DMG
The natural health community couldn't be more excited about DMG. Though it's still fairly new compared with most other supplements, DMG already has a large and loyal following from people who say that it has positively changed their life! The list of potential uses for DMG is absolutely staggering:
How can one supplement possibly do so much? DMG - short for N,N-dimethylglycine - is actually a molecule the body naturally makes in small amounts for use as an intermediary metabolite, a metabolic enhancer, and a methyl donor.
In the human body, a wide variety of metabolites have their own unique and necessary role to play. DMG helps to produce:
- Glycine
Creates GSH, the primary muscle energy source, and enhances neurotransmitter function
- Methionine
An essential amino acid that helps build protein and produce SAMe
- Serine
Helps make GSH
- SAMe
The energy-producing compound in cells
- Glutathione
Also known as GSH - the primary cell antioxidant
- Cysteine
Used to form GSH
- Sarcosine
Indirect methyl donor, breaks down into glycine
DMG's methyl donors are also extremely beneficial for the body. The methyl groups created by DMG are used to synthesize and activate vitamins, hormones, neurotransmitters, enzymes, nucleic acid and antibodies in the body. Methylation is also required by many amino acids to build the protein necessary for enzymes, hormones, immunoglobulins, neurotransmitters, muscle cells, tendon cells, hair cells, and skin cells.
This amazing combination of metabolite and methyl donor production is the reason why DMG has such far-reaching effects on the healthy lifestyle. The compounds and actions created by DMG affect almost every process in the body! This may explain why, as DMG decreases with age or a suppressed immune system, our mental and physical health can follow in decline.
It is also why, when you add DMG to your diet, you can expect amazing results.
- Metabolite
Serves as catalysts and by-products of metabolism. There are two types of metabolites - primary and secondary. Primary metabolites support growth, development and reproduction. Secondary metabolites support the body against toxins.
- Methyl Donor
A methyl donor is a substance that helps the body use methyl groups. Methyl groups neutralize toxins and regulate gene expression, protein function, and RNA metabolism (which allows the body to read code inside DNA).
- Immunoglobulins
Otherwise known as antibodies, immunoglobulins are proteins used by the immune system to neutralize bacteria and viruses.
- Nucleic Acid
Proteins that contain genetic information. Most common examples are DNA and RNA.
Anti-Aging
How DMG helps reduce signs of aging . . .
- Boosts oxygenation of cells and tissues
- Increases energy production
- Supports immunity
- Enhances memory
- Boosts glucose metabolism
- Promotes good circulation
- Anti-inflammatory
- Promotes mental acuity
- Boosts healing
- Acts as an adaptogen, boosting the body's ability to deal with stress, trauma, anxiety, and fatigue by promoting homeostasis and balancing endocrine hormones and the immune system.
DMG Anti-Aging Success Story
"I am 48 years old and a single mother with three very active children. On many occasions I have experienced the inability to remember the names, phone numbers and/or events that need attending involving my children . . .
The condition was further escalated by the fact that I was experiencing menopause. I often had difficulty focusing on the task at hand and many times found myself repeating and/or forgetting entirely the task I had set out to do . . .
I was introduced to DMG. Presently, I find that my memory had improved 100 percent, as well as has my ability to focus . . .. I have found that with this formula I am able to conduct my day-to-day activities without fear of forgetting important events. All is well with DMG."
- K. Wilson, Essex Junction, Vermont
Athletic Performance Enhancement
How DMG helps promote athletic performance . . .
- Enhances oxygen usage
- Reduces lactic acid
- Boosts energy
- Promotes quicker muscle recovery time, endurance and performance
- Enhances metabolization of lipids and carbohydrates
- Acts as an adaptogen, boosting the body's ability to deal with stress, trauma, anxiety, and fatigue by promoting homeostasis and balancing endocrine hormones and the immune system.
DMG Athletic Performance Success Story
"I take three tablets per day . . . more just before the race . . . I found I was able to go full out the entire race, not needing to coast to recover after hills, as is my usual course of action. I had a strong kick at the finish and could have withstood a stronger finish if called for.
I can safely say that if I had not incorporated DMG into my training schedule, I would not be the defending New England Champion at 10 kilometers."
- Phil McGaw, Milton, Massachusetts
Behavioral and Neurological Health
How DMG helps support behavior and neurological health . . .
