycans, which are sugars linked to proteins that bind the water needed to lubricate the joint.*

Joint lubrication doesn’t just come from water. Synovial fluid is a thick liquid created by a membrane that lines the joint cavity. The fluid is made primarily of hyaluronic acid, which is another type of sugar—a glycosaminoglycan.

Your body uses the amino sugar glucosamine to support the production of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans.

Keeping your joints healthy will allow the bones to continue moving together comfortably, helping you stay fit and active.

So, what can you do to preserve the health of your joints?

Try to stay safe out there. Obviously, nobody sets out to get hurt. But injuries can take a toll on your joints.

Otherwise, the most common lifestyle factors that impact your joint health and function are age, genetics, weight, and activity-induced wear and tear. You can’t stop the clock or change your genes. But you can help preserve healthy, flexible joints to keep your body moving in a few key ways:

  • Manage your weight to avoid the excessive pressure that could change the structure of your joints.
  • Get enough moderate exercise to keep your body fit, because your joints need the support of strong bones and muscles for stability. Plus, staying active will help maintain healthy articular cartilage, which requires regular joint movement and dynamic, load-bearing pressure for proper function.
  • Eat a varied, healthy diet and give your joints the nutrients that will help them stay healthy every day.

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Comprehensive Joint Support with Procosa Helps You Keep Moving Forward*

Once the cartilage that caps your bones is gone, it’s gone. This is why it’s important to focus on preserving what you have. Procosa can help by providing essential building blocks for compounds needed to support stable, flexible, and strong joints.*

  • Vitamin C is critical to the production of collagen to support the strength and stability of your connective tissues.*
  • Manganese helps give collagen its strength. It also plays a role in the production of synovial fluid.*
  • Glucosamine encourages the production of collagen and hyaluronic acid to help lubricate and maintain the healthy function of your joints.*

Glucosamine is naturally formed by the body, but it can also come from a supplement. Three tablets of Procosa a day provides 1,500 mg of glucosamine hydrochloride (HCl). This will help ensure your body has a supply available when needed to produce the fluids that lubricate your joints. This becomes especially important as you age, because the levels of hydration in your joints will naturally decline.*

Research backs up the benefits of glucosamine supplementation. Many knee studies have shown joint health benefits associated with taking glucosamine. This includes demonstrating that joint space can be better maintained with supplementation.*

Most supplements provide a form of glucosamine derived from shellfish. USANA offers a vegetarian formula by using a high-quality glucosamine HCl instead. By blending the HCl form of glucosamine with potassium and magnesium sulfate, Procosa provides the same benefits of glucosamine sulfate without using animal-based ingredients.

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Protect and Renew Your Joint Health with InCelligence Technology®

Procosa is not your typical joint supplement. Many deliver glucosamine with chondroitin sulfate. However, an observational study showed that using glucosamine along with Meriva® Bioavailable Curcumin Complex is more effective than the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate. This enhanced effectiveness is why you will find the two ingredients in Procosa’s unique InCelligence Joint-Support Complex.

You’ve already read about the glucosamine in Procosa. But what is the Meriva Bioavailable Curcumin Complex?

Curcumin (Curcuma longa L.) is the yellow compound that comes from turmeric. It’s well-known for its antioxidant properties. However, traditionally, you’d have to use a lot of this phytonutrient to get the benefits, because it’s poorly absorbed. Meriva® is an innovative phytosome that combines the curcumin with a phospholipid (a type of fat from soy lecithin). This helps the curcumin pass through cell membranes more easily.*

You may see some products on the market labeled as curcumin liposomes. While both liposomes and phytosomes help improve the bioavailability of curcumin, they are structurally different. Liposomes encapsulate curcumin in the middle of a group of lipid molecules, rather than fully integrating the curcumin within each lipid molecule. In other words, phytosomes create a chemical bond between the curcumin and the lipid rather than acting as a package for it. This means more of the active ingredient is contained in each phytosome molecule. So, a smaller dose can provide the desired results. The phytosome structure has been shown to be a better delivery system.

Research has shown that the curcumin-lipid complex in Meriva is nearly 30 times more bioavailable than standard curcumin preparations. So, you get the benefits of curcumin, but at a significantly lower dose.

And Meriva offers benefits you can feel. The phytosome has been shown to support many measures of joint health, including treadmill walking and subjective assessments of joint function and performance.*

Curcumin and glucosamine aren’t your average nutrients. They do more than nourish cells. They also can help turn on processes that your body naturally uses to support joint cells. These processes may have slowed down because of age or other lifestyle factors.*

The InCelligence Joint-Support Complex is designed to promote three important activities:

  • Cartilage cells (chondrocytes) maintain healthy function through a natural quality-control process called autophagy. This renews optimal joint-cell function to help preserve healthy articular cartilage and support healthy joint aging.*
  • Exercise can stimulate the immune system and result in temporary inflammation, which  is part of the body’s natural recovery mechanisms. Proactively promoting a healthy immune and inflammatory response after exercise helps restore normal structure and function to joints and tendons.*
  • Excessive oxidative stress can damage the structure of your joint cells and tissues; cartilage is especially vulnerable. Curcumin (along with the vitamin C in Procosa) provides antioxidant activity and encourages the production of your body’s natural antioxidant enzymes, like glutathione, for powerful protection against oxidative damage.*

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Procosa Could Help You Look as Great as Your Joints Feel

Some words may have seemed familiar as you’ve read about how Procosa supports your joints: hyaluronic acid and collagen. You often hear these words in a different context—skin health.*

By promoting the production of these important compounds, Procosa may also offer benefits for your skin’s appearance.

