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Rio Health Guarana
All Rio health products
From £3.99
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Code
r010113
r010212
r010311
r013015
r010410
r010519
r010816
r012711
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Size
20 x 500mg veg.caps
60 x 500mg veg.caps
120 x 500mg veg.caps
180 x 500mg veg.caps
100
x 500mg
tablets
50
gram
powder
Jungle
Elixir 10x 15ml phials
Buzz
Gum 120 chiclet
tub
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Price
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| Recommended Use: Follow instructions on labels Due to small amounts of caffeine like substances in guarana, if taken in excess guarana may cause similar symptoms that a cup of coffee or strong tea may have. However, it's not common to have these reactions as guarana is slow releasing over approximately 6 hours. Generally 1-2 grams per day would not have any of the adverse effects of coffee. Guarana should be avoided during pregnancy and lactation. |
| The vast bulk of guarana is grown in a small area in northern Brazil. Guarana gum or paste is derived from the seeds and is used in herbal supplements. Use for: - Increasing physical, mental and sexual energy and relieve fatigue
- Stay awake when driving
- Reduces fluid retention, appetite and increases metabolic rate
- Relieves tension headache, PMS and period pains
- Reduce the physical effects of stress
- Maintain high levels of energy for long periods
- During convalescence
- For hangovers after alcohol excess
The indigenous people of the Amazon rain forest used crushed guarana seed as a beverage and a medicine. Guarana was said to treat diarrhoea, decrease fatigue, reduce hunger, and to help arthritis.* *Duke JA. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1985, 349.
click here to see full length article on effects of Guarana on jet lag and deep vein thrombosis
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Rio Health
The herbal
preparations in the Rio Range have been sourced and prepared to the highest
standards, and are manufactured in facilities licensed for pharmaceutical use.
They contain the finest quality ingredients, tested at source for purity and
active levels.
Rio Health has
specialized in the herbs of the Amazon Rainforest for over fifteen years. By far
the greatest concentration of plant species on the planet is to be found in the
Amazon basin.
It is estimated that over 80% of the earth's bio-diversity is located in this
amazing profusion. Amongst this huge biomass there are thought to be many plant
species with therapeutic possibilities.
Although from the air the jungle canopy may look like a wild diverse confusion,
there are signs that hand the hand of man may once, thousands of years ago, have
been involved in the selection and planting of species. Some food plants, for
instance, not native to the Amazon basin, appear along clearly defined routes
stretching hundreds of miles, as if they had been sketched to support
travellers. So do some of the known medicinal plants. In the intervening
centuries the pathways of this vast herb garden have become overgrown and
unclear, but head westward from Manaus, along an ancient route may bring to
light some very special new plant by the wayside.
Herbs
For thousands of years, herbs have been used to help maintain many aspects of
health and wellness. Today, research and technology are bringing herbalism into
the modern age – with improved extraction, standardization, and farming
methods. Clinical studies are beginning to validate herbal therapies, so even
some in the medical community are starting to accept them. Many of today’s
medicines were originally derived from botanicals. Aspirin once came from the
white willow tree, quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree, and digitalis
from foxglove. Herbs are still the basis for Chinese medicine and are important
constituents of many European natural remedies. As Hippocrates said, “Let they
food by thy medicine, thy medicine be thy food”. Some of the herbs
available on this site are wild-crafted – grown in the wild – while others
are meticulously cultivated on herb farms.
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