Ecklonia Cava Extract – Super Antioxidant & Beyond

[Lisa]

Een artikel over de effecten van zeewierextract van Ecklonia Cava (minder technisch van aard, dus prettiger leesbaar dan de studies op Pubmed 🙂 )

Ecklonia Cava Extract – Super Antioxidant & Beyond

http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/nutrients_ecklonia.html

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[quote]Ecklonia Cava Extract (ECE) is a standardized natural complex of unique marine molecules that originate from a specific species of brown algae (Ecklonia cava). ECE represents a unique category of polyphenols often called phlorotannins. Their unique polyphenolic structure endows them with biological activities that are not found in land-based plants.[/quote]

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Dr Lee heeft 14 jaar lang onderzoek gedaan……..in vitro (glas)

[quote]Dr. Haengwoo Lee and his team of M.D.’s and Ph.D.’s have spent over thirty million dollars on research, from in vitro to animal and human studies. Much of the work was done in Korea, and some at the University of Washington. ECE has been found to be an impressive therapeutic agent in a wide array of clinical applications.[/quote]

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ECE is een super anti-oxidant (veel sterker dan groene thee).

Fibromyalgie studietje:

[quote]ECE: Phase I Clinical Trial Results (Preliminary)

In an 8-week, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of established fibromyalgia patients, ECE was used as an adjunct therapy to the patients’ current standard of physician care.
The results established the general safety of ECE.
ECE cut the time it took the participants to fall asleep by 47 minutes; it increased total nighttime sleep by 1.6 hours; it improved soundness of sleep by 80%; it boosted their energy levels by 71%; it gave them 2 1/4 more good days per week; it helped reduce their pain by 31%; and their general condition improved by 39%. Interestingly, these improvements were achieved at all doses. Patients given the placebo had no improvement during the study [/quote]

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Increased Blood Flow (verbeterde bloedcirculatie)

[quote]ECE crosses the blood-brain barrier (bloed-brein-barriere) and significantly improves blood flow, which is likely another way ECE improves memory.
More specifically, Dr. Lee’s group found that ECE can increase the velocity of blood flow in the carotid artery from an average of 36.68 cm/sec. to 40.09 cm/sec., while the placebo showed no improvement.[/quote]

Relaxation & Alpha-Waves (ontspanning en alfa hersengolven)

[quote]An EEG study on brain waves of healthy middle age volunteers found that ECE compounds increase alpha-waves. Alpha-waves are an indicator of relaxation.[/quote]

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ECE is anti-inflammatoir (remt ontstekingen, bv bij mensen met arthritis)

ARTHRITIS, INFLAMMATION, NEURALGIA

[quote]Dr. Lee and colleagues found ECE to naturally suppress inflammatory responses and neutralize inflammatory damage caused by reactive oxygen species. The optimal combination of ECE’s natural anti-inflammatory and tissue-protective properties appears to enable dramatic improvement in both arthritis and neuralgia. In a human trial, ECE significantly reduced pain in a group of knee arthritis patients compared with placebo.[/quote]

ECE heeft ook een kraakbeen beschermende activiteit.

ALLERGIE en ASTMA

[quote]Overall, ECE appears to significantly relieve allergic reactions without drowsiness, dizziness and other side effects of anti-histamine drugs.

Allergic Inflammation: Mouse Model

Dr. Lee and his team found that ECE significantly reduced allergic inflammation in mice. Specifically, ECE reduced the migration of eosinophils to the lungs by 75%. Inflammatory white blood cells (CD4+4 T Cells, resultant cytokines Il-4, 5, 13) were reduced by 50%. Mucus plugs in the airways were reduced by 75%. Airway epithelial hyperplasia reduced by 75%. Collagen-causing fibrosis in lung interstitium (fibrosis, airway remodeling) and smooth muscle cell thickness was reduced by 20% and 32%. These latter findings suggest that ECE compounds can prevent or reverse the progression of chronic lung disease such as asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). [/quote]
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CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITS

[quote]Coronary Artery Disease

ECE has been shown to improve coronary artery disease (CAD). Researchers found that ECE is even more potent at inhibiting the oxidation of LDL cholesterol than green tea catechins, and appears to scrub the plaque off the endothelial lining. ECE also reduces vascular inflammation by preventing oxidation, which also directly effects inflammatory mediators such as inflammatory prostaglandins, etc.[/quote]

ECE werkt ook als een natuurlijke ACE remmer.

GEWICHTSVERLIES:

[quote]DGAT Inhibition

Diacylglycerol acetyl transferase (DGAT) is the enzyme involved in the final step of triglyceride synthesis. Triglycerides are circulating fat bodies that ultimately wind up in the fat cells, and are almost always elevated in diabetes. They also have emerged as a major risk factor in vascular disease.

Dr. Lee found that ECE compounds inhibited DGAT more than 50%. In genetically caused obese laboratory rats, ECE reduced body fat and increased physical activity. In another study, ECE caused leanness and fat-resistance in animals given a high fat diet.

ECE Beverage: 2-Week Clinical Trial (studie met mensen)

In a human study, 141 young adults were given a beverage containing ECE at 200 mg daily. In two weeks their average weight dropped nearly 2.5 pounds, muscle mass increased by nearly 2.5 pounds, and body fat dropped by 4 pounds, or 7.48%. ECE stimulates the body to burn fat by increasing muscle mass. [/quote]

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VEILIGHEID:

[quote]ECE is manufactured from edible algae through food-compatible processes. Tens of thousands of people throughout the world have experienced ECE in various forms of product without side effects. To date, Dr. Lee’s team has not found any toxicity at any level. Several toxicity tests have been performed, and no adverse effects have been found at the effective human dose level of 1-10 mg/kg. [/quote]

Tot slot een literatuurlijst. (references)