PROFESSIONAL TESTIMONIALS
Dr. Lester Packer Ph.D
Dr. Lester Packer, the world's foremost antioxidant research scientist, received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Yale University and has been a Professor and Senior Researcher at the University of California at Berkeley for the past 40 years. Most recently, Dr. Packer has established an additional research laboratory in the Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology within the School of Pharmacy at the University of Southern California to pursue studies related to the molecular, cellular, and physiological aspects of free radical and antioxidant metabolisms in biological systems. In addition to his membership in more than a dozen professional research societies, Dr. Packer has held offices as President of the International Society of Free Radical Research, President of the Oxygen Club of California, and Vice-President of UNESCO - the United Nations Global Network on Molecular and Cell Biology. Dr. Packer is also the recipient of numerous scientific achievement awards and serves on editorial advisory boards for scientific journals related to biochemistry, antioxidant metabolism and nutrition. Dr. Packer has published over 700 scientific papers and 70 books on every aspect of antioxidants and health, including the standard references "Vitamin E in Health and Disease", "Vitamin C in Health and Disease", "The Handbook of Natural Antioxidants" and "Understanding the Process of Aging:The Roles of Mitochondria, Free Radicals, and Antioxidants". The Antioxidant Miracle, published in 1999 by John Wiley & Sons, is his first book for non-scientists. Dr. Lester Packer has an unmatched scientific record on antioxidants, now considered key components in achieving healthy aging and extending human life.
Lester A. Mitscher, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas
Green tea has been found to contain the strongest of all known antioxidants, in research by Lester A. Mitscher, Ph.D., at the University of Kansas, where he is University Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, and former chairman of that department. Dr. Mitscher found in some studies that the antioxidant EGCG, a substance in green tea, neutralized free radicals over 100 times more effectively than vitamin C, and 25 times better than vitamin E. Free radicals are believed to cause cell damage that triggers certain diseases, especially cancer. When Dr. Mitscher tested green, black, and oolong teas for antioxidants, he observed that green teas had by far the highest amounts of active EGCG, and he believes that is because it is harvested at the right time and immediately steamed. Dr. Mitscher holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Wayne University, Detroit. In addition to Dr. Mitscher's work in academia, he has held research and consulting positions with major pharmaceutical firms. He has published extensively on drug chemistry, antibiotic synthesis and non-tradition medicine. He has written numerous scientific papers and recently co-authored The Green Tea Book - China's Fountain of Youth.
Carl Djerassi, Ph.D. Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
The "father of the birth control pill," Carl Djerassi, Ph.D., Chairman of the Pharmanex Scientific Advisory Board, is both an internationally renowned chemist and a prolific writer, not only of scientific works but also of best-selling fiction and two autobiographical works: From the Lab into the World : A Pill for People, Pets, and Bugs (Creators of Modern Chemistry) and The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse/the Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized the Birth Control Pill. A Stanford University professor of chemistry, he has written more than 1,200 scientific publications and seven monographs. The recipient of numerous scientific honors, he is one of the few Americans to have received both the National Medal of Science (for creating the first steroid oral contraceptive) and the National Medal of Technology (for promoting new approaches to insect control). Dr. Djerassi has also been awarded 17 honorary doctorates and many other prestigious honors, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical Society's highest award, the Priestly Medal. His fiction works, mostly in the genre of "science-in-fiction," illustrate the human side of scientists and the personal conflicts they face. His Djerassi Resident Artists Program, founded in 1982, has assisted more than 1000 persons in the visual arts, literature, choreography, performing arts and music.
Barbara C. Hansen, Ph.D.
A leading authority and lecturer on the relationships between overweight and diabetes, Barbara C. Hansen, Ph.D. is a professor of physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of the university's Obesity and Diabetes Research Center. Dr. Hansen is interested in preventing and treating these disorders, through her research into causes from the perspective of defective conditions in the body, its cells and even its molecules. For more than a dozen years, her research group has been conducting a study to see if a weight-control regimen can prevent middle-age diabetes and extend life span. Dr. Hansen is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She has served as an advisor and consultant to many other leading scientific societies and organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. An author of more than 100 scientific papers, her new book, released by the American Diabetes Association, is A Common Sense Guide to Weight Loss for People with Diabetes. She holds B.S. (summa cum laude, valedictorian) and M.S. degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in physiology and psychology from the University of Washington.