  • Glucosamine has been shown to have positive effects on the health of skin cells and hydration by aiding the production of hyaluronic acid—a key molecule for your skin’s moisture.*
  • Vitamin C supports the skin’s firmness and elasticity because it’s essentials to the production of collagen—one of the main structural proteins in the epidermis.*

Supplementation with both glucosamine and vitamin C has been associated with maintaining a youthful appearance. So, taking Procosa may also help keep you looking as great as your joints feel.*

Give your skin and body even more of what it needs to stay healthy and vibrant, inside and out. Try using Celavive Skincare products to support a radiant appearance. And help keep your body fit by maintaining healthy bones and muscles, as well as flexible joints. You can do that by including the CellSentials, BiOmega, and MagneCal D in your daily supplement routine.*

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Key Ingredients

  • Glucosamine HCl
  • Meriva Bioavailable Curcumin**
  • Vitamin C

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**Meriva is a registered trademark of Indena S.p.A.

Usage

Adults take three (3) tablets daily, preferably with meals.

Ideal For

  • Healthy adults

Frequently Asked Questions About Procosa

Individuals who are allergic to sulfa drugs may mistake sulfa and sulfur as being the same substance. Sulfa is an abbreviated name for a specific type of antibiotics called sulfonamides.

Sulfur, on the other hand, is an essential mineral found in nearly all proteins, vitamin B1, and multiple amino acids. It is not possible to be allergic to sulfur because the body cannot function properly without it.

Sulfate is simply a combination of the elements sulfur and oxygen and is naturally present in relatively high concentrations in human blood.

No USANA product—including Procosa—contains sulfa drugs (sulfonamides).

Glucosamine, an active ingredient in Procosa, is chemically classified as an “amino sugar.” This is not the same as the sugars glucose, sucrose, fructose, etc., which provide energy in the form of calories.

Glucosamine contains no calories and will not generally affect blood glucose levels.

Procosa is generally appropriate for those with diabetes. However, it is always advisable to check with a physician or pharmacist before starting any new diet or supplement regimen.

Because articular cartilage does not contain any blood vessels, it receives nutrients more slowly by absorbing them from its surroundings. Research has shown that glucosamine plus exercise can demonstrate differences for some people between four and 12 weeks. Your results may vary.

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Active Calcium Chewable is a carefully formulated, comprehensive bone health supplement in a chewable form.

The Benefits Of Active Calcium Chewable

USANA’s Active Calcium Chewable provides the same benefits as the tableted form of Active Calcium. It, too, can help ensure you get sufficient amounts of calcium every day to help in the maintenance of your bones and teeth. The chewable tablet is ideal for teens or those who dislike swallowing tablets.*

Because the teenage years are a critical stage in development, USANA formulated this chewable calcium supplement to make it easier for those 12 and over to get enough calcium in their diet to keep bones healthy and strong. Preadolescent girls who take a calcium supplement experience greater gains in bone mineral content than those who do not.

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The Science Of Active Calcium Chewable

Our entire skeletal structure is not static. It constantly remodels itself and, every 10 years, we have an entirely new skeleton. This remodeling process requires sufficient amounts of calcium and vitamin D to form the bones properly. And, if there isn’t enough calcium or vitamin D available from the diet, it can result in bone loss and, possibly, osteoporosis. Adequate calcium and vitamin D as part of a healthful diet, along with physical activity, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis in later life.*

Vitamin D enhances both calcium absorption in the small intestine and calcium utilization in bone formation. Without sufficient vitamin D, bones can become thin, brittle, or misshapen. It also influences the utilization of phosphorus, another mineral that is important for the bone remodeling process.*

An essential nutrient that plays a key role in the bone remodeling process, magnesium helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth. Approximately 60–70 percent of the magnesium in the body is found in the skeleton, and higher intakes have been associated with higher levels of bone mineral density. Supplementing is especially important for middle-aged or older adults who are not receiving sufficient amounts of magnesium from their diet.*

The USANA Difference

Active Calcium Chewable combines two forms of highly absorbable, elemental calcium with additional bone-supporting ingredients in a chewable form. The ingredients complement each other to provide support for healthy bones.*

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Key Ingredients

  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium

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As a calcium supplement, chew 4 tablets, preferably with meals spread evenly throughout the day.

