Pharma Nord's Managing Director scales new heights
The company director of Pharma Nord UK, may be 73, but Bent Henriksen shows no signs of slowing down. Bent recently returned from climbing Mont Blanc in the French Alps with his son, Troels, 47, and 15-year-old granddaughter Celine.
The trip comes six months after he reached the Base Camp of Mt. Everest, but this time was even more special for Bent as it saw three generations displaying the exceptionally good health that the family has built a business on.
Bent says: “I was very proud of my family. My son Troels has been very good to encourage my granddaughter Celine and they made a good team. It was a good trip, but a tough climb.”
Extra energy from Q10
“Thankfully, we were taken up by Noel Hanna, the endurance athlete and mountaineer, he was a fantastic guide and very professional throughout. He gave very clear advice and I would recommend him to anyone doing a trip like this.”
“We all took Bio-Quinone Q10 for energy and muscle recovery. Bio-Fish Oil and Bio-Glucosamine were good for our joints too. Noel, who is a professional athlete, swears by our products, especially Q10.”
Hard climb up…
Bent left the UK to tackle Mont Blanc’s 4,810 metres in July.
“The walk up was a very difficult climb and the weather was changing all the time. We were now roped up all the time and the guides had to help us a lot. There was not much snow, but we had to wear crampons It is the most difficult climb I have ever done and I was not looking forward to going down later.
After successfully navigating their way higher, Bent and his team arrived at the summit just in time for the weather to improve.
He says: “When we got closer to the summit, the sun came out. The wind had slowed down and the fog had lifted. It was a clear sky but we could not see anything beneath us.
We arrived at the summit at 11.56am. We spent about 15 minutes at the summit taking photos and talking to other climbers. We were very pleased to have made it, but we knew we had a hard time to get down. ”
…and down
The journey back proved just as grueling and arduous as they were expecting with heavy snowfall and temperatures as low as minus 15C, but after a long walk down the Henriksens and their guide managed to catch the last train back to La Fayet.
Now the trip is over, Bent says he is proud to have done it and hopes his fitness and good health can be an example to others.
He says: “I believe in the importance of nutrition for good health and I’ve been taking dietary supplements for more than 25 years. They keep me active and healthy. I wouldn’t go a day without them.
“For a physically demanding trip like this, I made sure I took plenty of Coenzyme Q10, a vitamin-like substance, which provides a natural energy boost.”
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A study of 386 Swedish adolescents aged 15-years suggests that a high intake of folic acid improves young people’s achievement in school. The result is independent of socioeconomic status.
The background for the study is that we are vulnerable to high levels of the harmful substance homocysteine in the blood, which among others can lead to reduced cognitive functions. Homocysteine is produced in the body as a result of the normal metabolism, but if we get enough vitamin B2, B6, B12 and in particular of folic acid, homocysteine will be transformed into healthy amino acids.
In the study the levels of homocysteine in the blood of the young people were measured, and dietary levels of folate were assessed using interviews. The young people’s academic performance after nine years of schooling were measured on ten subjects. Details of current health status, lifestyle, including smoking and familial, educational and economic status was collected using a questionnaire.
Results
Girls and boys were statistically analysed separately. The girls showed better academic results than boys but this is attributed to the teaching method being better suited for girls. The boys had, despite a higher intake of folate also higher homocysteine levels than girls.
Smoking did not affect homocysteine levels, but as expected smokers did perform worse than non-smokers.
Having an educated mother gave a positive influence on student academic achievement, while mother’s income and father’s education did not affect the result. It also helped the result to go to a good school.
Important information
Overall, the results show that students’ academic performance was significantly better with low homocysteine in the blood and a high intake of folic acid. Both students and their parents should know about this research result, which is also worthwhile to include in the debate about school meal provisions.
Ref
Nilsson TK, et al. High Folate Intake Is Related to Better Academic Achievement in Adolescents svensk. Pedriatrics the 2011th E-pub ahead of print.
About Folic Acid
The B vitamin Folic acid may also be called folate. Folic acid is a fragile vitamin, easily destroyed by light and heat. In the diet folic acids is found in green vegetables, some fruit, in beans, nuts, almonds, whole grains and meat and fish. The vitamin is probably best known for its ability to prevent congenital malformations of the brain and spinal cord of expectant mothers.
EFSA
is the EU agency for food safety. They are very critical concerning what can be achieved by using dietary supplements such that folic acid. Yet they recognize that folic acid is important for normal metabolism of homocysteine in the body, for our mental functioning, for normal cell division in the body, for a normal pregnancy, for our immune system, for normal blood formation and the formation of amino acids in the body and not least that it can help to reduce fatigue and exhaustion.
Good sources of folic acid from Pharma Nord
- Bio-Multi Pharma Nord includes a complex of B vitamins including 200 micrograms of folic acid.
- Bio-Marine Plus. Two capsules daily provide 200 mg folic acid and also the essential omega-3 fatty acids, which also benefits the brain function.
Products from Pharma Nord are manufactured to the highest standards for tablet and capsule production and comes in hygienic blister pack.
