Magic Quercetin—Radical New Energy Booster?

By Lara Endreszl

Free radicals have been in the news the last few years. These tiny cells float around your body and fuse with healthy cells, eventually killing them as well as decreasing our energy, damaging systems of cells, and possibly to decrease the brain’s mental abilities. With energy drinks, supplements, and pills all designed to get your energy to stay at its peak when you need it the most; a company in California has a new idea to fuse energy with a positive spin on free radicals.

By using natural, super-antioxidant properties Free Radical Scavenger made a line of flavored chews, powdered mix, and a drink concentrate hoping to induce natural energy and stave off the activity of free radicals. Free Radical Scavenger, known as FRS, was pleasantly surprised to learn that their experiment in natural energy boosters actually inspired a following among high-caliber athletes and world-class competitors.

The main ingredient is derived from the skins of grapes called Quercetin. This powerful antioxidant, also found in apples and blueberries, provides the body with protection. Studies have shown Quercetin to be effective in increasing energy, focus, drive, and endurance, all of which help athletes perform to the best of their abilities. Scientists have come to believe that Quercetin acts as if your body is under activity during exercise and increases its stability. FRS has also added vitamins and other components that enhance metabolism to the mixture for a nutritionally balanced complement to your workout or regular everyday activities.

Enhanced with green tea extract, the combination helps to promote thermogenesis (which works to enhance the rate of carbohydrate and fat burning inside the body). Because exercise has the potential to increase the spread of free radicals circulating around the body by almost 200 percent, these free radicals cannot be eliminated just by the normal antioxidant properties produced by your body. The makers of FRS say that it would be near impossible to duplicate the amount of Quercetin in your diet by merely eating a bunch of fruit. You would have to consume around forty apples to match the amount of Quercetin offered in each serving of this supplement.

Seven-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong joined FRS’ board of directors and reportedly uses FRS regularly as do many Olympians and serious exercisers as well as normal people looking for the most natural energy boost with effective results.

The chews and liquid concentrate were recently used in a double-blind clinical study performed by researchers at Pepperdine University in California. Athletes were instructed to take FRS daily for a period of six weeks and another group took a placebo. Overall, the group of cyclists taking FRS had an increase of performance of just over 3 percent versus the placebo group. Professor of Sports Medicine and lead investigator from Pepperdine Dr. Holden MacRae says that the effects provided by FRS can only be replicated by using dangerous or particular extremes, “Daily use of FRS Plus yielded results typically achieved only by blood doping or living at high altitude.” FRS has five flavors (peach-mango, lemon-lime, orange, low-calorie orange, and low-calorie wild berry).

If you are interested in a quick and natural source of energy, endorsed by Mr. “Live Strong” himself, you can visit their website for a free 14-day trial to encourage you to add FRS to your routine—whether or not you want to incorporate it into your workout—as a healthy alternative to the usual means of fatty protein shakes, quick-burning metabolism pills, or piles of food in order to balance out the energy released during high-caliber exercise. Find out for yourself if this Quercetin-laden, vitamin-packed helper works for you.

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