Due to the advancing age of baby-boomers, we are currently witnessing an explosion of anti-aging supplements on the market. People in their 40s and 50s are now experiencing the first symptoms of aging, and are more willing than ever to do something about it. In response, many companies are coming out with anti-aging "miracle cures," ranging from homeopathic growth hormones to cure-all products. What most of these products have in common is that they promise more than what they can deliver, despite the high prices. And, they usually represent questionable quick fixes that do not address the fundamental causes of the aging process.

While most companies just claim to be scientific, Pharmanex is and always has been scientifically based, and we prove it with scientific methods that can measure the difference. LifePak® research and the Pharmanex® BioPhotonic Scanner are great examples.

LifePak® is much more than an ordinary multivitamin. In fact, LifePak® is a comprehensive nutritional wellness program that delivers the optimum amounts of all essential and generally beneficial nutrients people need for longevity and well-being. That's what makes LifePak® unique.

Because LifePak® provides optimum supplementation, it has many more health benefits than typical multivitamins: It addresses all possible nutrient deficiencies, has cardiovascular benefits, provides complete bone nutrition, promotes healthy immune function, supports blood sugar metabolism, protects against the symptoms of aging, and raises your antioxidant defense.

Those are the seven main health benefits of LifePak®, however, there are so many benefits that I can easily add on another seven or more. For example: It helps maintain eye function, and promotes healthy teeth and gums. LifePak® supports weight loss programs, and helps protect your skin from the environment. LifePak® also supports our energy metabolism, and helps maintain mental performance.

We all know that we should be eating better diets with much more fruits, vegetables and other wholesome foods, but few people really have the time and willpower to do it. In fact, many large nutritional intake surveys show that the vast majority of us do not get the recommended amounts of many important vitamins and minerals. Even the conservative Journal of the American Medical Association recently released publications from Harvard Medical School recommending that ALL adults take vitamin supplements, because most people do not consume the right amounts of vitamins and minerals by diet alone. My recommendation is to TRY to eat well AND to supplement; this way you get the best of both worlds.

LifePak® effectively provides over 40 antioxidants to combat many different types of free radicals - this is how LifePak® promotes your entire antioxidant defense network. It provides clinically-significant doses of all antioxidant vitamins, mineral cofactors, a balanced spectrum of the most powerful carotenoids and flavonoids, as well as novel antioxidants, such as alpha-lipoic acid. LifePak® is a highly convenient and comprehensive product. If you go into a health food store and try to match LifePak®'s composition with individual products, you can easily spend more than $200/month, and you still will not achieve the balance and quality of LifePak®.

LifePak® is built on scientific consensus with many thousands of independent studies verifying the positive effects of LifePak®'s antioxidants and other nutrients. In addition, LifePak® was the first multivitamin/mineral supplement to show positive results for antioxidant and cardiovascular health in clinical studies.

LifePak® was tested in two double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies, and they showed that LifePak® significantly improves the body's antioxidant defense, which also resulted in decreased LDL cholesterol oxidation, which is an important factor for cardiovascular health.

In addition, we tested the overall antioxidant capacity of LifePak® using the ORAC assay. Dr. Prior, who developed this assay at the USDA, suggests that perfect diets provide about 3,000 units worth of antioxidant capacity, while in fact most people get less than half of that every day. LifePak® was measured at 3,017 units to be exact, and this perfectly confirms LifePak®'s concept of optimum supplementation.

Finally, we introduced our most exciting tool for measuring the effects of LifePak®, the BioPhotonic Scanner. This patented instrument is a new, cutting-edge testing tool that safely measures a person's carotenoid antioxidant level. By simply placing the palm of your hand in front of a low-energy blue light laser, you obtain an immediate reading of your carotenoid antioxidant levels also known as skin carotenoid score. As you continue to eat more fruits and vegetables and supplement with LifePak®, you can track your success with the BioPhotonic Scanner.