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USANA® Ginkgo-PS™

Banish brain fade and support healthy cognitive function with a unique blend of Ginkgo biloba plus phosphatidylserine.*

Your daily life requires you to be at your mental best. Sometimes you need to remember where you left your car keys, memorize a new friend’s name, or learn skills for your career. No matter what, your brain is involved. And unfortunately, the modern world doesn’t really help it out. Along with constant distractions and demands on your attention, your body encounters environmental, emotional, and physical stresses that can make it harder to think straight. Not to mention the normal challenges of healthy aging. Help protect your cognitive health, so you can stay sharp every day, with USANA Ginkgo-PS™.*

Ginkgo-PS is a potent combination of Ginkgo biloba—an herb used for centuries to support mental acuity—with phosphatidylserine (PS)—a lipid (fat) that’s vital for keeping your brain cells fluid and healthy. Together, these ingredients provide these important brain benefits to you:

  • Support for mental performance, memory, and general cognitive function*
  • Support for the structure and function of neurons (brain cells)*
  • Help for maintaining healthy circulation throughout the body and to the brain*

USANA’s distinctive formula combines a high-quality Ginkgo biloba extract with PS from soy lecithin into a single product. When used together, these ingredients provide you with excellent effectiveness for supporting memory and mental performance during your daily tasks.*

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Make Your Brain the Center of Your Attention

Your brain is the control center of your life. It’s a complex organ made of specialized areas that each play a particular role. The brain keeps your body breathing, moving, and functioning on autopilot. It’s the source of your emotions and experiences of pleasure and pain. And, of course, learning, memory, intellect, imagination, and reasoning all stem from your brain.

Your brain manages all of these important activities by sending and receiving messages through specialized cells called neurons. These neural signals help control your movements, thoughts, sensations, and memories. Keeping your neurons healthy is essential for maintaining strong signals, so your brain can function quickly and automatically.

But age and different types of stresses could be impacting the health of your neurons.

Neurons are the longest living cells in your body. But the number of neurons you have steadily declines over the years, as part of normal aging. The speed at which neurons can communicate also tends to decrease over time. This is because the level of important lipids that are needed to send and receive messages gradually declines.

Exposure to sources of excessive free radicals, like pollution, unhealthy foods, and stress, can also damage your cells, including those in your brain.

But there’s good news. If maintaining sound cognitive function is on your mind, you can support your gray matter with some simple lifestyle practices:

  • Feed your brain a calorie-conscious, healthy diet
  • Stay active—mentally and physically
  • Get plenty of sleep
  • Exercise
  • Stay connected with friends

Supplements can also help provide advanced levels of nutrients necessary to fuel your brain. Make a quality multivitamin and source of omega-3 fatty acids part of your daily routine, like the CellSentials and BiOmega. You can also add a boost of targeted brain support with the nutrients specifically selected to help preserve the health of your cognitive function in USANA Ginkgo-PS.*

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Reinforce Your Recall with Ginkgo-PS

Does this sound familiar? A new acquaintance tells you their name. But 30 minutes later you draw a complete blank. These small daily memory tasks could be helped by the neuroprotective support of Ginkgo biloba in Ginkgo-PS.*

Extracts from the leaves of the ginkgo tree have played a longstanding role for supporting mental acuity in many traditional cultures. And scientists have examined the extract to determine its active phytonutrients. They found that the leaves of this ancient tree contain a complex mixture of flavonoid glycosides, terpenes, and other naturally occurring compounds that are beneficial for the body.*

Many studies have evaluated the effects that the compounds in Ginkgo biloba may have on cognitive function. Results have been mixed. But there is evidence that the herb can help maintain the health of your brain. In fact, Ginkgo biloba has come to be known in some circles as an effective “nootropic,” which is a substance that can support mental performance. There’s 100 mg in a daily dose of Ginkgo-PS to provide you with this support in two key ways: *

  • Act as an antioxidant to fight free-radical damage and protect the health and function of cells, including your neurons.*
  • Facilitate vascular health and blood circulation throughout the body to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the brain.*

Brain cells can be quite vulnerable to oxidative damage. Your master organ requires a great deal of oxygen, glucose, and fatty acids to function. And all of these compounds are susceptible to attacks and damage from free radicals. So, inhibiting or neutralizing the effects of free radicals using antioxidants, including those in Ginkgo-PS, becomes an important part of maintaining cognitive function.*

Maintaining healthy circulation, which helps support blood flow to the brain, is also critical. Your brain gets the substances it needs, including oxygen and nutrients, from blood that comes through your circulatory system. And carbon dioxide and waste products are also moved out and away from your brain in your blood.*

By protecting your brain cells and supporting healthy blood flow, Ginkgo-PS can have positive results for concentration, short-term recall, and general cognitive function.*

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Ginkgo-PS Gives Your Neurons a Much-Needed Nutrient

Phosphatidylserine (PS) is another nutrient in Ginkgo-PS that can protect your brain. It’s even useful in offsetting some of the mind-muddling effects of stress. Supplementation with PS has been associated with a more relaxed state and balanced cortisol response during mental stress. So, Ginkgo-PS could help you think clearly when the pressure’s on.*

The main brain benefits of the soybean-derived phosphatidylserine in Ginkgo-PS stem from its main function in the body. PS is one of the predominant phospholipids (fats) in nerve cell membranes. It concentrates in brain cell membranes more than anywhere else in your body. And, it’s an essential part of the cells that keep your brain functioning properly.

