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Dr. Eskeland's Youth Tissue Extract—Norway's "Advanced Vitality" Formula

Dr. Bjødne Eskeland is widely recognized in Norway as the country's foremost expert on egg research, developing new and revolutionary uses for the common egg. In the late 1990s, working for Med-Eq, he began research on a dynamic new process to extract high-molecular weight substances from fertilized, partially incubated eggs at a critical stage of development, a process he theorized would provide an incredible array of health benefits when consumed by humans. Dr. Eskeland succeeded in this quest, and the material he isolated was called YTE® (Young Tissue Extract), the basis of new Swanson Ultra® Dr. Eskeland's Youth Tissue Extract.

I have taken Dr. Eskeland's Youth Tissue Extract for over 6 months now, and I can attest to the fact that it is the most effective natural anti-aging supplement I have personally used in my almost 40 years in the natural health field. Youth Tissue Extract has been clinically proven to help improve sexual health, stamina, energy and athletic performance. Youth Tissue Extract is now available by mail order for the first time in America, exclusively through Swanson Health Products. For more information on this revolutionary, new natural health product from Norway, please read on.

Lee Swanson: Dr. Eskeland, I have been taking your Youth Tissue Extract for almost six months now, and I must say, it's probably the most remarkable nutritional supplement I've ever used in my life. Before we get into the product, which you basically invented, can you please tell our readers about your background.

Dr. Eskeland: Certainly, and thank you very much for your high compliments on my Youth Tissue Extract. Concerning my background, I was born and educated in Norway, then came to the United States for my graduate studies. I completed my Ph.D. degree in animal physiology from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1971. From 1976 to the present time, I have been on the staff of the Environmental Toxicology Department at the University of Trondheim in Norway.

Lee Swanson: I understand you also spent some time at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1980s.

Dr. Eskeland: Yes, that's true. From 1983–1985 I was a visiting professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of California in Berkeley.

Lee Swanson: How did you come to develop the process of producing Youth Tissue Extract?

Dr. Eskeland: I have spent a great deal of my professional life working in the egg industry in Norway. In the 1990s I hypothesized that there existed in incubated and fertilized eggs a special protein fraction that could help increase and enhance the human body's natural testosterone production, naturally, without testosterone supplementation. I then teamed with my partner, an engineer, Nils Christian Mortensen, and we developed the procedure to extract this special protein from fertilized eggs.

Lee Swanson: I understand that you first perfected this procedure in the 1990s and began testing its effect on humans. What were your findings?

Dr. Eskeland: We found that Youth Tissue Extract actually had, and this has been confirmed by clinical testing, a great fourfold benefit to human health. These four areas include increased sexual health and desire, a remarkable increase in energy and stamina and a boost in muscle strength for athletes. Youth Tissue Extract has also been shown to be of great benefit as a natural mood enhancer.

Lee Swanson: Exactly what is extracted from the eggs that bestows such remarkable health properties on Youth Tissue Extract?

Dr. Eskeland: Youth Tissue Extract is an extract of preembryonic fertilized eggs, which, at a critical stage of incubation, contain high-molecular-weight substances presumed to either directly help stimulate testosterone production in the body or to help stimulate the organs responsible for such production. Testosterone, as I'm sure you know, is the hormone with the most potent effect on sexual desire, stamina, energy and strength for both men and women.

Lee Swanson: What exactly is found in the egg that you extract and becomes Youth Tissue Extract? What causes these great improvements in virtually all areas of human health from sexual health to energy and stamina?

Dr. Eskeland: Youth Tissue Extract contains a natural combination of potent amino acids and glycopeptides, which are enriched in the period immediately after fertilization. It is important to understand that hen's eggs that have not been fertilized by the rooster's sperm cannot produce a chick, but fertilized eggs, the source of my Youth Tissue Extract, contain a viable embryo. If incubated by a hen sitting on the egg or in an incubator, it will form a chick within 21 days or 3 weeks. In this three week time period, from the day the rooster has fertilized the hen until the fully developed chick is ready to be hatched, a tremendous amount of cellular growth and development takes place in the embryo, which ultimately develops into the grown chick. What we have done is to develop a process to extract that tremendously powerful growth material and put it into a capsule form, which is called my Youth Tissue Extract.

Lee Swanson: At what stage in this 21-day or 3-week growth process of the fertilized egg is your youth tissue extracted?

Dr. Eskeland: Our Youth Tissue Extract is extracted from the fertilized, incubated egg on the eighth or ninth day, which is just before the actual chick starts to appear. Our research indicates that this is the peak stage at which to extract the material just before the chick would begin to form. At that stage, the embryo has the full potential to develop into a new chick in just another 12 to 13 days, so that is where the power of our Youth Tissue Extract comes into play. It is really amazing.

Lee Swanson: It really is amazing that in just three weeks a fully grown chick is developed in the egg with all the muscle, bone, brain, nervous system and internal organ structure of a chick ready to hatch and come into the world.

Dr. Eskeland: Yes, by the eighth or ninth day all these tremendously potent glycopeptides and amino acids responsible for the chick's growth are optimally present in the fertilized egg. We extract that material at just the right moment to capture all its tremendous health-giving and healing potential.

Lee Swanson: In theory, couldn't a person simply eat more hen eggs to achieve the same successful results as your Youth Tissue Extract?