- Enhances oxygen usage
- Reduces lactic acid
- Boosts energy
- Promotes quicker muscle recovery time, endurance and performance
- Enhances metabolization of lipids and carbohydrates
- Acts as an adaptogen, boosting the body's ability to deal with stress, trauma, anxiety, and fatigue by promoting homeostasis and balancing endocrine hormones and the immune system.
DMG Neurological Health Success Story
"In April we started our son Zach on ½ of a DMG pill. He came home from school that day and said, 'Hey you.' His dad and I were shocked. He had never put two words together before.
A few days later Zach said his first sentence, 'I want pop, please.' We almost cried.
I told no one at the school what I was doing . . . At school the same thing happened, as one teacher noted 'Zach's been trying to talk all day, just babbling.' . . . He has a friend now at school plus all the children were excited. One little child came up to me and said 'Zachy can talk now.'
- Zach's Mom, McKinney, Texas
"I am writing concerning Zachary and the remarkable progress that we have seen him make over the past several months . . . We (my staff and myself) were unaware that Zachary began taking (DMG) . . .
During this time, Zachary almost instantly became potty trained. He began using more language, sounds and gestures. His verbalization also became more clear when naming teachers, children, and communicating. He also began imitating sounds and actions of other children.
We have also noticed Zachary has begun to use more pretend play than before . . . He used to play more independently and now shows more of an interest in parallel play and group play."
- Child Development Center, McKinney, Texas
Cell Health
How DMG helps promote normal cell function and health . . .
- Boosts oxygenation in cells and tissues
- Enhances immunity and helps prevent secondary infection
- Detoxifies
- Boosts DNA methylation
- Helps promote SAMe production
Cardiovascular and Circulatory Health
How DMG helps promote cardiovascular and circulatory health . . .
- Promotes oxygen uptake in heart
- Enhances cardiovascular function
- Acts as an adaptogen
- Produces glutathione and SAMe
- Promotes normal triglycerides and cholesterol
- Promotes normal blood pressure
- Promotes normal homocysteine
- Boosts circulation and oxygenation
DMG Cardiovascular Health Success Story
"My husband and I are retired nurses. Following my husband's fifth hospitalization for cardiac insufficiencies, it became evident that we should have oxygen available at home because of his frequent "blackouts"; however, living in an apartment . . . we were prevented from acquiring the necessary oxygen.
My husband has since been taking sublingual DMG and he has not had any of these attacks since then. Also, the accompanying mental confusion and lack of concentration have been eliminated . . . We are very grateful for this relief."
- Somerdale, New Jersey
Immune Health
How DMG helps strengthen the immune system . . .
- Helps normalize immune function
- Anti-inflammatory
- Neutralizes free radicals
- Improves oxygen usage
- Detoxifies
- Reduces lactic acid
- Reduces risk of abnormal cell growth
- Improves energy production
- Improves cell communication
- Enhances macrophage activity
- Improves T and B lymphocyte function
- Boosts antibodies
- Boosts interferon
- Boosts glutathione
DMG Immune Health Success Story
"I was exposed to DMG a few years ago as a potential immune system enhancer for my patients. At first I used it for those who had an immune deficiency of some type: frequent infections, pneumonia, or other overall decrease in immunity. I noticed a clear cut reduction in such infections. My patients experienced a marked improvement in their health histories. Now, for those people who have more serious [health challenges], I include DMG as one of the standard nutrient additions to their dietary programs . . . These people may still have their [challenge], but they show symptomatic improvement by taking DMG. It boosts their immune system."
- Dr. Frackelton, M.D.
Liver Health
How DMG helps support liver health . . .
- Boosts oxygenation in cells
- Enhances circulation
- Detoxifies
- Lipotropic (helps break down and metabolize fat in the body)
- Promotes healthy liver function
- Catalyzes methylation and chelation
- Transports minerals
DMG Liver Health Success Story
"Our doctor supplied us with several bottles of DMG in an effort to assist my husband in controlling alcoholism. He has been taking the DMG since the end of April, and it is the beginning of June and he has already been able to cut his consumption by fifty percent."
- LT in Maryland
Normal Blood Sugar
How DMG helps promote normal blood sugar . . .
- Helps improve metabolism and storage of glucose
- Improves oxygen usage
- Promotes good circulation
- Enhances healing ability
- Helps create insulin
- Promotes eye health
- Acts as an antioxidant
Respiratory Health
How DMG helps promote respiratory health . . .
