• Supports overall health and well being
• Contains superior forms of nutrients in efficient dosages
• Provides balanced vitamins and minerals
• Provides phytonutrients for extra health benefits

Complete and active vitamins

Ortho-Core contains a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. It includes vitamin A with optimal doses of various carotenoids. It contains B vitamins in their active forms, and vitamin C along with various bioflavonoids. It also contains all 8 vitamin Es, all of which have important roles and balance each other.

The cutting edge of health
Minerals in Ortho-Core include zinc and copper in a balanced ratio, and important trace minerals such as boron, silicon, lithium and vanadium. To give the formula an extra edge, Ortho-Core contains a number of health-enhancing phytonutrients backed by science including pomegranate and sulforaphane, as well as various other compounds including EGCG from green tea, R+ lipoic acid and coenzyme Q10.

Superior forms and balanced doses
Modern diets are largely deficient in essential nutrients, and multivitamin supplements are an attractive solution. However, randomly mixing nutrients together in massive or unbalanced doses is not necessarily beneficial, and can even be harmful, especially if the nutrients are not from quality sources. AOR's Ortho-Core contains superior forms of nutrients with balanced dosages based on scientific studies, ensuring that the nutrients work synergistically toward optimal health.

Deficiencies vs. Imbalances
It has been well-established that the diet of mainstream society is rampantly deficient in essential nutrients. The need to redress these deficiencies has necessitated the existence of multivitamin formulations, and these formulations react to perceived deficiencies. If a study suggests we are not getting enough of a vitamin or mineral, supplement manufacturers will often add an arbitrarily large amount of the nutrient to their multivitamin formulations. While this might make some short-term sense, it does not take into account that all nutrients work together and in synergy.

Quality vs. Quantity
The imbalance created by adding disproportionate amounts of certain nutrients is compounded by the fact that the composition of those nutrients is too often not of the optimal source. Therefore, excessive amounts of these synthetic and/or inferior nutrients can be at best wasteful, and at worst toxic or even harmful.

Enter the Core
Ortho-Core™ sets itself apart from other multivitamins in two ways: the first is that it does not concern itself with mega-doses. Instead, it pays extraordinary attention to balancing ratios of essential nutrients to one another in order to achieve a synergistic result. Secondly, it pays meticulous attention to combining diversely superior sources of those essential nutrients and balancing their ratios for optimal synergy as well.

Vitamin A Complex: Ortho-Core™ contains the optimal dosage of vitamin A combined with an innovative diversity of carotenoids that includes alpha and beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene, each selected for an optimal ratio. Ortho-Core's also includes astaxanthin, a unique carotenoid that even on its own has benefits for eye, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular health.

Vitamin B Complex: The amount for each and every B vitamin is selected for the body's most efficient utilization. Ortho-Core™ includes B-vitamins in their effective co-enzyme forms, including methylcobalamin (B-12) and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (B-6).

Vitamin E Complex: Vitamin E is a complex that consists of eight different molecules. Most supplements contain only one vitamin E molecule: alpha-tocopherol, which actually lowers the levels of the other E molecules. The most common E molecule in food (and in Ortho-Core™), is gamma-tocopherol. New evidence suggests that gamma-tocopherol, far more than alpha-tocopherol, could yield remarkable results against cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Vitamin C Complex: Ortho-Core's vitamin C complex begins with a powerful dose of magnesium ascorbate, but it also contains a bioflavonoid mix that includes Quercetin, a ubiquitous micronutrient known for its heart benefits.

Zinc-Copper Balance: Ortho-Core™ includes a safe and optimal ratio of these two interdependent essential minerals.

Trace Minerals: The evidence is compelling that boron, silicon, and vanadium are necessary to maintain health, and Ortho-Core™ includes them all.

Phytonutrients: These are the thousands of biologically active substances found in plants, and many have been shown to be protective, disease-preventing compounds. Ortho-Core™ contains the phytonutrients most strongly supported by studies on humans, including pomegranate and sulforaphane.

Biotransformation Conjugates: These are a series of diverse and effective compounds designed to enhance the already-formidable nutrient arsenal of Ortho-Core™. These include epigallocatechin gallate (the active ingredient in green tea with anti-carcinogenic properties), R(+)- lipoic acid and Co-enzyme Q10. The latter two work synergistically with vitamins C and E, as well as n-acetylcysteine, or NAC, all of which are included in Ortho-Core™.