Hello Imminst members and the radical life extension community!
AOR (Advanced Orthomolecular Research) is a small Canadian supplement company with a strong niche focus on making new, research-backed nutritional supplements available to the life extension community. Where most of the supplement industry is engaged in putting out "me, too" formulas or products based on shoddy science, AOR has a long track record of poring over the primary scientific literature to identify new orthomolecules and botanicals backed by quality science, and then putting them into the hands of longevists and health-conscious individuals. AOR was the first company in the world to release the orthomolecular R(+)-enantiomer of lipoic acid:
http://www.r-lipoic.com
... the first North American company to make available Benfotiamine, a potent intracellular anti-AGE nutrient and one of only a handfull demonstrated to meaningfully affect AGE levels in vivo:
http://www.aor.ca/pr...9&exec_sum=summ
... the first company in the world to come out with strontium at a clinically-demonstrated dose (which is a crucial bone health supplement -- an issue of great importance in mitigating the risks of CR-related loss of bone mass):
http://www.aor.ca/pr...4&exec_sum=summ
... the first company outside of Japan to have pharmaceutical-grade Menatetrenone, another key bone health supplement which also has cardiovascular and brain health benefits:
http://www.aor.ca/pr...5&exec_sum=summ
... and until Health Canada banned it, we were the first company in Canada -- and nearly in North America -- to have SAMe. Other Canadian firsts include Pantethine and glucosamine sulfate.
AOR goes to far greater length than other supplement companies not only in researching the suppelements we make available, but in putting that research into your hands. Our product literature refuses to dumb down the research. Supplements are described accurately, without hype, and on the basis of proper scientific research. Statements are clearly backed up by references to the primary scientific literature. Feel free to email Orders@AOR.ca for back issues of Advances and its predecessor, The Holistic Lifestyle.
We make these molecules available to help devoted life extensionists bridge the gap between the crude life extension science of today (in which the only proven way to retard biological aging is calorie restriction (CR)) and the coming age of biomedically retarded, arrested, and even reversed aging. To advance the wider cause of life extension, AOR has also extensively advocated CR in our magazine, Advances. The next issue will include a long rant about Aubrey de Grey, IABG10, SCNT, and the Methuselah Mouse prize.
As part of our commitment to life extension, AOR is now proud to sponsor the Immortality Institute, as an organization devoted to the cause of ending aging and Death itself. Clearly, the Institute's membership is composed of individuals personally dedicated to fighting the decay of their bodies with chronological age; therefore, AOR, the Institute, and its membership are a perfect fit. Our primary intention with this partnership is to help fund the Institute's activities while putting more life extensionists into contact with our line of advanced nutraceuticals.
As an experiment suggested by the Director of the Institute, AOR will also be monitoring this subforum, to answer your questions about AOR supplement science directly. The idea is that questions which occur to one immortalist may be of interest to others, and that this forum can therefore act as a clearinghouse for such information. Because of new regulations in Canada, we're buried up to our armpits in paperwork at the moment -- but we're ready to devote some time to this experiment and see how productively we can use this forum to engage our key constituency: you folks!
Pleased to meet you, and proud to be aboard. Live long & prosper!
AOR
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ADVANCED ORTHOMOLECULAR RESEARCH < http://www.AOR.ca > continues to set the standard for science-backed nutraceutical innovation. AOR was the first in the world to release R(+)-Lipoic acid < http://www.R-Lipoic.com> and bring Benfotiamine and Menatetrenone into North American lives.
