Q What does the word "Växa" mean and where did it come from?

A "Växa" is a real word coming directly from the Swedish language. Grammatically, it is known as a transitive verb, and literally means "to grow or regenerate/reproduce from biological sources." A fitting name for the world's foremost leader and pioneer in the Nutraceutical Industry: Växa International.

Q What are Nutraceuticals and how are they different from Pharmaceuticals?

A A Nutraceutical is defined as a food and/or nutritional food supplement which is formulated or designed to specifically address certain and particular bio-functions of the body, whether it be biological structure or function. Nutraceuticals, in contrast to pharmaceuticals, are completely utilized by the body, becoming part of the body, as any nutritional entity would. Pharmaceuticals are not nutritional entities and thus are foreign materials which are not readily made part of the body's structure and architecture, but ultimately are seen as waste or toxic substances. At times the "leftovers" of Pharmaceuticals can remain within the body, hidden in fat tissue, for years.

Q What makes a Nutraceutical different from an ordinary dietary health supplement?

A Nutraceuticals are more advanced than dietary supplements, formulated to address specific dietary deficiencies and particular biochemical structures and functions within the body. In contrast, dietary health supplements offer only a general, broad spectrum nutritional approach and do not specifically address the more complicated problems of specific nutritional needs, whereas Nutraceuticals do.

Q What makes Växa Nutraceuticals different from other Nutraceuticals and health supplements?

A Växa Nutraceuticals uniquely contain all 3 Biofactors of life, namely, free form amino acids (I), peptides and proteins from botanical sources (II), and vitamins, minerals and synergistic cofactors (III). The cumulative effect of using multiple "synergistic" nutrients to address the body's nutritional needs is far more effective than using just 1 nutrient, or 1 vitamin, or rare herb known to potentiate health. Instead, by using the exact and specific quantities of amino acids, rare herbs, minerals, vitamins and other nutritional cofactors, Växa is able to provide a unique "nutritional strategy," rather than a simple arbitrary one like those supplements supplied by most other health companies. Each Växa formula contains the critically essential array of nutrients known to benefit the body in a specific and unique way, nutritionally addressing particular biochemical and neurochemical pathways by supplying nutritional precursors which are needed to potentiate those pathways. Whereas most other health companies persist in using the over simplified and mistaken "one key fits all" approach, each Växa formula is designed to address different pathways, different "keys" for different biochemical "locks and switches."

Q What are amino acids and why are they so important?

A Amino acids are the quintessential building blocks of the body. Without them life simply could not exist. Amino acids are integral in maintaining, supporting and governing, either directly or indirectly, most of the biochemical and neurochemical pathways of the body. They are the foundation material of DNA-gene matter, vitamins, enzymes, hormones and other "amines." When linked together in chains they become peptides and proteins. They also play a powerful role as neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers which orchestrate regeneration and sustain all life function.

Q How do we know which amino acids, herbs, vitamins and minerals target which part of the body?

A For the past forty years, researchers have been mapping and studying the biochemical pathways of the body. Although there is still much to be understood, we now know with some certainty which amino acids, peptides, proteins, vitamins and minerals are needed for certain pathways to function, which are essential neurotransmitters, and which demonstrate some probability of function as precursors to other functions, such as hormonal and enzymatic synthesis. We also know that when the body has been sufficiently supplied with amino acids, peptides and protein materials, there is considerable less likelihood of supplemental free form amino acids being redirected for primary protein synthesis or transmaminated to other amino acids in demand. This, then, allows ample populations of amino acids to travel freely through the circulatory system serving as powerful biosynthetic agents, neurotransmitters, and the like.

The body's so-called chemical "intelligence," or its capacity to prioritize the regeneration of biochemical structure and function within itself, serves to execute just what, how and where something is to be attended to. According to the demand structure of the body, certain functions will be addressed immediately, the body "looking" for those nutrients to satisfy its immediate requirements within the nutritional stores and circulatory system of the body. In essence, through a series of chemical messengers and chemically orchestrated cascade decisions, the body is literally capable of "shopping for" or "targeting" what it needs on its own but only when reserves are amply in supply. Thus, we speak of being sure that our nutritional "shelves" have been restocked so as to allow the body to "shop" for exactly what it needs to run certain biochemical pathways. Växa, in turn, simply "targets" the restocking of those "shelves" that support specific biochemical pathways, pathways which research demonstrates are more likely to become deficient.

Q What kind of sugars (refined, raw, brown, etc.) and other carbohydrates are used in Växa products?

A "Sugar" is listed in the Nutrition Facts box under Carbohydrates on both Systemex and Nutritionizer packaging. As regulated by the FDA (nutritional labeling requirements), "sugar" is a subcategory of Carbohydrates and is defined as either monosaccharides or disaccharides. "Sugars," as listed on the ingredient panels of the Systemex and Nutritionizer, are combinations of monosaccharides of Fructose (a ketone and fruit sugar) and disaccharides of Lactose (milk sugar) and Maltose, all of which are simple carbohydrates. These are not the white, refined, table sugar derived from sugar cane (sucrose), so many refer to as "the" generic sugar. No "refined" sugar (sucrose) exists either within the Systemex or the Nutritionizer. Also found within the Systemex and Nutritionizer are higher complexes, or longer chains, of carbohydrates called Maltodextrin and Malt-mannose complexes of polysaccharides, which include dietary fiber (glycans and cellulose).

Q Shouldn't we be careful about the sugars we eat -- Aren't "sugars" harmful to us?

A There is nothing wrong with any natural "sugar," per say, be it categorized within the families of monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose, the disaccharides of maltose, lactose and sucrose, or the trisaccharides of raffinose and melezitose. The body can effectively use them all for energy sources and other biological necessities. For instance, one of the most important monosaccharide sugar acids is ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C. "Sugar" and simple carbohydrates, should only become a matter of health concern when used exclusively as the singular entity in one's diet or in one's meal, without other more complex carbohydrates and proteins to act as buffering agents to help "meter their burn." Again, "sugar" by itself can only be harmful if it makes up the majority of one's diet. We were not made to live solely on simple carbohydrates. But indeed, such can be said of any food group that is eaten exclusively in one's diet.

However, when "sugars," or simple carbohydrates, are used in balance with other foods, such as in the Systemex and Nutritionizer, they are safe and healthful, as any biochemistry text will tell you. Be aware of anyone who tells you anything differently. Indeed, rather then develop needless hysteria, panic and fear surrounding the disinformation about "sugars," which wrongly dictate that only certain forms of sugars are "safe" and mistakenly suggest that one kind is preferred to others, it is more important to rely on the science of our own biology to bring clarity to this confused issue. Upon the revelation and distillation of the scientific facts, we learn that it is more important to use combinations of carbohydrates to yield a more metered burn of calories, as well as to "buffer" or "steady" their burn with dietary protein and longer chains of polysaccharides, instead of fruitlessly pitting one carbohydrate's safety against another in isolation.

Therefore, to further assure such a smooth and steady use or "burn" of all simple to complex carbohydrates, it's important to use a protein source as well as longer chain carbohydrates in our diet to slow down the caloric burn. (Let's not forget that we should always try to achieve a fully balanced diet, a diet made up of both simple and complex carbohydrates, proteins and fats/lipids.) This "even-metered burn" is accomplished both in the Systemex and the Nutritionizer by using Casein (our major protein source), and Maltodextrin-Malt-glycan complexes (longer chain carbohydrates).