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Dr Cliff McGrouther's views and research on natural health, preventative medicine, vitamin supplements, selenium, antioxidants and the environment and recycling have opened the doors to new ways of treating illness, maximizing health and providing protection against free radicals."

BodyGuard is the result of 40 years of passion and determination for Dr Cliff. A leading equine vet in New Zealand, Dr Cliff has brought his knowledge of the power of antioxidants to human health through BodyGuard Health products.

As a young man, Dr Cliff watched his grandmother die of cancer. She said to him one day, "You're a fairly bright young man, why don't you do something about cancer."

Dr Cliff's agricultural background led him to study animal health. He completed his training as a veterinary surgeon at the University of Otago and then continued his studies with a scholarship in Australia.  It was on a farm in Southland, New Zealand, during the 1950s that he first saw the transformative effects of the micro-nutrient Selenium.

Dr Cliff's quest to improve human health was ignited when he came across research about the role of free radicals in the development of many degenerative diseases.

It was a subject he would continue to research for the rest of his career. The knowledge he gained led him to believe that antioxidants such as Selenium and Vitamin E held the key to health and longevity for both animals and humans. Applied to his veterinary work, this knowledge led to many successes in his work with animals on farms and racecourses.

At that time, Dr Cliff's views were seen to be radical but as more and more research emerged, the role of free radicals in the development of degenerative diseases became more widely accepted.

"What amazed me at the time was that a lot of research was being carried out into animal nutrition but little into human nutrition. We knew how to make animals healthy but little work was being done to improve the health of humans."

Dr Cliff worked with the University of Otago School of Medicine to study the effects of Selenium and Vitamin E in people.

From this and other, international research, Dr Cliff created BodyGuard - a range of high-potency antioxidant formulae, including Bodyuard SeleniumXL, a synergistic, formuala that includes Beta-Carotene, Zinc, Selenium and Vitamins B, C and E.

BodyGuard Health products have been developed by Dr Cliff using 40 years of experience and research into the effect of vitamins and minerals on fighting disease.

"I have worked hard over the last 40 years to make BodyGuard the most effective health supplement available."

Dr Cliff's passion in life has been to see the world of medicine acknowledge methods used successfully in veterinary medicine to wipe out notable and tragic diseases, such as cot death, cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthmas, diabetes, muscular dystrophies, arthritis, MS and ME.

"Only recently has there been more interest in human nutrition and still much of the best nutritional information comes from work with animals. Human medicine is still firmly attached to the concept of trying to cure a disease after it takes hold rather than keeping you healthy and preventing disease. Most human research is still into developing expensive cures rather than low-cost prevention."

"My aim is for the medical profession to place more emphasis on prevention of diseases and thus reduce the need for sticking plaster medicine."