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Brite Age has turned to the #1 Expert in
America today when it comes to solving this problem you and millions of
other people, just like you, are encountering every day.
They turned to Joshua Reynolds,
Inventor, Scientist and Nutritional Formulator to create a solution to
the aging brain you and everyone you know and love is facing.

Joshua Reynolds
Brain Nutrition Expert, Formulator & Scientist for BriteAGE
Natural Supplements
Choose from the list below
for a complete list of
references for each brain
healthy natural supplement:
Ceretrophin® (proprietary
blend of the following 6
natural supplements)
Biotin
is a member of the B-vitamin family,
is an essential nutrient in human
nutrition. It is involved in the
biosynthesis of fatty acids,
gluconeogenesis, energy production,
and the metabolism of the
branched-chain amino acids (L-leucine,
L-isoleucine, L-valine). Biotin
improves glucose tolerance and
decreases insulin resistance, both
healthy factors for the brain.
Biotin levels may be depleted by
alpha lipoic acid intake, and
therefore has been added to
replenish this possible depletion,
as well as boost glucose metabolism
and balance.
References
Acetyl-L-Carnitine
(ALC) is perhaps the one true
miracle molecule, especially for
your brain (and heart). ALC is
naturally found in the brain and
body. Its main dietary source is red
meat, although you’d have to eat
over 50lbs. a day to get enough for
improved mental performance. ALC has
multiple roles in the protection,
preservation and performance of your
brain cells. It increases brain
blood flow as well as the synthesis
and utilization of acetylcholine (ACh),
a key neurotransmitter for mental
clarity, memory and focus. It
improves the energy output of your
mitochondria, helps stabilize the
neural membrane, and protects both
from free radical damage. ALC has
been shown to protect the brain even
after a head injury or stroke, and
it helps accelerate the healing of
damaged neurons. It’s believed to
help remove a serious brain damaging
plaque, a dark pigment called
lipofuscin. ALC also increases
levels of glutathione, perhaps the
brain’s most important
anti-oxidant. ALC has also been
shown to increase levels of nerve
growth factor thus stimulating the
growth of new neurons, synapses and
their interconnecting “wires”,
called axons and dendrites. In fact,
ALC appears to rejuvenate the brain
and, especially when combined with
alpha lipoic acid (see below) it may
significantly slow brain aging,
especially in the mitochondria. And,
it helps protect the brain and liver
from the harmful by-products of
alcohol.
Dozens of clinical studies have
demonstrated ALC’s powerful effect
on improving mental clarity, focus
and memory, in reducing depression,
and boosting processing speed and
cognitive function, in both normal
and cognitively impaired
individuals.
References
R-Alpha
Lipoic Acid (R-ALA)
is the R form of ALA, and is
believed to be (perhaps
significantly) more biologically
active than the S form. Normal alpha
lipoic acid ( ALA) is racemic
meaning it contains 50% the R form
and 50% the S form. R-ALA is a
powerful antioxidant at the
mitochondrial level where its
ability to tame the fires and free
radicals of the oxidative, energy
generating process is highly
essential to protect the
mitochondria from burn out. ALA
revitalizes, or recycles other neuro-protective,
anti-oxidant agents, such as
Vitamins C and E, and CoQ10. It
increases brain levels of
glutathione, an important
antioxidant, brain protector and
immune system booster. ALA also
improves blood sugar balance, lowers
insulin resistance, and reduces the
glycation of proteins, or AGE plaque
formation. It has been shown to
improve memory and actually reverse
neuropathy. ALA, when combined with
acetyl-l-carnitine has shown
remarkable synergistic effects in
slowing down brain aging at the
mitochondrial level.
References
Rhodiola
(RHO) is an herbal
supplement that appears to buffer
the brain against the negative
effects of stress (cortisol) and
other environmanetal, physical and
biochemical stressors such as, work
fatigue. RHO is especially effective
in improving mental and physical
mental performance in demanding
situations. Once revealed as the
secret behind the phenomenal
strength and endurance feats of
Bulgarian and Russian Olympic
athletes, this high-altitude
mountain plant is popular as an
adaptogenic agent, specifically
during times of stress or
high-energy mental and physical
performance demands. Actual studies
in Europe have shown that it
improved mental performance in
medical students and pilots under
stress. RHO increases several
neurotransmitters including
dopamine, which regulates focus
(attention) and moods, and
norepenephrine, which regulates
alertness and long term memory
formation.
