Study: Nutrilite™ Double X provides antioxidant benefits

There’s no substitute for the health benefits you get when you consume the daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. But a recent analysis of clinical research shows that there is an antioxidant benefit in supporting your diet with a plant-based, multivitamin/multimineral/phytonutrient supplement.

An analysis co-authored by Amway scientist Jina Hong, Ph.D., of six different research studies showed that plant-based multivitamins/multiminerals, like Nutrilite™ Double, have an antioxidant effect, which supports optimal health.

^* The results were published in the March 2022 issue of Nutrients, a peer reviewed journal.

Antioxidants and oxidants: It’s all about balance

Why is antioxidant effect important? A balance of antioxidants and oxidants helps support optimal health. External sources like pollution, excessive sun or a poor diet heavy with fried foods can threaten that balance with too many oxidants. That imbalance can cause oxidative stress, which can damage healthy cells.

Fruits and vegetables provide nutrients that support your body’s natural antioxidant mechanism. And now the meta-analysis shows that plant-based multivitamins, like Nutrilite™ Double X, provide antioxidant benefits, too.

“Double X provides vitamins, minerals, and plant nutrients that have a positive impact on oxidative stress, which is essential for supporting optimal health,” said Jina Hong, Ph.D..

Studies included more than 800 people

The six randomized, controlled trials in the analysis involved various formulas of Double X multivitamin supplement and included more than 800 healthy adults from different regions of the world with habitually low intakes of fruits and vegetables.

“This meta-analysis of the results of those trials showed that there was a slight difference in the intake effect by race and region, but it statistically showed a positive antioxidant effect in the body after the intake,” Hong said.

Meta-analysis is a recognized research process that uses statistical methods to merge and analyze data from smaller, independent studies to get a larger sample size.

“Generally, it would be difficult for research on health functional foods like supplements to produce statistically meaningful results because most sample groups are small, covering less than 100 research participants,” Hong said. “However, in this meta-analysis, the sample group increased to more than 800 people from six countries. Research that collects and analyzes the results of different studies conducted in different countries on different product formulas produced by one company is extremely rare in the dietary supplement industry.”