Dr. Eskeland: In theory, yes. In practice, no. Breakfast eggs today are not fertilized. This is the key point of my Youth Tissue Extract. Fertilization mobilizes and activates the tremendous nutrients in the egg. Initially the rationale for using these extracts from fertilized hen eggs, which are found in Youth Tissue Extract, was based on the assumption that these components are transformed into active substances in the body that help stimulate the production of sex hormones in the body, and this hypothesis has subsequently been born out in numerous clinical studies throughout the world.

Lee Swanson: Let's talk about those studies. What does the clinical research indicate concerning Youth Tissue Extract and sexual health?

Dr. Eskeland: To cite just one of four clinical studies done in Norway and Sweden, 16 men aged 47–60 years of age participated in the study. Half of the participants received Youth Tissue Extract, and the rest received a placebo. In the second part of the study, the treatments were reversed. The patients scored their feeling of sexual desire on a weekly basis, using a visual analogue scale, ranging from 0 (no change) to 10 (very pronounced change). All participants experienced a pronounced increase in sexual desire. (See Graph 1)

Lee Swanson: That's very impressive. Let's move on to how your Youth Tissue Extract can benefit physical energy and stamina, which is where I have personally experienced a very, very profound benefit from taking your product. Can you cite one or two of the clinical studies done in that area?

Dr. Eskeland: Yes, a double-blind placebo-controlled study was carried out at the University of Colorado, Denver. The study's main purpose was to test the effect of Youth Tissue Extract in developing muscle strength and muscle mass. In addition, a number of subjective conditions, for instance energy levels, stamina and subjective health, were also measured.

Lee Swanson: I have read the clinical studies on this trial, and the results were very impressive.

Dr. Eskeland: Yes, virtually all of the participants who took part in the study and had taken Youth Tissue Extract for six weeks experienced a significant increase in physical energy, stamina, muscle strength and subjective health. (See Graph 2) In fact, every one of the participants in the study said that my Youth Tissue Extract was the best natural athletic supplement they had ever tried.

Lee Swanson: I know the study in Colorado was done with well-trained athletes, but I can attest to the fact a person does not need to be a world-class athlete to experience the increase in energy, stamina and overall health (See Graph 3). I've noticed a quantum increase in my energy levels since I've started taking your product, and interestingly enough, I've also felt more relaxed. Do you know why that might be?

Dr. Eskeland: Yes, I do, and you're not alone. Virtually everyone who uses Youth Tissue Extract experiences a greater sense of relaxation, which is easily explained. Youth Tissue Extract is capable of lowering the body's production of cortisol, a hormone released in response to situations of stress. With a decreased level of that hormone in the body, you are apt to feel more relaxed. In modern life, which is so stressful, promoting relaxation is an important component of my extract, and I am always pleased when people tell me how the quality of their lives has improved from taking it. After all, it is when we're young that we view life more easily, more carefree. If taking Youth Tissue Extract can restore some of that sense that being easygoing about life is OK, then I am all the happier for it [laughs].

Lee Swanson: In that regard, could you also tell our readers about the study that was done at the University of Colorado at Denver concerning the affect Youth Tissue Extract had on men and women who were experiencing sexual dysfunctions due to antidepressant drugs.

Dr. Eskeland: Yes. In this study carried out by Swedish professor Kjell Y. Tornblom, one of the parameters that was measured was the intensity of orgasm before the study as compared to the intensity of orgasm after three weeks of ingesting Youth Tissue Extract. On a subjective scale of 1 to 9, the degree of measured satisfaction almost doubled from 2.6 to 4.9 (See Graph 4) There have also been a number of other studies done in Scandinavia on Youth Tissue Extract in regards to sexual health, and throughout these studies there is striking consistency with regard to Youth Tissue Extract and sexual health. Participants experienced significant increase in their satisfaction with their sexual desire, their orgasmic ability and intensity and with general sexual functioning. In addition, it appears that participants were not the only beneficiaries of Youth Tissue Extract's positive effects. The relationships with their partners improved on a subjective scale almost 100%, i.e., it jumped from a mean value of three to a mean of six on the nine-point scale. Of great importance for the prognosis of these patients was the finding that they acquired new hope for the future. Their beliefs that their lost sexual desire would return to normal again rose dramatically during the study.

Lee Swanson: Dr. Eskeland, at Swanson Health Products I personally become involved in every aspect of our new product development and testing. Although it's impossible for me to take each and every one of our Swanson vitamins, I do have a very comprehensive daily support program, and I must tell you that I consider your Youth Tissue Extract has been the "missing link" in my supplement program. Although I'm very healthy for a man 55 years old, I do tend to get run down a bit with my long work hours and extensive business travel, but since I started taking your Youth Tissue Extract, my energy levels have skyrocketed, I feel much stronger during my daily exercise programs, and my mood, particularly my sleep patterns, have improved immensely. I've never felt better in my life.

Dr. Eskeland: Thank you very much, Lee. I'm very pleased you have benefited so much from my Youth Tissue Extract. You may think your experience is unique, but it is almost universal among virtually everyone who starts taking YTE. In fact, most people who take my Youth Tissue Extract tell me it's the best natural health supplement they've ever used. I'm just tremendously gratified and pleased to be involved in the development of a natural product that has shown so much benefit and promise for anyone who's sincerely seeking a natural way to better health and improved quality of life.