A daily dose of Ginkgo-PS provides your body with a generous amount of PS to help maintain the level needed in your brain to support healthy cells.*

Giving your brain more PS can help preserve the healthy function of your long-lived neurons. That’s because maintaining the fluidity of membranes can help your brain cells survive and thrive by allowing nutrients to pass the blood-brain barrier easily. This is how healthy neurons can efficiently consume glucose for fueling all of your mental functions.

Lipid-rich membranes are also important because it helps your brain cells effectively send and receive messages. This communication between neurons is how different areas of the brain coordinate to support learning and memory, making it the foundation of maintaining mental sharpness.*

To be at your best every day, even as you age, it’s important to do all you can to maintain peak cognitive abilities. No matter how old you are, your brain power could benefit from daily use of Ginkgo-PS. Supplementing with PS has been shown to affect cognitive function in a number of clinical studies. And measurable effects related to memory, attention, and learning ability have been seen in healthy adults and seniors.*

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Key Ingredients

  • Ginkgo biloba
  • Phosphatidylserine

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Usage

Adults, take four (4) tablets daily, preferably with food.

Keep out of reach of children. Consult your physician if you are pregnant, nursing, taking a prescription drug or have a medical condition.

Ideal For

  • Healthy adults

Frequently Asked Questions About Ginkgo-PS

USANA’s Ginkgo-PS product contains 25 mg of Ginkgo biloba extract per tablet, standardized to 6 mg ginkgo flavonglycosides and 1.5 mg of terpenelactones (the active ingredients). Each Ginkgo-PS tablet also contains 125 mg of phosphatidylserine (PS)-enriched lecithin, which provides approximately 25 mg of PS per tablet.

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Mattson M, Magnus T. 2006. Aging and Neuronal Vulnerability. Nat Rev Neurosci 7(4): 278-294.

Julson E. 2018. The 14 Best Nootropics and Smart Drugs Reviewed. Healthline [Internet] [accessed 6 Sept 2018] Available at https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nootropics

Kennedy DO, Haskell CF, Mauri PL, Scholey AB. Acute cognitive effects of standardised Ginkgo biloba extract complexed with phosphatidylserine. 2007. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental 22(4):199-210.

Pietri S, Maurelli E, Drieu K, Culcasi M. Cardioprotective and Antioxidant Effects of Ginkgo Biloba Extract. 1997. J Mol Cell Cardiol 29(2):733-42.

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Mix JA, Crews Jr. WD. 2002.  A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in a sample of cognitively intact older adults: neuropsychological findings. Hum Psycopharmacol 17 (6): 267-77.

Santos RF, et al. 2003. Cognitive performance, SPECT, and blood viscosity in elderly non-demented people using Ginkgo biloba. Pharmacopsychiatry 36(4): 127-33.

Sastre J, Pallardó FV, Viña J. 2000. Mitochondrial oxidative stress plays a key role in aging and apoptosis. IUBMB Life 49(5): 427-35.

Jezova D, et al. 2002. Reduction of rise in blood pressure and cortisol release during stress by Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) in healthy volunteers. J Physiol Pharmacol 53(3): 337-48.

Brown LA, Riby LM, Reay JL. 2010. Supplementing cognitive aging: a selective review of the effects of ginkgo biloba and a number of everyday nutritional substances. Exp Aging Res 36(1): 105-22.

Chen JS, et al. 2011. Nrf-2 mediated heme oxygenase-1 expression, an antioxidant-independent mechanism, contributes to anti-atherogenesis and vascular protective effects of Ginkgo biloba extract. Atherosclerosis 214(2): 301-9.

Ou HC, et al. 2009. Ginkgo biloba extract attenuates oxLDL-induced oxidative functional damages in endothelial cells. J Appl Physiol 106(5): 1674-85.

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USANA® Proflavanol®C 100 | Proflavanol C200: Two Powerful Antioxidants for One-of-a-Kind Health Support

USANA Proflavanol® C100
 Proflavanol C200

Grape-seed extract and vitamin C unite to deliver powerful support for cardiovascular, immune, skin health, and more.*

Health trends may come and go. But the original “superfruit” still stands the test of time. Grapes have long been a source of health-protecting bioflavonoids—a powerful, beneficial type of plant compound. The seeds inside contain concentrated antioxidants that work to protect your health in many different ways. And when combined with vitamin C, the biological benefits of grape seed are enhanced for even better effectiveness.*

Get a boost of bioflavonoid power with USANA® Proflavanol® C. This one-of-a-kind supplement is made with USANA Nutritional Hybrid Technology. So, you get a combination of two potent antioxidants in one, two-layer tablet. Together, these nutrients will help you maintain good health in a number of ways:

  • Neutralizes free radicals that, over time, could cause excessive oxidative stress that damages cells*
  • Supports cardiovascular and circulatory health by helping to retain healthy, normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, provided they are already in the normal range*
  • Helps maintain strong veins, blood vessels, and capillaries*
  • Supports balanced immune function*
  • Helps maintain joint, muscle, and skin health*

Proflavanol C100 delivers 100 mg of the highest quality grape-seed extract and 300 mg of USANA’s unique Poly® C vitamin C blend in one, two-layer tablet. Or, choose Proflavanol C200 to get twice the amount of grape-seed extract in one tablet.

