TERRANOVA - Beauty Complex Capsules Product Description TERRANOVA Beauty Complex For Skin Hair & Nails is a scientifically-based formulation of nutrients for skin, hair and nail health enhanced with highly active, whole and unadulterated superfoods and botanicals. Horsetail Spring ShootHorsetail is abundant in many nutrients crucial to skin, hair and nail health and integrity, i.e. silicon (which functions as a sort of ‘cellular glue’), sulphur (especially prominent in hair), vitamin C (needed for collagen production) and calcium.Nettle LeafNettle provides significant levels of calcium, silicon and vitamin C, as well as the essential skin, hair and nail nutrient, zinc.Sea Buckthorn Berry & LeafThe berries are among the richest natural sources of omega 7 fatty acids, which have come to prominence due to their health and beauty applications – especially in maintaining healthy skin. The high levels of potent antioxidant flavonoids and carotenoids and an abundance of vitamins C and E also justify the use of sea buckthorn in a natural beauty regime.Bilberry FruitProvides anthocynanidins involved in maintaining the integrity of skin structure.Stabilised Rice Bran (SRB)B-vitamins, many which are crucial to hair growth and quality, figure prominently in the nutritional makeup of SRB. SRB also provides more than 100 known antioxidants, which is significant in that free radicals are a primary cause of skin ageing.Raw Cacao NibThe catechin and epicatechin flavanols found in raw cacao have long been researched for their powerful free radical scavenging properties.Pumpkin SeedOne of the richest sources of the important skin, hair and nail nutrient zinc, pumpkin seeds also provide vital fatty acids.Gotu Kola LeafCompounds in gotu kola have displayed properties significant to skin integrity and healing, especially the enhancement of supporting collagen production.Burdock RootThe historical use of burdock in skin health may be due to various factors, such as antimicrobial properties, the immune-supportive role of inulin (a major component of burdock) and burdock’s potential role in encouraging inner cleansing.WatercressIn addition to the important skin nutrients, vitamins A and C, watercress has a remarkably high activity of antioxidants, especially glucosinolates, which may support detoxification. What Is MAGNIFOOD?Each Terranova nutritional product is enhanced with its own synergistic complex of botanicals and phytonutrient-rich foods, called Magnifood. Magnifood ingredients are combined in a manner which enhances the body’s biochemical environment in order to maximise the potential benefits of the product’s vitamins, minerals and/or other nutrients. Many of the plants used in Magnifood are fresh freeze dried. Research shows that fresh freeze drying has the unique ability to retain a plant’s enzymes, and is shown to be superior to other drying methods in terms of activity, stability, solubility and preservation of a plant’s original fresh chemistry (as it was when the plant was harvested). MAGNIFOOD Advantages:Enhancing absorption, bioavailability, utilisation, activity, stability, function and effect of the product’s nutrients.Providing synergistic enzymes and co-factors crucial to the utilisation and functions of the product’s nutrients.Providing a vast array of phytonutrients that enhance the potential functions and/or applications of the product.Providing ingredients which enhance the overall content of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in the product.Protecting ingredients from oxidative damage, helping to support the stability and activity of the product’s nutrients. Directions for use: As a food supplement for adults, take 1 or 2 capsules daily with food. Do not exceed stated dose unless directed by a healthcare practitioner. Ingredients: Two capsules provide:MAGNIFOOD Complex 525mg -ProvidingHorsetail Spring Shoot (fresh freeze dried) 150mgNettle Leaf (fresh freeze dried) 100mgSea Buckthorn Berry/Leaf (fresh freeze dried) 50mgBilberry Fruit (fresh freeze dried) 50mgStabilised Rice Bran 50mgRaw Cacao Nib 25mgPumpkin Seed 25mgGotu Kola Leaf 25mgBurdock Root (fresh freeze dried – organic) 25mgWatercress (fresh freeze dried) 25mgMSM (methylsulfonylmethane) 400mgVegetarian Capsule Shell 236mgVitamin C (as Ca, Mg, Zn ascorbate) 100mgPantothenic Acid (as calcium pantothenate) 20mgLarch Tree Arabinogalactan 5.5mgZinc (as ascorbate) 5mgNatural Beta Carotene / Mixed Carotenoids 2mgVitamin A (as palmitate prep. – 1250iu) 375mcgBiotin (as prep.) 100mcg