References
Vinpocetine
(VIN) is a natural extract of the
beautiful periwinkle flower, vinca
minor. It increases cerebral
vascular blood flow, thus enhancing
the flow of nutrients, oxygen,
glucose and neurotransmitter
substrates, e.g., choline to the
brain. VIN has been shown to improve
memory and brain processing speed.
It also increases brain glucose
metabolism and increases the
mitochondria’s generation ATP,
which improves brain energy as well
as mood, memory and other mental
functions. It is also a powerful
anti-oxidant, and neuro-protective
agent that has been shown to protect
brain cells against the chronic
age-related reduction in oxygen
levels and the acute and sudden loss
of oxygen, such as after a stroke.
VIN also protects the brain from
imbalances in calcium regulation, or
calcium overload which is another
major cause of cognitive decline and
brain dysfunction with age.
References
Huperzine
A (HUP) is derived
from Chinese Club Moss (Huperia
serrata). It’s a natural
acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
inhibitor. AChE is the enzyme that
destroys acetylcholine in the
synapse before it’s effectively
used to communicate your thoughts,
feelings and memories. HUP helps
keep your acetylcholine levels up,
so your synapses fire fast and
efficiently. HUP has been shown to
improve memory, protect brain cells
both from free radical and glutamate
“excitotoxicity”, a highly
damaging condition found in
accelerated brain aging and
Alzheimer’s. HUP also stimulates
the acetylcholine receptors making
them more sensitive to existing
levels of ACh. HUP may also act as a
brain metabolic enhancer.
References
Ceraprotectin®
(proprietary blend of the following
7 natural supplements)
R-Alpha
Lipoic Acid (R-ALA)
is the R form of ALA, and is
believed to be (perhaps
significantly) more biologically
active than the S form. Normal alpha
lipoic acid ( ALA) is racemic
meaning it contains 50% the R form
and 50% the S form. R-ALA is a
powerful antioxidant at the
mitochondrial level where its
ability to tame the fires and free
radicals of the oxidative, energy
generating process is highly
essential to protect the
mitochondria from burn out. ALA
revitalizes, or recycles other neuro-protective,
anti-oxidant agents, such as
Vitamins C and E, and CoQ10. It
increases brain levels of
glutathione, an important
antioxidant, brain protector and
immune system booster. ALA also
improves blood sugar balance, lowers
insulin resistance, and reduces the
glycation of proteins, or AGE plaque
formation. It has been shown to
improve memory and actually reverse
neuropathy. ALA, when combined with
acetyl-l-carnitine has shown
remarkable synergistic effects in
slowing down brain aging at the
mitochondrial level.
References
N-Acetyl-Cysteine
(NAC): an amino acid
with powerful neuroprotective and
anti-oxidant actions, even down at
the mitochondrial level. NAC is a
precursor of glutathione, one of the
most powerful endogenous immune
enhancers. NAC and glutathione fight
brain inflammation as well as free
radicals. NAC also chelates heavy
metals, such as lead and mercury,
lightening their toxic load on the
brain. NAC lowers brain damaging
homocysteine levels. Some studies
suggest that combining NAC with
other anti-oxidants and the B
vitamins significantly reduces the
risk for developing Alzheimer’s
later in life. In fact, NAC has been
shown to improve cognitive function
in a group with elevated
homocysteine, an acknowledged brain
toxin.
References
Quercetin
is a dietary flavonoid
found in many plants, including tea,
apple, onion, ginkgo biloba and
citrus.
Quercetin forms the
"backbone" for many other
flavonoids, including the citrus
flavonoids rutin, hesperidin,
naringin and tangeritin. In studies,
Quercetin is found to be the most
active of the flavonoids, and many
medicinal plants owe much of their
activity to their high quercetin
content. Quercetin has demonstrated
significant anti-inflammatory
activity because of direct
inhibition of several stages and
processes of inflammation. In
addition, it exerts potent
antioxidant activity and boosts the
effectiveness of vitamin C.
Quercetin has antioxidant,
anti-inflammatory, nitric oxide
inhibitor, and tyrosine kinase
inhibitor (leading to inhibition of
the division and growth of T-cells
and some cancer cells) activity. The
anti-inflammatory effects of
quercetin appear to be due to
inhibition of the production and
activity of leukotrienes and
prostaglandins, and inhibition of
histamine. Quercetin also appears to
reduce capillary fragility.
Quercetin’s broad spectrum
anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory
actions make it one of the best
cytoprotective and neuroprotective
molecules found in nature.