When you add Proflavanol C to your daily routine, you won’t just feel good about the many health benefits. A tasty grape-flavored coating on each Proflavanol C tablet makes taking your supplements even more satisfying.*

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Extracting the Difference of USANA Proflavanol C

Before hitting the health benefits, let’s look a little closer at the two active ingredients in Proflavanol C. First, grape seed.

Bioflavonoids (also called flavonoids) are a diverse family of phytonutrients (nutrients from plants). They are responsible for the vibrant colors in fruits and vegetables.

The flavonoids extracted from blue or purple berries and grape seeds are called proanthocyanidins. They are also referred to as “OPCs” for oligomeric procyanidins or “PCOs” for procyanidolic oligomers.

OPCs are known to have limited absorption through the gut. That’s due to their high molecular weight and variable chemical structure. The bioavailability of the grape-seed extract (Vitis vinifera L.) in Proflavanol C has been enhanced in two ways:

  1. Using concentrated, smaller OPC molecules, which can be absorbed better than larger molecules found in many other extracts
  2. Delivering a consistent, uniquely balanced chemical composition verified to have at least 90 percent active OPCs

This premium grape-seed extract is combined with another ingredient that goes beyond what you might find in other supplements.

USANA’s Poly C combines ascorbic acid (a common form of vitamin C) with mineral salts. An in-house study found that this blend effectively raises levels of vitamin C in the body for a longer period of time than equal amounts of ascorbic acid alone. (Ascorbic acid is often the only form of vitamin C used in supplements.) The mineral forms of vitamin C are also thought to be friendlier to sensitive stomachs.*

These two uniquely powerful ingredients work together for better effectiveness than you would get with either nutrient alone. They’re what make Proflavanol C an excellent choice for supporting your health.*

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Free Radicals Fear Proflavanol C

Many benefits of Proflavanol C stem from its incredible power as an antioxidant, thanks to its two main ingredients:*

  • OPCs from grape seeds have antioxidant activity that rivals, or even surpasses, vitamin C and E. Plus, grape-seed extract can support cell signaling associated with your body’s natural ability to generate antioxidants for even greater defense.*
  • Vitamin C has long been considered the “master antioxidant.” It actively neutralizes free radicals and helps regenerate other antioxidants, such as vitamin E.*

So, what’s the big deal about antioxidants, anyway?

Your body is naturally equipped to respond to the formation of free radicals generated through the activity of living. Everything from breathing to metabolizing your food can generate free radicals in your body.

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that have an unpaired electron (an odd number of electrons). Nature really likes balance. So, that molecule will steal an electron from another molecule to regain stability. Generally, this process is a good thing. This activity prompts your body to initiate health-protecting responses. You need a certain amount of free radicals in your body to stay healthy.

But in today’s world, you’re bombarded with things that generate even more free radicals including:

  • Unhealthy foods
  • Stress
  • Pollution
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • UV exposure
  • Smoking
  • Sleep deprivation

When there are more free radicals in your body than it can handle naturally, it can cause an imbalance in oxidative stress. And if that stress sticks around too long, it leads to oxidative damage.*

Over time, oxidative stress can begin a cascade of irreparable oxidative damage to your cells, DNA, proteins, and lipids. This damage can impact proper structure and function of almost every part of your body. Everything from respiratory function to brain and cardiovascular function can be impacted by chronic oxidative stress. It’s also thought to be a significant contributor to premature aging.*

Maintaining a balance between free radicals and antioxidants is necessary for proper physiological function to support good health. Antioxidants can give you a first line of defense in protecting cells against damaging oxidative stress.*

Working together in Proflavanol C, vitamin C and grape-seed bioflavonoids provide powerful antioxidant protection to help you maintain good health.*

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Get Unbeatable Cardiovascular Support with Proflavanol C

If helping your cardiovascular system stay healthy is important to you, Proflavanol C should be at the heart of your supplement regimen. Most people don’t meet the standards for a healthy heart set by American Heart Association.*

Your cardiovascular system, also called your circulatory system, consists of your heart, lungs, and blood vessels—which include arteries, capillaries, and veins. This system is responsible for moving oxygen, nutrients, waste products, and other compounds through your body in your blood. Your heart is the muscular pump. The vessels are the “superhighway” through which your blood circulates.

