Is there a dangerous dose of Astaxanthin?

(prHWY.com) August 19, 2012 - FLORIDA, FL -- USA Aug 18, 2012 - Whenever a drug company formulates a new medication, the first tests to be run are toxicology and the 'Lethal dose' (LD-50). These initial tests are performed in order to predict any serious side effects and to also establish a safe clinical starting dose for the new drug.
Natural Astaxanthin - The definition of the LD-50 (Lethal dose 50) is the particular dose of that medicine, nutritional supplement or other particular agent that will cause 50% (half) of the subjects to die! I know this sounds pretty scary and extreme - however, rest assured, these tests are performed on rats and usually at enormous unrealistic doses. The result from this data is then heavily re-adjusted to very safe levels for human use.
For example when the LD-50 was determined for Astaxanthin, rats were given over 12,000 mg/kg weight for over 90 days. Even at this huge dose, there were:
No signs of toxicity
* No evidence of tissue damage
* No blood biomarkers indicating damage.
* No side effects
Another test called the NOAEL (No adverse - effect -level) determines what is the highest and safest dose of an agent that can be given without causing side effects. Astaxanthin showed absolutely no mutagenicity (no cancer), no embryological toxic effects and no teratogenic side effects in pregnant rabbits at doses up to 17,000 mg/kg

Astaxanthin Manufacturer - The LD-50 and NOAEL results for Astaxanthin have proven incredibly safe and would be considered very desirable if it was a pharmaceutical drug, as at even these huge doses there is no evidence of any toxicity. Also keep in mind that the current suggested human doses are miniscule in comparison, from 4mg up to 16mg per day.
In addition, these numbers (12,000mg and 17,000mg) have been assigned for Astaxanthin without producing a definitive toxic effect. Therefore, in reality, the LD-50 and NOAEL values may be 10 times these assigned values.
In Conclusion
The bottom line is that Astaxanthin is very safe. What's more, AstaSupreme'sÂ® natural Astaxanthin never becomes a Pro-oxidant and never switches teams to become a free radical. For these reasons and many more, I take AstaSupremeÂ® everyday.

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Natural Astaxanthin - Astaxanthin is an antioxidant supplement that helps fight the signs of aging and support joint and skeletal health, among other astaxanthin benefits. Astaxanthin is an antioxidant supplement that helps fight the signs of aging and support joint and skeletal health, among other astaxanthin benefits. We extract our natural astaxanthin using Super Critical CO2, which maintains the product's purity and superiority.

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