References
Resveratrol
(RES) is a flavonoid found in
more than 70 plants including Asian
herbs, grapevine, grapes, peanuts
and berries. Recent data suggest
that nutritional intake of
resveratrol may contribute to the
"French paradox", the
unexpectedly low cardiovascular
morbidity in the Mediterranean
population. There is increasing
evidence that resveratrol exerts
multifaceted anti-oxidant and
anti-inflammatory effects in the
brain. Importantly, resveratrol was
reported to slow aging and increase
lifespan in simple organisms and has
been suggested as a potential
calorie restriction mimetic and
anti-aging nutrient.
RES has been found to protect the
brain against the neurotoxic and
degenerative effects of beta amyloid
(aka Abeta), the neurotoxic protein
that builds up in the brain tissue
of people with Alzheimer's disease
and kill neurons.
One of Resveratrol’s most
potent effects is its ability to
block Nuclear Factor kappaBeta. NF-kB
as an important contributor to the
destructive power of amyloid beta
plaques in the brain. RES also
reduces destructive inflammation in
the microglial, part of the white
matter which act’s as the
brain’s immune system.
Resveratrol’s demonstrated
anti-aging effects derive from its
apparent ability to activate
important sirtuins, especially Sir2
enzymes which have been shown to
promote cell survival and longevity
in lower organisms.
References
MethylCobalamin
(Vitamin B12) is a co-enzyme, methyl
form of Vitamin B-12 that is more
specific to the central nervous
system and brain than the standard,
supplemental synthetic form of B-12,
cyancobalamin.
Vitamin B12 is used orally for
anemia, aging, improving
concentration, mood elevation,
boosting energy, and raising energy
levels.
The methylcobalamin form of
vitamin B12 is required in one of
the pathways for homocysteine (Hcy)
metabolism. Elevated Hcy levels have
been implicated in accelerated
cognitive decline, memory loss, and
Alzheimer’s. METHC plus vitamin
B-6 and folic acid can lower Hcy and
improve brain health and cognitive
performance.
METHC has other unique
properties. For one it’s a
neuroprotective agent which means it
can help neutralize the brain
damaging effects of certain
neurotoxins such as, calciumoverload
in the brain cells. It also helps
accelerate the repair of damaged
neural tissue which takes place
daily as a result of aging,
lifestyle excesses, free radicals
and oxidative stress, inflammation
and calcium overload.
Methylcobalamin may even
regenerate brain cell connections
called axons. These, as well as
dendrites are the “wires, or
cables” that enable neurons to
communicate with each other. METHC
also supports synthesis of the
myelin sheath which is the vital
electrical insulation of the
brain’s axons. This helps the
brain communicate your perceptions,
thoughts, memories, decisions and
emotions faster and more efficiently
throughout more of the brain.
Vitamin B12 is involved in fat
and carbohydrate metabolism and
protein synthesis. Vitamin B12 is
essential for folate utilization,
and its absence results in a
functional folate deficiency.
Vitamin B-12 deficiency may be a
predominant cause of, or at least
major contributor to cognitive
dysfunction and memory loss,
especially with vegetarians and
seniors. For one, as we age the
intestinal absorption of B-12 from
foods is reduced. Secondly, older
people and of course, vegetarians
tend to eat less animal protein
which is a primary source of B-12.
Some researchers think that
vitamin B12 supplements could help
symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome
by correcting red blood cell
abnormalities and improving oxygen
delivery to tissues. The
methylcobalamin form of vitamin B12
might also influence melatonin
levels. Methylcobalamin seems to
improve alertness and reduce sleep
time in humans with normal sleep
patterns, possibly due to effects on
melatonin.
References
Curcumin
(CUR): The active
polyphenol compound in the bright
yellowish orange spice, Turmeric,
CUR is a powerful COX-2 inhibitor.
It also reduces brain inflammation
via other pathways such as, LOX-5 as
well as highly damaging NOS (nitric
oxide) based peroxynitrites. CUR is
also a powerful anti-oxidant and
neuro-protective agent. Perhaps most
remarkably it has demonstrated the
ability to reduce and prevent the
formation of the telltale
Alzheimer’s plaques known as beta
amyloid, or Abeta. In fact, studies
even revealed that CUR can reduce
the existing plaque burden of Abeta.
References
Bioperine
is the brand name for a
Black Pepper fruit extract (98%
piperine) that has been shown to
enhance the bioavailability of
certain nutrients including the
Curcumin and possibly Quercetin
found in BriteSHIELD®.