Keeping this system flowing smoothly means maintaining the health of your blood vessels. Proflavanol C helps support vascular function. This will aid your efforts to maintain normal, healthy blood pressure levels—provided they are healthy to begin with.*

The cardiovascular advantages of Proflavanol C come from the unique combination of antioxidants.*

Proanthocyanidins from grapes are also present in red wine. They are believed to be one of the factors that contribute to the “French Paradox”—the fact that the French maintain good heart health despite a diet high in saturated fat. And vitamin C has been associated with markers of heart health, including supporting healthy blood flow.*

The combination of grape-seed extract and vitamin C in Proflavanol C helps maintain your cardiovascular health in a couple key ways.*

First, these nutrients help defend against low-density lipoprotein oxidation (bad cholesterol). This means Proflavanol C helps maintain lipids and proteins in cholesterol from changing into unhealthy end products.*

Proflavanol C also supports or maintains healthy circulation and blood flow by protecting endothelial cells from excessive oxidative stress. These cells line the interior surface of your blood vessels and arteries. One of their many functions is making nitric oxide. This substance signals for vasodilation (a fancy word for relaxing—or dilating—your blood vessels). That allows your blood to flow through your vascular system more easily.*

Nitric oxide function can be inhibited by excessive free radical damage. By protecting endothelial cells’ ability to produce nitric oxide, Proflavanol C supports healthy circulation.*

It even supports circulation in your tiniest blood vessels—including the peripheral arteries in your fingertips. A study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine found that combining grape-seed extract with vitamin C helped retain healthy micro-vascular function. Interestingly, this only occurred when epicatechin, another of the bioflavonoids in grape-seed extract, was also present in the blood.*

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The Collagen Connection: Heart, Skin, and More

Another key part of cardiovascular health is supporting the strength of your heart muscle and blood vessels. Both require collagen for structure and support. This means both require adequate amounts of vitamin C. (You also need other nutrients, like calcium and coenzyme Q10.) Because human bodies are incapable of manufacturing vitamin C, you must rely on your diet to satisfy daily requirements.*

Your body uses vitamin C to make many different types of collagen. These structural proteins are abundant throughout your body. Because they are needed to form healthy tissue.*

Here are a few of the most common types of collagen and where you’ll find them:

Type I: Fibers found in connective tissues of bone, teeth, tendons, and ligaments.
Type II: Found in cartilage.
Type III: Makes up connective tissues that give shape and strength to organs, such as the heart, liver, kidneys, etc.
Type IV: Found in the layers of cells in the blood vessels, muscles, and eye.

By supporting collagen production, Proflavanol C can help maintain a hardy heart, plus strong blood vessels, veins, and capillaries. But, as you can see, collagen is truly essential for an overall healthy body.*

Your appearance, too, can be affected by collagen. It‘s integral to skin’s elasticity and firmness. But collagen tends to start breaking down as you get older. So, taking vitamin C can help support production of this important protein.*

Your skin can also maintain health from within, with the help of the antioxidant activity provided by Proflavanol C. Defending against the oxidative effects of sun exposure may help protect against visible signs of aging. Of course, make sure to use smart sun safety measures to preserve your skin’s youthful appearance, too.*

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Help Your Body Produce Immune Cells with Proflavanol C

Your immune system is an incredibly complex protective mechanism designed to shield your body. And when your shield is weakened, your body is at risk. Exposure to potentially harmful microorganisms, along with stress or even intense exercise, can temporarily tax your immune system.

Grape-seed extract works with vitamin C to support two vital aspects of your natural immunity:

  1. Grape-seed bioflavonoids can help support your cells’ ability to communicate with each other for healthy immune responses.*
  2. Vitamin C plays a role in the normal production and function of white blood cells and antibodies. You need to keep those abundant if you want a strong immune system.*

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Key Ingredients

  • Poly C
  • Grape-Seed Extract

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Proflavanol C100

Proflavanol C200 (28 count)

Usage

Adults, take two (2) to four (4) tablets daily, preferably with food.

Frequently Asked Questions About Proflavanol C

Proflavanol C100 and Proflavanol C200 both provide high-quality grape seed extract and vitamin C.

Each Proflavanol C100 tablet contains 100 mg of grape seed extract and 300 mg of vitamin C.
Each Proflavanol C200 tablet contains 200 mg of grape seed extract and 300 mg of vitamin C.

The coating of Proflavanol C is sweetened with stevia and natural grape flavor.

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Osganian SK, Stampfer MJ, Rimm E, et al. 2003 Vitamin C and risk of coronary heart disease in women. J Am Coll Cardiol 42(2):246-252.

Rabovsky A, Cuomo J. 2000. Pharmacokinetics of Poly C versus Ascorbic Acid. USANA Clinical Research Bulletin.

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Ngamukote S, et al. 2011. Cholesterol-lowering activity of the major polyphenols in grape seed. Molecules 16: 5054-5061.

Sapwarobol S, et al. 2012. Postprandial blood glucose response to grape seed extract in healthy participants: A pilot study. Pharmacogn Mag 8(31): 192-196.

