Canyon Organics

Category: Vitamins

  • Vitamin C with Rosehip

    Vitamin C with Rosehip

    Canyon’s Vitamin C 500mg with Rosehip contains both Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and Rosehip. Both ingredients are ideal antioxidants that will assist in fighting infections and nourishing cells.

    Vitamin C & Rosehip known uses :

    • Popular ingredients to relieve the common cold
    • Immune system boosters
    • Reduce fatigue and stress
    • Vital antioxidants that help to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals that we are exposed to in the environment such as air pollution, cigarette smoke and ultraviolet light from the sun
    • Required by the body to form collagen
    • Used to make skin, tendons, ligaments and blood vessels
    • Gum, teeth, cartilage, bones and nervous system maintenance
    • Heal wounds
    • Slows progressive visual loss
    • Shortens the amount of time a person is sick

    Nutritional information:

    Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) – 500mg

    Rosehip – 100 mgDosage and suggested use:

    Take 1-2 tablets daily.

    • Rosehip contains a large amount of vitamin C. Thus, it shares many uses with vitamin C including preventing and treating colds, flu, and vitamin C deficiencies. Rose hips are packed with bioflavonoids whose anti-inflammatory, anti viral and anti oxidant effects are thought to help prevent and treat colds and flu.
    • Suitable for Diabetics & Vegetarians.
    • Contains NO wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, sugar, salt, yeast, gluten nor eggs

    This medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use. This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • Lecithin

    Lecithin

    Canyon’s Lecithin is a well known formula to keep cells nourished.

    Lecithin is ideally used:

    • To breakdown body fat
    • To reduce cholesterol levels
    • By alcoholics/those who consume large amounts of alcohol – to prevent liver cirrhosis
    • To help prevent gallstones
    • To improve memory
    • To assist with brain related medical problems e.g. dementia, amnesia, Alzheimer’s, Bi-polar disorder
    • To boost physical performance during endurance exercise
    • During pregnancy
    • To combat recurrent plugged ducts during breast feeding
    • Aids: Some studies suggests that lecithin does not kill the virus, but helps prevent new cells from being infected
    • To increase the volume of semen secretion during ejaculation
    • To increase Thiamin & Vitamin A absorption

    Nutritional information:

    Lecithin – 1200mg

    Soya Bean Oil – 75 mgDosage and suggested use:

    Recommended use: Take 1-2 capsules daily, after breakfast.

    Plugged ducts during breast feeding: Take 3-4 capsules per day.

    Liver disease: Take 2 Capsules per day.

    High cholesterol: Take 2 Capsules per day.

    Note: Average person requires between 1000 – 4000 mg of lecithin per day.

    • Lecithin is a lipid that consists mostly of choline, but also includes inositol, phosphorus, and linoleic acid.
    • This nutrient is essential to every living cell in the human body.
    • The choline and inositol in lecithin protect against hardening of the arteries and heart disease by promoting normal processing of fat and cholesterol.
    • Lecithin binds fats and cholesterol to water so that they can pass through the body rather than cause a potentially harmful buildup in the heart or liver.
    • Cell membranes, the protective sheaths surrounding the brain, and nerve cells also contain this essential fatty substance.
    • The choline found in lecithin helps the body produce acetylcholine, a substance that acts as a chemical messenger to parts of the nervous system, and is essential to the brain’s memory function.
    • Lecithin is found in a wide variety of foods. Good sources include cabbage, cauliflower, chickpeas, green beans, lentils, soybeans, corn, split peas, calves’ liver, eggs, brewer’s yeast, grains, legumes, fish, and wheat germ.
    • Side Effects (more than 15 000mg per day): Dizziness, fishy body odor, nausea or vomiting.
      • Contains no salt, gluten, lactose, yeast & preservative.
      • Suitable for diabetics when used as part of a balanced eating plan.
      • Outer capsule contains gelatine.

    This medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use. This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • Garlic & Parsley

    Garlic & Parsley

    Canyon’s Garlic & Parsley contains garlic, known as “nature’s antibiotic” because of its many health-related benefits. The inclusion of parsley deodorises the garlic and is itself a wonderful healing herb.

    Canyon’s Garlic & Parsley is ideally used:

    • As a Broncho-dilator:
      • It allows the lungs to function at a better level by opening the bronchioles or air passages.
      • It relieves asthma, bronchitis and all respiratory complaints.
      • It relieves coughs, colds and sinus complaints
    • As a Vaso-dilator:
      • Improves blood flow by dilation or opening of the blood vessels
    • Important in cases of high blood pressure
    • As a digestive aid
    • In the treatment of rheumatic problems
    • As a preventative for pneumonia and typhus
    • To help lower cholesterol
    • In lowering high blood pressure

    Nutritional information:

    Garlic Oil – 0.12 mg

    Parsley Seed Oil – 0.2 mgDosage and suggested use:

    Take one or two capsules twice daily before meals.

    • The secret of garlic is in its pungent oil. It contains an ingredient known as Allicin Disulphate.
    • Garlic is used as a supportive treatment of high blood lipids and for the prevention of age-related vascular changes – its cholesterol lowering effect.
    • In folk medicine, Garlic, is used to prevent infection and to treat colds, bronchitis and flu and also used in cases of HIV infection, due to its immune stimulant action.
    • Garlic has also been found to reduce metabolism of glucose in diabetes, slow down the development of arteriosclerosis and lower the risk of heart attacks.
    • Parsley is a bitter aromatic herb and is used to relax spasms, reduce inflammation and helps to clear toxins from the body.
    • Parsley is said to inhibit tumor-cell growth while stimulating the digestion and the uterus.
    • Parsley is also used internally for menstrual complaints and edema.
    • Parsley is also used for ailments of the lower urinary tract and to prevent renal (kidney) gravel (stones).
    • Furthermore, Parsley can be used in flatulent dyspepsia, dysuria, rheumatic conditions, cystitis, prostate problems, indigestion, colic, anorexia, anemia and arthritis (roots and seeds).
    • Parsley is also used after childbirth for promoting lactation and contracting the uterus (roots and seeds).

    This medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use. This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • Calcium Plus

    Calcium Plus

    Canyon’s Calcium Plus is a nutritional supplement for those people who lack calcium in their diet. Calcium is not only necessary for our well-being; it is necessary for life itself. We need calcium for the initiation of our heart-beat. Without calcium our body physiology would collapse. There is more calcium in our body than any other mineral.

    The ingredients in Calcium Plus assists:

    • Formation and maintenance of strong bones and teeth.
    • Young children with inadequate calcium intake often suffer from sub-clinical rickets, bad posture and growing pains.
    • Sleeping / Insomnia – Calcium is a natural sedative.
    • The Nervous System especially in impulse transmission.
    • With allergies as it reduces histamine levels in the system.
    • In preventing and reducing cramps.

    Nutritional information:

    Calcium (Elemental) – 150 mgDosage and suggested use:

    Take up to 6 tablets a day with water.

    • Calcium Plus is a chelated product. Minerals, as Calcium is, cannot be absorbed by the body on their own – they require something to bind to. The best binders are amino acids which Calcium Plus is binded too.
    • The word “elemental” refers to the exact amount of calcium that is available to be absorbed by the body. In the case of Calcium Plus 150 mgs is available to be absorbed.
    • Contains no sugar, starch, salt, gluten, lactose, preservatives, artificial colouring or flavouring.
    • Suitable for vegetarians.
    • Suitable for diabetics when used in conjunction with an energy controlled diet.

    This medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use. This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.