- Improves oxygen transport
- Increases oxygen in cells
- Enhances endurance
- Improves circulation
- Reduces lactic acid
- Acts as an adaptogen, boosting the body's ability to deal with stress, trauma, anxiety, and fatigue by promoting homeostasis and balancing endocrine hormones and the immune system.
DMG Respiratory Health Success Story
"My son Greg has been plagued by all types of allergies since his birth. His eczema has been so severe that he has been hospitalized several times. Since the age of 18 months he has been plagued with asthma. Some attacks required hospitalization as he found breathing difficult. Medication prescribed by doctors did not help.
For the last four years his asthma has been of the coughing type. During the day he would have three attacks and during the night at least two. He would go into spasms of coughing where he would be gasping for breath. Then he would end up wheezing for periods of a half hour . . .
During the later part of August I obtained some DMG. For two weeks he took three a day, the he took a maintenance dose. In November, it suddenly dawned on us that Greg was free of asthma. We were all sure it was the DMG!...He continued on the maintenance dose of DMG. I think these pills have helped his eczema also."
- BR, California
Skin Health
How DMG helps promote skin skin health . . .
- Acts as an antioxidant
- Boosts oxygenation of tissues
- Helps normalize immune system
- Removes toxins
- Improves circulation
Stress Reduction
How DMG helps reduce stress . . .
- Acts as an adaptogen, boosting the body's ability to deal with stress, trauma, anxiety, and fatigue by promoting homeostasis and balancing endocrine hormones and the immune system.
- Detoxifies
- Anti-inflammatory
- Hormonal support
- Promotes normal immune system
- Boosts oxygen levels in skin and tissues
- Reduces lactic acid
- Improves energy
- Helps neutralize free radicals
- Promotes cell communication
DMG Stress Reduction Success Story
"One of the negative aberrations of wildlife rehabilitation, and in particular with certain species of birds, is their low tolerance to captive stress. As a rehabilitators of raptors and songbirds, I am always looking for ways to decrease the stress of handling these birds.
I discovered the benefits of a natural anti-stress nutrient known as N, N-Dimethylglycerine, or DMG. It helps to oxygenate the birds' cells, acts as a detoxifier, and stimulates their immune systems. I have observed birds, who, under certain conditions, would have typically shown symptoms associated with captive stress (rapid breathing, increased loss of muscle mass from around breast bone, lethargy, lack of self-feeding, death, etc.) recover better than expected. Some birds' survival rates increased, and some were released back to the wild sooner."
- Jean Semprebon, Vermont
Alfalfa
Alfalfa has been used medicinally by the Chinese since the sixth century! Known as "the father of plants", this amazing sprout will send its roots as far as thirty feet underground to bring up minerals.
Alfalfa Nutritional Content
Alfalfa provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxin buildup in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes bone density
- Zinc
Promotes immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Alfalfa is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Antioxidants fight damage and reduce signs of aging
- High concentration of skeletal-supporting minerals good for bones and joints
- Known to help support normal blood sugar
- Helps relieve fluid retention and swelling in the kidneys
- Vitamins A, C, and E and the mineral zinc are known to dissolve kidney stones
Barley
Ancient in its use, Barley was the first cereal to be cultivated by humans. Two parts of the barley plant are useful to the human body: the grass or leaf and the grain. While barley grain is most commonly consumed, barley grass holds superior health benefits, especially when harvested young.
Barley Grass Nutritional Content
Barley grass provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Enzymes
Clean and purify blood, break down fats, support brain health
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps breakdown fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin B12
Required for metabolism and for maintaining nervous system
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
More Positive Health Effects
Barley grass is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Antioxidants fight damage and reduce signs of aging
- Promotes normal cell growth and function
- Supports energy and immunity
- Supports normal cholesterol
Chlorella
Chlorella is a single-celled fresh water algae that emerged over 2 BILLION years ago. Though it is now a popular food supplement in Asia, because of its microscopic size it wasn't discovered until the late 19th century. Chlorella is now widely cultivated for it amazing nutrient content.
Chlorella Nutritional Content
Chlorella provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Essential Fatty Acids
Support healthy cells, nerves, thyroid, adrenal, liver, hair and skin
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Inositol
Maintains cell membranes, promotes proper nervous system function
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps breakdown fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Anti-aging, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress
- Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)
Removes free radicals, improves protein usage, helps form red blood cells
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Prevents high blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B12
Required for metabolism, maintains nervous system
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin B7
Essential to process fatty acids, supports hair and skin health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Chlorella is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Promotes optimal energy, normal blood pressure and regular bowel function
- Promotes normal cell growth and function
- Supports normal cholesterol
- Useful for removing radioactive particles from the body
Dulse
Dulse is a red seaweed that grows in "holdfasts" in the North Atlantic and Northwest Pacific ocean. From June to October, Dulse is hand-harvested, and then dried to be used both as food and as a nutritional supplement. Dulse is another example of a nutrient-dense sea vegetable.
Dulse Nutritional Content
Dulse seaweed provides many nutrients including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fluorine
Hardens tooth enamel and stabilizes bone mineral content
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps breakdown fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid and reproductive function
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B12
Required for metabolism, maintains nervous system
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Dulse is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Antioxidants fight damage and reduce signs of aging
- Excellent source of vegetable protein
Green Tea Extract
Hardly everyone has heard about the healthful benefits of drinking green tea. Fermented from the Camellia sinensis plant, green tea has been a health staple for over 4500 years! Today this delightful beverage is one of the most widely consumed in the world, and the positive health effects associated with it may be the reason why.
Green Tea Nutritional Content
Green tea provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid and reproductive function
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
More Positive Health Effects
Green tea is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Lowers stress hormones
- Contains l-theanine, an amino acid almost exclusive to tea that supports and boosts attention centers in the brain, leading to high mental alertness yet a calm mind
- Helps support immune system function
- Polyphenols in green tea have been shown to reduce intestinal irritation and inhibit the growth of bacteria that cause bad breath
- Promotes optimal cardiovascular health
- Studies indicate that green tea raises metabolic rates and speeds up fat oxidation
- Studies suggest EGCG found in green tea may protect against a range of health issues and cognitive impairment
Hawaiian Blue-Green Algae
Hawaiian blue-green algae or spirulina is quickly becoming known as a "miracle food". Though spirulina grows in many places around the world, Hawaiian spirulina is at an advantage. Fed by remarkably clean, deep ocean water with high levels of magnesium, calcium and over 90 trace elements, some say spirulina grown here is the most nutritionally dense in the world. Packed with beneficial nutrients, this Hawaiian blue-green algae is a wonderful addition to any diet.
Hawaiian Blue-Green Algae Nutritional Content
Hawaiian blue-green algae provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA)
Supports healthy cells, nerves, thyroid, adrenal, liver, hair and skin
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Superoxide Dismutase
Repairs and protects cells, acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
- Over 90 Different Trace Minerals
Support enzyme function and other vital body processes
- Vitamin B12
Required for metabolism, maintains nervous system
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
More Positive Health Effects
Hawaiian blue-green algae is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Has natural antimicrobial properties
- Easily digestible nutrients and protein
- Has been shown to help with radiation illness
- Boosts immunity and prevention
Kombu Seaweed
Kombu seaweed is a type of edible kelp, cultivated mainly on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Commonly enjoyed as the umami element is asian soup stock, kombu is believed to have been used since the Jomon period from 14,000 to 400 BC! Considered a staple of Okinawan cuisine, kombu is not only delicious, but is also a nutrient-packed addition to the diet.
Kombu Seaweed Nutritional Content
Kombu seaweed provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Helps maintain skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes a healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fats and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
More Positive Health Effects
Kombu seaweed is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Helpful for intestinal health
- Helps support normal cholesterol
- Helps support normal blood pressure
- Helps support normal blood sugar
- Helps to maintain and regulate the secretion of the thyroid hormone thyroxin
Nori Seaweed
Maybe one of the best known types of edible seaweed, nori is consumed most commonly as a sushi wrap.
The term nori has been used since the 8th century, and though it originally referred to a variety of seaweed, it is now made mainly from a type called porphyra.
Porphyra is harvested from intertidal zones near temperate ocean waters and is then dried and made into paper-thin sheets. As with other many other sea vegetables, nori is also quite good for you.
