Ingredient framework; direct source links are available in the studies library when published.
How it works
Maintain -- broad class of plant compounds that donate electrons to neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative damage across tissues
Adapt -- many polyphenols act as mild hormetic stressors that activate Nrf2 and other adaptive gene-expression pathways rather than acting as direct antioxidants alone
Sense -- several polyphenols modulate inflammatory signaling receptors and cytokine release, shaping how cells read danger and stress cues
Regulate -- polyphenol-rich diets are associated with gut-microbiome shifts that feed into the gut-brain axis and nervous system tone
Form matters
The same nutrient can be made in very different forms -- and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.
The science on Polyphenols (general)
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