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Usanimals™: Start Right with Advanced Kids’ Nutrition

Usanimals™

An advanced kids’ nutrition chewable for jumpstarting a lifetime of health.

Take care of the kid they are now and the adult they’ll grow into with Usanimals™. USANA’s advanced kids’ nutrition supplement has the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to support the rapid development of childhood. At the same time, they’re laying the foundation for a lifetime of optimal health.

Usanimals are carefully formulated to deliver the nutritional support your growing child—ages 2–12—needs. They provide a wide-spectrum of benefits:

  • Supports healthy immune function*
  • Provides B vitamins plus choline to support healthy brain development and function*
  • Supports strong bones and teeth with calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D*
  • Includes iron, thiamin, and B12 to support energy*
  • Provides cellular protection with fruit powders in the Antioxidant Phytonutrient Complex*

And each naturally sweetened Usanimals chewable is stamped with fun animal shapes. This makes it easy and entertaining to get your little one the serious nutritional support they need.

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Optimal Health Starts Early with Usanimals

Nutrition is a necessity throughout life. But it’s never more important than the period of incredible growth and development that happens during childhood.

Pound for pound, children require more nutrition than adults. When you think about it, that makes perfect sense. Your child’s body is developing the systems that support a lifetime of health. It’s a key time for their immune system, their bones, and especially their brains.

At this crucial time, when demands are highest, a child’s nutritional supply is likely lacking. Many studies show that most children don’t receive the nutrition they need from their diets. Less than 25 percent eat the recommended five servings or more of fruits and vegetables each day. And adequate amounts of key nutrients—like zinc, vitamin B6, magnesium, and calcium—are missing from their diets. Vitamins C and D are also often deficient.

This highlights the need for an advanced nutritional supplement designed for kids. One that’s formulated with a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. If you have a picky eater or want to make sure to fill any gaps in your child’s nutrition, Usanimals can help supply optimal nutrition to support healthy growth and development.*

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A Variety of Very Important Vitamins

 

Essential vitamins are literally essential for your health. And they’re especially important for kids. Vitamins support all the systems of the human body. They help start cellular reactions that your kids rely on for energy, growth, and good overall health.*

Here are the vitamins in Usanimals and what they do to help your kid now—and in the future:

Vitamin A (as Beta-carotene): Beta-carotene is converted to vitamin A in the body as needed. So, your child gets all the benefits of vitamin A. And there are a lot. Vitamin A helps in the maintenance of eyes, skin, and the proper function of the immune system. It also provides antioxidant protection.*

B vitamins: Usanimals contains a carefully proportioned complex of B vitamins. This combination of essential vitamins supports healthy energy metabolism. The B vitamins also support normal growth and development.*

You’ll find vitamins B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B6, B7 (Biotin), B9 (Folate), and B12.

Vitamin C: This essential vitamin is also an antioxidant critical to maintaining good health. It supports many important functions and is vital for the synthesis of collagen—a type of connective tissue. Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body and is essential for healthy skin, muscles, teeth, bones, and blood vessels.*

There’s also scientific evidence linking vitamin C to healthy immune function. That’s because it helps support the production of important immune-strengthening white blood cells.*

Vitamin D: Even though the body can make vitamin D—with help from the sun—kids likely don’t get enough. And the sunshine vitamin is important for several critical body systems.

It plays an important role in supporting bone health and maintaining healthy immune function. Vitamin D also helps your body absorb and use calcium and phosphorus—two essential minerals.*

Vitamin E: This powerful antioxidant vitamin helps protect against free-radical damage. That’s key to cellular health—a key component of good health. It also helps out with immunity by supporting healthy immune function.*

Kids’ eye health also depends on adequate amounts of vitamin E, along with A and C. *

Vitamin K: Bones are growing quickly during childhood. Vitamin K helps promote healthy bones. It also supports normal blood clotting and calcium binding throughout the body.*

All of the essential vitamins are also available at levels shown by science to provide the kind of benefits listed above. That means your kids are getting the right amount of the vitamins they need to help them grow up healthy and strong.*

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The Many Minerals Your Child Needs—in One Supplement

Vitamins are the rockstars of the nutritional world. Minerals may not get the spotlight, but they play a big role—one that’s just as important for your growing child. Minerals are often cofactors, helping out enzymes that are central to healthy development.*

Take a look at the benefits of the minerals and trace minerals you’ll find in Usanimals:

Calcium: Growing bones need calcium. It’s the most plentiful mineral in the body that’s stored in bones. And it’s tightly regulated by the human body. That makes a healthy diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D—along with regular physical activity—so necessary. The combination helps in the healthy development of strong bones and teeth.*

Calcium is plentiful in the diet, but milk calcium is included in Usanimals because it’s so critical for your kids’ skeletal health.*

Iodine: You hear about iodine as an additive to table salt. But this essential trace mineral is crucial to one of your child’s most important glands—the thyroid.*

Iodine supports normal growth and development by helping the thyroid gland do its job. That means releasing hormones important for healthy brain development, protein synthesis, metabolic function, and enzymatic activity.*

