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We believe that everybody is entitled for a better life; especially those who have dreams. Our business is to help those who want to help other people and help themselves by welcoming opportunities that the company offers in the field of network marketing and direct selling so that we can keep the blessing flowing.
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Mission

To make the RAISEDHERBS products widely available to the consumers and promote the use of safe and effective herbal medicines. To Help people who have dreams of being successful and at the same time be of help to others by providing rewarding business opportunities to them through network marketing and direct selling of the RAISEDHERBS products. Vision

To be a leader in providing world-class and innovative herbal products in the Philippines and in other parts of the globe, to help people attain a healthy and successful life through RAISEDHERBS products.


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CORE VALUES
This set of values shape the character and the company's culture. This also serves as a set of guideline on what a current or an aspiring member of the RAISEDHERBS network should observe and embody.



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Grape Seed Extract, A Potent Antioxidant. OPC (Oligomeric ProanthoCyanidins) is twenty times more powerful than vitamin C and fifty times more powerful than vitamin E in its ability to scavenge free radicals. OPCs are able to “donate” electrons to unstable free radicals and to neutralize them without the danger of becoming unstable themselves. Grape Seed protects cells and tissue by neutralizing free radicals and blocking destructive enzymes. This OPC Complex penetrates both water and fat cellular membranes. OPCs even have the capacity to cross the blood-brain barrier. They maintain the structure and integrity of the veins, arteries and capillaries, which ensures efficient circulation. Antioxidant and Oxidation:

Sixty years ago a scientist won a Nobel prize for work on vitamin C, the substance used by Capt. Cook knew that fresh fruit was important to diet but it took a while for his anecdotal evidence to be accepted. Now we hear of a substance science tells us is an antioxidant 20 times more powerful than vitamin C and 50 times more powerful an antioxidant than vitamin E. Dr Clark Hansen N.D., claims it is the most significant discovered this century! We will also see that 400 years ago this antioxidant was used by the North American Indians, but the actual properties were only identified by the scientific community 40 years ago. Now this natural antioxidant, used extensively for years in France where it is registered as a medication, and becoming popular in other western countries, is gaining popularity here. Is this information important? To decide we have to understand what an antioxidant (against oxidation) is. Rust is an iron oxide (oxidation). Hardening/drying of paint is a process of oxidation. Eventually aged paint becomes chalky with oxidation. The brown on the cut piece of an apple is “oxidised apple”. Citrus juice is an antioxidant, rub some lemon juice on the cut apple and it slows down the oxidation (browning). Ageing (collagen deterioration) is a form of bodily oxidation. Free radicals found widely in our environment, water, air, food, smoke, smog, sunlight, chemicals, detergents, etc. are the nasty “unstable” oxygen molecules which are responsible for attacking (oxidising) our bodies. As they are unstable, they are looking to attack, and in our bodies they attack and destroy cell membranes, collagen and other connective tissue, disrupt physiological processes and create mutations in the DNA cells. Free radicals
are blamed for many problems from ageing spots (oxidised fat in the skin) to cancer. Nutritionist and chemist Dr Jeffrey Bland Ph.D. claims the destructive effect of free radicals are responsible for more than 60 diseases including Allergies, Arthritis, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cataracts, Cold fingers and toes from circulatory problems, Diabetes, Edemas, Hardening or Narrowing of the Arteries and High Blood Pressure (Oxidation of Cholesterol causing plaque in the vessel walls), Heart Disease, Inflammation, Kidney and Liver disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, Prostate Enlargement, Rheumatism, Stroke, Ulcers, Varicose Veins and Wrinkles. Oxidation is very important in the chain to break down waste minerals, dead plants and dead animals and for regeneration. Antioxidants stop it starting before we actually die. Now back to where this antioxidant all started for us. . . . Historical Identification of OPCs and Bioflavonoids:Progress

In the 1530s French explorer Jacques Cartier was leading an expedition up the Saint Lawrence River in North America. When the crew were trapped in the ice they were limited to eating rationed biscuits and salted meat and it wasn’t long before scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) became rife. However, native Indians introduced them to a tea made from the bark and needles of the pine tree. They recovered and the story was recorded but the healing event, how and why, did not progress scientifically until 400 years later when Professor Jacques Masquelier of the University of Bordeaux, France, read about it and formed the conclusion that the tree contained Vitamin C. Later he isolated and identified the substance as proanthocyanidins and called his product Pycnogenol. His method of extraction from the pine tree was patented in the early 1951, and further research showed the substance present in many plants such as, lemon tree bark, peanuts, hazel nuts, cranberries, blue berries, cherries, citrus peel, purple, red and white grape skins and seed purple grape seeds being the most concentrated source. This substance, a bioflavonoid, is now usually referred to as OPCs (Oligomeric Proanthocyanidin Complexes) or less frequently PCO (Proanthocyanidolic oligomers). Bioflavonoids, of which there are approximately 4000, are some of the most important and interesting biological compounds. As shown they are present in a wide variety of edible plants, fruit and vegetables with a typical Western diet providing about 1g of them per day. They were originally identified as the flavin (yellowish colouring) in plants. Remember carrots and seeing in the dark or doctors suggesting drinking a glass of wine daily for health? Bioflavonoids have a low molecular weight and occur naturally as aglycons, glycosides and methylated derivatives. In the early 1980s bioflavonoids were reviewed for a wide range of biological activities focusing on their potential therapeutic use as anti-inflammatory, anti-allergenic, antiviral, anticancer and immunostimulant drugs. Since 1984, in an attempt to give an account for bioflavonoids wide pharmacological potential many papers have been published dealing with the interaction between flavonoids and such key enzymes as cyclo-oxygenase, lipoxygenase, phospholipase A2, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases, protein-kinase C, hyaluronidase, reverse transcriptase, mitochondrial succinoxidase, NADH-oxidase and glutathione reductase. This led to the big question of how do bioflavonoids work? In the light of Middleton’s hypothesis it appeared the key steps in producing the biological effect could be the interaction with the protein phosphorylation as well as its antioxidant activity. This combined with the increasing evidence that toxic oxygen species were involved in a number of pathological conditions, including inflammatory processes, ageing and cancer. Leucoanthocyanins (proanthocyanidins or OPCs, pycnogenols) are natural polyphenols belonging to the class of bioflavonoids. The Leucoanthocyanins are constituted by a variable number of flavin units and they yield an anthrocide after heating in acid medium. From grape seeds an oligomeric fraction partially esterified with gallic acid and containing only little amounts of momomeric polyphenols (catechin and epicatechin) has been isolated. Leucoanthocyanins have been reported to improve biological properties of blood vessels leading to their use in the therapy of such different types of vascular disorders as capillary fragility, peripheral chronic venous insufficiency and micro-angiopathy of the retina. Until recently pharmacological properties of Leucoanthocyanins were attributed to their ability to increase tonicity and the resistance to the degradative action of elastase and collagenase. More recently increasing evidence supports the hypothesis of the anti-oxidant properties and possible chemoprevention on free radicals already mentioned in association with cancer, ageing etc. Antioxidant Effect:

The antioxidant effect of Leucoanthocyanins has been studied “in vitro” in phosphatidylcholine liposomes using 1/ Iron-promoted lipid peroxidation and 2/ Ultrasound-induced lipid peroxidation. Both showed Leucoanthocyanins markedly more effective than alpha-tocopherol. Antioxidant Health Benefits of Grape Seed Extract:

Cardiovascular:Grape Seed Extract provides nutritional support for a healthy heart. Maintains normal blood flow. Circulatory:Grape Seed Extract promotes a healthy circulatory system by strengthening capillary walls and reducing leakage.