The Best Supplements to Raise Your Antioxidant Levels (And How to Know They're Working)
You have heard that antioxidants matter. You may already be taking something for them. The awkward question is the one almost nobody can answer: is any of it actually getting in?
This guide covers the supplements Nu Skin ties to antioxidant levels, quoted in their own words, and the one tool that turns the question into a number.
Why antioxidant levels matter
Your body produces free radicals as a matter of course — through normal metabolism, and through sun, pollution, stress and poor sleep on top of that. Antioxidants neutralise them. That is the whole mechanism, and it is uncontroversial.
What is not measurable from the outside is how much of what you swallow is reaching your tissue. Two people taking the same supplement do not necessarily end up in the same place.
The supplements Nu Skin connects to antioxidant levels
1. Pharmanex LifePak
Carotenoids — the pigments in colourful fruit and vegetables — accumulate in skin tissue, which is what makes them trackable at all.
Nu Skin's printed claim for LifePak is specific, and it is the strongest one they publish in this category: LifePak is "clinically shown to raise Prysm Scores by supporting carotenoid levels from within."
LifePak comes in several formats, including LifePak Nano, which Nu Skin describes as "a comprehensive nutritional anti-aging program formulated with advanced levels of key nutrients and nanotechnology to help nourish and protect cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body."
2. Pharmanex g3
The one people overlook. Nu Skin's printed benefits for g3 include "Improves your Prysm Score" and "Fortifies antioxidant defenses against cellular free radical damage" — which makes it the other product in the range tied directly to the reading.
3. Beauty Focus Collagen+
Nu Skin describes it as "a clinically proven collagen supplement formulated with bioactive collagen peptides, lutein, and phytoceramides to support skin radiance, hydration, texture, and overall appearance", and their bullets include "Boosts collagen and elastin production in your skin."
Lutein is a carotenoid, and carotenoids are what a Prysm Score measures. Note carefully what we are not saying: Nu Skin does not publish a claim that Beauty Focus Collagen+ raises your Prysm Score. This page used to say it did. That claim has been removed.
4. Pharmanex Eye Formula
Nu Skin: Eye Formula "Contains clinically effective doses of lutein and zeaxanthin—two powerful carotenoids that help protect your eyes from damaging blue light." Eyes, specifically. Not skin, and not a score.
5. The everyday ones
Vitamin C works in watery cellular environments; vitamin E is fat-soluble and works elsewhere. Comprehensive formulas such as LifePak include both alongside carotenoids. That is a description of what is in the tin rather than a promise about what it will do for you.
How to know whether it is working
Here is the honest problem. "Feeling generally better" is not evidence. Not getting ill is not attributable. And waiting to see something in your skin is far too slow a feedback loop to guide a decision you are making monthly.
That is what Prysm iO is for.
Nu Skin's Prysm iO uses Patent-Pending Spectral Rai Technology to measure carotenoid levels in your skin. Their own wording: "In 15 seconds, Prysm iO shows you if key nutrients in your diet and supplements are getting absorbed."
The result is a Prysm Score — a number that reflects whether the carotenoids from your food and supplements are being absorbed. Yours, not a population average.
What a twelve-week loop looks like
Week 1: scan, and write down your baseline.
Weeks 1–12: take LifePak, eat more colourful vegetables, scan regularly.
Week 12: scan again. For context on what a change can look like, Nu Skin's own twelve-week study reported "43 to 46% increases in skin carotenoid levels".
That figure is theirs and it describes their study participants, not a promise about you. What the loop gives you is not a guaranteed number — it is the ability to stop guessing.
The stack, and what each piece is doing
Foundation: Pharmanex LifePak — the one Nu Skin says is clinically shown to raise Prysm Scores.
Antioxidant drink: Pharmanex g3 — "Improves your Prysm Score", in their words.
Skin: Beauty Focus Collagen+ — for skin, on their claims, rather than for your score.
Measurement: Prysm iO — so the rest of it stops being guesswork.
The bottom line
The best antioxidant supplement is the one your body absorbs, and the only way to know is to measure. Start with LifePak, which is the product Nu Skin attaches the score claim to, and add Prysm iO if you want to see it rather than assume it.
NuBodyRx sells 100% authentic Nu Skin and Pharmanex products and is based in Sarasota, Florida. Every order is backed by NuBodyRx's own 90-day money-back guarantee. Nu Skin's published US refund policy is 30 days from the purchase date; the extra 60 are ours.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary.