Using Cranberries in Prot-EFA™

Prot-EFA™ is a two-part nutritional supplement system consisting of a powder (capsule) and an oil formula. When taken together, the system provides essential fatty acids (EFAs) and essential amino acids (EAAs) along with a host of other nutritional components. An abundance of science exists on the benefits of these nutrients for human and animal health.

The Prot-EFA™ Oil formua contains a unique blend of fruit oils and flax oil providing the omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids, omega-9, vitamin E, carotenoids, phytosterols, phytoestrogens, and lecithin (all of which will be defined later). Flax seed oil has long been known as a source of omega-3 while the notoriously healthy benefits of the Mediterranean diet is introduced with the addition of extra virgin olive oil.

The Prot-EFA™ Powder formula delivers all the amino acids including the essential amino acids, phenolics, anthocyanin, as well as both soluble and insoluble fiber. Much of their benefit occurs on the cellular and molecular level, which influences overall health, aging, and longevity. Prot-EFA™ Powder formula is cranberry seed flour which has had the oil pressed from it, filtered, and reintroduced at 10% of the overall blend. This reintroduced oil is made up of “good fats”--the same cranberry oil that is used in the Prot-EFA™ Oil formula. We use this extremely potent oil to add stability to the cranberry flour and produce a plant nutritional profile that creates a balance in the formula.

The cranberry seed flour is what is left over after the oil is extracted. Because of the cold processing used, much like the oil, the powder retains high amounts of nutrients. In fact, an unpublished 2001 study by Joe A. Vinson, PhD released:

The cranberry flour has 46% more powerful antioxidants than cranberries, almost twice as powerful as vitamin C, almost 8 times more powerful than beta carotene and 4 times more powerful than vitamin E.