Iron: Oxygen travels through the body with the help of hemoglobin. This protein in blood helps supply tissues with oxygen. That’s an important role. And that’s why most of the iron in the body is found in hemoglobin.*

But that isn’t all iron—an essential trace mineral—does for your developing child. It also plays a role in cellular growth.*

Magnesium: This essential mineral is a cofactor (a helper) in more than 300 enzyme systems. So, magnesium helps support good health throughout the body.* It supports several important aspects of children’s health:

  • A healthy metabolism and energy
  • The normal development of bones and teeth
  • Tissue formation
  • Muscle and nerve function*

Zinc: It may be last in the mineral alphabet, but zinc isn’t last in health benefits. It supports your child’s growth and whole-body health in many ways. It’s a necessary element for normal growth and development. Zinc is also central for supporting healthy eyes, metabolism, skin, and connective tissue formation.*

The essential trace mineral also supports immune function, DNA formation, and DNA repair. Like magnesium, it is a cofactor for over 300 enzymes.*

Your kid will also get a bedrock of other essential trace minerals (selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, and molybdenum) with Usanimals. All these mighty minerals work with the vitamins and fruit-based phytonutrients to build the foundation of nutrition and good health that supports growth and development. And they set your child on the path of health—one they can follow for a lifetime.*

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Complete Kids Nutrition Can Be Fun

Nutrition is a serious topic. Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients don’t sound fun to kids. But animal shapes do. That’s why Usanimals is serious nutrition that’s also seriously fun for your kids.*

Each tablet is formulated with advanced nutritional support. And it’s stamped with a monkey, dolphin, elephant, or tiger. Usanimals are also chewable, with a yummy wild berry flavor. So, your kids will be excited to take this easy-to-eat supplement. And each Usanimals tablet is made without artificial flavors or sweeteners—so you’ll be excited to give it to them, too.*

Serious, advanced nutrition can be fun. Get important nutrients your growing kids need in a product that they’ll love with Usanimals.*

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Key Ingredients

  • Vitamins A, C, D, E, and K
  • B-Vitamin Complex
  • Calcium, iron, iodine, magnesium, and zinc
  • Antioxidant Phytonutrient Complex

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Usage

For children 24-47 months, chew one (1) tablet per day. For children four years and older, chew two (2) tablets per day. Preferably with a meal.

Warning: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately.

Ideal For

  • Children 2–12 years old
  • Choking hazard—not for infants/toddlers less than 2 years old

Frequently Asked Questions About Usanimals

Yes, adults who have difficulty swallowing tablets can take the Usanimals as an alternative to the CellSentials or BodyRox. There is not an equivalent dosage to the CellSentials, since the Usanimals are very different formula. The dosage for an adult would be two tablets per day.

The Usanimals were designed to be an optimal nutritional supplement for children. While developing the Usanimals formula, our scientists conducted extensive taste-testing panels to develop the best flavor profile possible.

Unfortunately, it is just not possible to make a multivitamin supplement that every child will like. Some children are more sensitive to taste than others. In addition, Usanimals provide additional nutrients not generally found in common store-brand children’s vitamin supplements. Because of the advanced levels of vitamins and minerals contained in Usanimals, there will always be a certain amount of vitamin/mineral aftertaste as some of the vitamins and most of the minerals have flavors that are very difficult to mask.

When it comes to getting children to actually consume the tablets, there are several simple solutions. We suggest giving your child a glass of juice or having them eat almost any food (applesauce, yogurt, oatmeal, crackers or some other snack) right after chewing a Usanimals tablet. This will immediately erase any unpleasant aftertaste and help your child have a great experience with the Usanimals. Or, you can simply crush the tablet and add it to foods such as applesauce, yogurt, or a fruit smoothie.

In addition, please encourage your child(ren) to take Usanimals with a complete meal to better enhance the bioavailability of the nutrients.

The Usanimals are sweetened with fructose, evaporated cane syrup, natural wild berry syrup, xylitol and stevia. This chewable multivitamin/mineral children’s product contains numerous ingredients, including many trace minerals.  Some of these raw materials have a very unpleasant taste that must be masked to make them more palatable. Since we do not use artificial sweeteners, the lowest level of a combination of sweeteners and flavors is used to help make them pleasant to eat for children. The total sugar content of one tablet is less than one gram (about 3 calories)  from fructose, evaporated cane juice, and xylitol (there is a small amount of stevia as well, but it doesn’t provide any calories). This is a very insignificant amount in the context of an overall diet, even in one that is limiting sugars.

Iron deficiency is common in toddlers (RDA for this group is 7-10 mg). The included 2 mg of iron per tablet will help boost the total daily intake to help reduce the possibility of iron deficiency. Iron deficiencies can significantly affect normal development and hinder mental and physical performance.

The bottle has a child proof cap for safety. In children, toxicity and harm has occurred from ingesting at least 200 mg of iron in a single dose. Even if a child ate the entire bottle (probably impossible) he/she would only receive 112 mg of iron.

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