NATURE'S PICASSO COLORING THE FAUNA
Being quite the newcomer in the jungle that is the world of performance-boosting ingestibles, astaxanthin deserves the limelight just as much as all the essentials you may already have in your diet. Astaxanthin is a carotenoid originally found in the freshwater alga Haematococcus pluvialis. It is a crimson red antioxidant pigment that has remarkable effects on animals that include it in their diets. Have you ever wondered why the flamingo is pink or why salmon shares the same color? Might there be a connection there? There sure is as both flamingos and salmon get their pink hue from the same source: an abundance of natural astaxanthin present in their typical diets. Aesthetics aside, astaxanthin is absolutely crucial to the survival and development of the animals that consume it.
When it comes to the human diet, as algae are the primary source of astaxanthin (just as they are of marine omega-3 fatty acids) in the aquatic food chain, it is advisable that natural astaxanthin is obtained directly from its source, as opposed to synthetic alternatives of questionable quality and efficacy available in the market.