A: Ascorbic Acid is known to be a powerful antioxidant but to unleash its full power you need megadoses – anywhere from 10 grams upward. Most people cannot tolerate these megadoses taken orally and need to take intravenous Vitamin C to get the full range of therapeutic benefits.
Camu-Camu, the berry which grows wild in the Amazon River Basin of Peru and Brazil, has more natural Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) than any other known botanical in the world. However, Camu-Camu has much greater antioxidant power than synthetic Vitamin C, milligram for milligram because it has a whole range of chemical compounds which act synergistically together to create enormous antioxidant power. In addition to its Vitamin C, Camu-Camu also has the following antioxidants: 4-terpineal; alanine; anthocyanins; beta-carotene; camphene; delphinidin-3-glucoside; ellagic acid and gamma-terpinene.
Furthermore, it contains the Antioxidant synergists, citric acid and malic acid.
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) has amazing anti-inflammatory properties—an important property of antioxidants. But Camu-Camu, in addition to its food sourced ascorbic acid also has other anti-inflammatory compounds, including alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, and ellagic acid.
Dr. James Duke, chief botanist for USDA for 30 years and author of The Green Pharmacy, uncovered these essential properties of Camu-Camu. We thank him for this important research.
Camu-Camu has different levels of potency based primarily on how it is handled after it is picked. Royal Camu™ is flash frozen right on a river boat with freezing facilities within several hours of being picked. This preserves its precious Vitamin C complex. So choose Royal Camu™ which guarantees at least 10% Vitamin C derived from the Camu-Camu fruit itself. It is available in two forms: spray-dried at high heat for a few seconds and slow-dried at low heat for a much longer period of time. The results are equally good.
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