Support Before and After Surgery, How It Works:
You want support before and after surgery. SurgiKit® provides complete micronutritional support for surgical preparation and recovery. Based on 30 years of published research, these targeted formulas contain ideal forms and levels of powerful micronutrients proven to increase the strength and integrity of your body’s tissues and immune system for accelerated healing and optimized recovery. The key micronutrients included in our patent-pending formulas include:
Vitamin A:
Commonly known as the anti-infective vitamin, is present in balanced forms and optimal levels to support immune function, tissue growth, recovery and red blood cell production1,2
Vitamin B5:
In ideal levels, and as shown in multiple studies to both accelerate wound healing and to increase the strength and integrity of healing tissues3,4,5
Vitamin C:
A highly effective antioxidant with further properties essential for synthesis of collagen in healing blood vessels, bone, tendon, ligaments, and other tissues6
Vitamin D3:
Increasingly recognized for its role in cell differentiation in healing skin, bone and other tissues. It is also important for ideal calcium balance and immune function. Some recent studies have demonstrated up to 100% improvement in strength of healing fractures with optimized vitamin D3 in experimental settings. 7,8,9
Vitamins K1 & K2:
Critical elements to foster optimal cell growth, blood clotting (to minimize bleeding potential) and support of bone mineralization when needed10,11
Calcium:
In its preferred form of calcium citrate, critical for healing given its role in bone health, cell signaling, as a co-factor for enzymes and proteins and nerve and muscle function. 12
Copper:
For enzyme support of energy production, skin and connective tissue healing, nervous system function and other roles. 13 Required for optimized support of bone formation and can accelerate healing and blood vessel growth and repair by as much as 30%. It also acts to support antioxidant activity and is a free-radical scavenger. 14
Zinc:
To protect cell membranes from oxidative damage, and with an important healing role in cellular growth and immune response15
Pomegranate:
Provides anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant support of healing tissue16
Vitamin E:
As VLD-E (very low dose vitamin E), to provide optimized trace vitamin E support in forms and amounts as ideal to meet biologic needs, without the potential for adverse perioperative effects17
Exclusively in RecoveryMD™ (post-surgical formula):
Bromelain:
An anti-inflammatory enzyme found in the stem of pineapple plants, which reduces muscle and tissue swelling, especially following injury
Quercetin:
A bioflavinoid that helps repair damage to nerve tissues and improves circulation by strengthening capillaries throughout the body
Read this white paper to see the research behind how the various vitamins, minerals and co-factors present in SurgiKit® work in the body to facilitate strength and healing and why they are essential for healthy recovery. After that try our supplements to get support before and after surgery!
Clinical References:
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2Ross AC. Vitamin A and retinoids. In: Shils M, ed. Nutrition in Health and Disease. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1999:305-327.
3Weimann BI, Hermann D. Studies on wound healing: effects of calcium D-pantothenate on the migration, proliferation and protein synthesis of human dermal fibroblasts in culture. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1999;69(2):113-119.
4Lacroix B, Didier E, Grenier JF. Role of pantothenic and ascorbic acid in wound healing processes: in vitro study on fibroblasts. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1988;58(4):407-13.
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7Fu L, Tang T, Miao Y, Hao Y, Dai K. Effect of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 on fracture healing and bone remodeling in ovariectomized rat femora. Bone. 2009 May;44(5):893-8. Epub 2009 Feb 5.
8Segaert S. Vitamin D regulation of cathelicidin in the skin: toward a renaissance of vitamin D in dermatology a J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Apr;128(4):773-5.
9van Etten E, Gysemans C, Branisteanu DD, Verstuyf A, Bouillon R, Overbergh L, Mathieu C. Novel insights in the immune function of the vitamin D system: synergism with interferon-beta. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Mar;103(3-5):546-51. Epub 2006 Dec 23.
10Shearer MJ. Vitamin K metabolism and nutriture. Blood Rev. 1992 Jun;6(2):92-104. Review
11Ishida Y. [Vitamin K2]. Clin Calcium. 2008 Oct;18(10):1476-82. Review. Japanese.
12Brody T. Nutritional Biochemistry. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press; 1999.
13Uauy R, Olivares M, Gonzalez M. Essentiality of copper in humans. Am J Clin Nutr. 1998;67(5 Suppl):952S-959S.
14Johnson MA, Fischer JG, Kays SE. Is copper an antioxidant nutrient? Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 1992;32(1):1-31.
15O’Dell BL. Role of zinc in plasma membrane function. J Nutr. 2000;130(5S Suppl):1432S-1436S.
16Jurenka JS. Therapeutic applications of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): a review. Altern Med Rev. 2008 Jun;13(2):128-44. Review.
17Traber MG. Vitamin E and K interactions–a 50-year-old problem. Nutr Rev. 2008 Nov;66(11):624-9. Review.