VIENNA, Austria, March 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Biotivia Nutraceuticals Ltd. has announced the U.S. launch of the world's first pure resveratrol dietary supplement that is potent enough to replicate ounce-for-ounce the human equivalent doses used in recent headline-grabbing, anti-aging studies on mice by Harvard University and the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in France.
Bioforte 500 Resveratrol, the highest-strength trans-resveratrol product on the market, will be available direct to U.S. consumers in March 2007 at www.botivia.com.
Bioforte is 100 percent pure pharmaceutical polygonum cuspidatum extract from organic, natural, wild plant sources. Each capsule contains a minimum of 250mg of the critical trans-resveratrol isomer, the compound researchers found responsible for the "fountain of youth" results in mice.
"Resveratrol supplements have been available for years," says James Betz, founder, managing director and a 15-year veteran of the nutrition industry, "but the amount of resveratrol in these products is too low to deliver any actual health benefits. They are essentially worthless."
Resveratrol's anti-aging properties were first observed in 1994. To date, it has also been shown to be an effective anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-cholesterol, weight-controlling, blood pressure and blood sugar-normalizing agent.
In November 2006, scientists reported huge doses of a red wine extract (resveratrol) helped obese mice live longer, healthier lives. The "miracle molecule," found in grape skin as well as peanuts, mulberries, eucalyptus, spruce, lily and other plants, is one reason French people have less heart disease than Americans -- despite a diet high in fat and carbohydrates.
"Taking a Bioforte capsule is equivalent to drinking more than 200 glasses of fine French wine," says Betz, "without the damaging effects to the liver."
Product Information
* Available in 60 capsules, 180 capsules and 600 capsules * Potency complies with peer-reviewed studies published in recent issues of Cell and Nature * Bioforte contains no alcohol or animal products (capsules are all-vegetable) so ingestion is compatible with Jewish, Muslim and Hindu beliefs * Trans-resveratrol stability is guaranteed for 24 months (refrigerated) * There are no inert ingredients and cis-resveratrol is less than five percent * Costs less per mg than other supplements * Not recommended for children under age 10 * Certified by independent HPLC Assay and manufactured under strictly controlled conditions in ISO-certified, government-inspected pharmaceutical plants in the Far East and Malaysia
Biotivia Nutraceuticals (www.biotivia.com) specializes in the discovery and development of biogeneric equivalents of existing bioceuticals. It was founded in 2005 by James Betz, a microbiologist, former U.S. military officer and author of the Pandemic Protection Guide. Betz, who is fluent in four languages, has studied bioceuticals for 15 years, including nutrition enhancement and the uses of indigenous fruits, marine plants and other foods in Raratonga, The Cook Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tonga and New Zealand. Staff include a pharmaceutical botanist, chemist and pharmacist as well as scientists around the world dedicated to finding natural, organic and primarily plant-based substances which can, through minimal processing and extraction, be converted to effective remedies for human afflictions without the wide spectrum of harmful side effects which often characterize synthetic drugs.