Sugarcane Polyphenol Extracts
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are over 300 million obese adults and 1.1 billion overweight people worldwide.
Over half (64.5%) of all US adults are obese and nearly one-third (30.5%) are overweight. In the USA alone, at least 300,000 people die every year as a result of ill health caused by obesity. Healthcare costs for American adults who are obese are estimated at around $100 billion per annum.
Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death after smoking and dramatically increases your chances of developing diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease and cancer of the breast, prostate and colon.
After extensive research and arising from an effort to understand the mechanism of low GI sugar, Horizon Science has identified a range of phytochemicals in molasses capable of positively changing body composition. The range of molasses phytochemicals has never been previously identified because of the focus in sugar processing to produce pure white sucrose products.
When fed to animals on a high fat diet, our molasses extract has been shown to significantly reduce body fat and increase lean muscle mass. These changes to body composition are extremely important in treating the obesity epidemic and a broad range of clinical conditions where obesity or muscle wasting is problematic including diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, bulimia nervosa and anorexia. Added to foods or taken alone, our molasses extract has potential to promote health. Horizon Science holds production and use patents for this molasses powder a well as associated health claims regarding “weight control and increase in lean body mass”.
Coronal MRI images of control vs. treated experimental animals
A. Control Animals on high fat diet 9 weeks B. Animals treated with 2% molasses powder
on a high fat diet showing reduced % fat
and increased lean muscle mass:
Membrane Filtration Plant
Our multi-million dollar state-of-the-art membrane filtration plant in tropical Far North Queensland is itself a world first. Here in idyllic tropical surrounds, our research continues into the capabilities and applications of sugar cane waste stream extracts in conjunction with our specialised laboratory facilities in Melbourne.
