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Active Women Bioactives

Bioactive ingredients to support the nutritional needs of active women. 

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Active women are more engaged with their personal health. Sixty percent of women aged 18-45 are active three times a week or more.1 They don’t think of themselves as athletes and prefer physical activities such as walking, running, yoga, and strength training. The health needs of these women are likely to focus on the things that keep them active: strength, endurance, energy, immunity, and a healthy weight.

Active women have a higher level of awareness of health-beneficial ingredients when compared to those women that are less active. 

Our Bioactive Solutions for Active Women

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logoFerriUp™ 

Key Nutrients:

  • Lactoferrin
  • Vitamin B12
  • Whey protein concentrate 

Product Focus:

  • Provides a strong nutrient foundation that supports iron modulation, energy levels and immune health for active women.

Key Benefits: 

  • Women’s iron needs are greater due to lose of iron through menstruation. Lactoferrin supports the utilization and balance of iron in the body.2
  • Active women can experience iron deficiency but lactoferrin has been shown to help retain higher levels of red blood cells in active females, indicating that higher iron levels remain.3
  • Provides a good source of whey protein, containing over 80% protein per dose.
  • Studies show that active women have demonstrated a marked increase in successful muscle protein synthesis when they consume protein-rich foods after exercise.4
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of balance, which may lead to a decrease of athletic performance.5

Applications: 

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logoProlibra® 

Key Nutrients: 

  • Leucine
  • Bioactive peptides
  • Milk calcium 

Product Focus:

  • Helps increase fat loss while maintaining lean muscle for healthy body composition.

Key Benefits:

  • Takes into account the ratio of fat to lean muscle loss by Increasing the amount of fat you lose while maintaining lean muscle.6

Applications:

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CapsiAtra® 

Key Nutrients: 

  • Dihydrocapsiate

Product Focus: 

  • Supports weight management and endurance without adverse side effects.  

Key Benefits: 

  • 1,000 times less pungent than capsaicin.7
  • Helps increase metabolism by increasing resting energy expenditure and the number of calories burned by the body under normal resting conditions.8
  • Its thermogenic effect increases fat oxidation, providing the ability for the body to burn calories off stored fat.7

Applications:

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KetoSure™ MCT logo

Key Nutrients: 

  • Medium chain triglycerides (MCT) 
  • Whey protein 

Product Focus:                                                                                                                                    

  • Superior source of coconut-based MCT-C8 optimized with whey protein to support a ketogenic diet. 

Key Benefits: 

  • Contains only bioactive and efficacious C8 fatty acids on a whey protein carrier. 
  • A keto-friendly source of high fat, moderate protein with low carbs and sugars. 
  • Only MCT and whey protein, free from additional additives or carriers. 
  • Achieved Ketogenic Certified certification showing no significant changes in blood glucose levels over time.9
  • Provides a smooth and clean flavor that requires no masking. 
  • Rapidly soluble allowing for inclusion in many applications.  

Applications:

Interested in learning more about how you can support your active female consumers? We’d love to discuss our Active Women Bioactives with you.

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References

1.    Glanbia Nutritionals Survey, January 2022, n=410, US women age 18-45 that purchase or open to purchasing vitamins & supplements
2.    Paesano, et al., (2010), Lactoferrin efficacy versus ferrous sulfate in curing iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women and non-pregnant women
3.    Koikawa N. et al., (2008) Preventive Effect of Lactoferrin Intake on Anemia in Female Long Distance Runners
4.    Br J Sports Med. 2006 Sep; 40(9): 742–748.
5.    Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2006 Oct;16(5):453-84,
6.    Frestedt, J.; Zenk, J.; Kuskowski, M.; Ward, L.; Bastian, E.: A whey-protein supplement increases fat loss and spares lean muscle in obese subjects: A randomized human clinical study. Nutrition & Metabolism, 2008 5:8
7.    Haramizu et al. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70 (4), 774–781, 2006,
8.    Inoue et al, Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2007 Feb;71(2):380-9
9.    Ketogenic Certified, ketogenic.com, 2022

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