Nori Seaweed Nutritional Content
Nori seaweed provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin D
Helps absorb calcium and strengthen skeletal system
More Positive Health Effects
Nori seaweed is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Promotes normal thyroid
- Promotes normal blood pressure
- Helps support lung and kidney health
- Supports nervous and digestive system
- May prevent and heal warts
- Can help ease a cough
Wakame Seaweed
The Japanese have one of the longest life expectancies, lowest obesity rates, and their diet is among the healthiest in the world. Among the healthful foods of Japan, wakame seaweed is a staple food, and increasingly, studies are showing the amazing health effects this sea vegetable provides.
Wakame Seaweed Nutritional Content
Wakame seaweed provides essential nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps breakdown fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes bone health and density
More Positive Health Effects
Wakame seaweed is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Shown to promote normal cell growth and function
- Fucoxanthin in wakame increases fat break down and promotes weight loss
Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is the young grass of the common wheat plant. It was popularized as a health supplement in the 1930's by Charles F. Schnabel, who discovered its benefits after using the plant to nurse his dying hens back to health. Amazingly, not only did the hens recover, but they soon began to outlay the other hens in his coop by double!
Now, wheatgrass is popular among humans for its healthy lifestyle benefits. The wheat plants used to make wheatgrass are harvested after 200 days of slow growth, at the peak of their nutritional potential.
Wheatgrass Nutritional Content
Wheatgrass provides many nutrients including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chlorophyll
Repairs and grows tissues, purifies the body, protects against toxins
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes a healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin B12
Required for metabolism, helps maintain nervous system
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
More Positive Health Effects
Wheatgrass is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Chlorophyll content causes increased hemoglobin production and increases the blood's oxygen carrying capabilities
Combats toxins
- Helps to purify blood and regulate blood sugar
- Helps support normal blood pressure
- Helps with digestion
- Promotes normal cell growth
- May speed healing process
- Can help those with dandruff problems and improve overall hair condition
- Rich vitamin content is helpful for skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis
Acai Fruit Extract
Tall palm trees along the Amazon River provide acai berries, which have traditionally been used as an inexpensive "cure-all" treatment by South American people.
Now being studied for their usefulness against several different conditions, this once strictly local fruit is now one of the newest and most popular health foods worldwide.
Acai Fruit Nutritional Content
Acai provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Boron
Promotes cell health and skeletal and nervous system health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chromium
Promotes cardiovascular health, burns fat, builds muscle, aids in metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Molybdenum
Prevents anemia, promotes well-being, reduces risk of tooth decay
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for reproductive health, promotes healthy skin, hair and nails
- Omega 9 Essential Fatty Acids
Promotes optimal cardiovascular health
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Acts as an antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin D
Helps absorb calcium and strengthen skeletal system
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Acai is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Powerful antioxidant action cleanses and protects the body
- Promotes optimal cardiovascular health
- Promotes optimal digestive health
Bilberry Fruit Extract
Similar (though slightly darker) in appearance to its relative the blueberry, the bilberry grows in the acidic soil of both temperate and subarctic regions throughout the world. Extremely difficult to cultivate, the bilberry fruit is collected mostly from wild plants throughout Europe. WWII pilots are said to have eaten bilberry jam in to sharpen night vision.
Bilberry Fruit Nutritional Content
Bilberries provide many nutrients, including:
- Anthocyanins
Promotes normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Catechins
Phytochemical compounds believed to remove plaque in arteries
- Chlorogenic Acid
Slows glucose release, fight free radicals
- Ellagic Acid
Binds to and deactivates toxic chemicals in the body
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Resveratrol
Anti-viral, neuroprotective, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and promotes normal cell growth
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Bilberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Bilberries have traditionally been used for digestive problems and to reduce risk of infection and skin ailments.
- In one study, a combination of bilberry and vitamin E was able to stop lens opacity progression in 97% of cataracts sufferers!
- High levels of anthocyanins are believed to lower the risk of degeneration in the cells, eyes, heart and cardiovascular system
Blackberry Extract
Part of the Rose family, blackberries grow wild almost everywhere in the world, though Oregon in the United States leads the world in cultivation, producing as many as 42.6 million pounds of blackberries between 1995 and 2006.
Blackberries, along with the leaves and roots, are traditionally used in herbal medicine, and human usage of the plant dates back at least 2500 years to ancient Northern Europe and Greece.
Blackberry Nutritional Content
Blackberries provide many nutrients, including:
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Ellagic Acid
Binds to and deactivates toxic chemicals in the body
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Gallic Acid
Anti-fungal, anti-viral, antioxidant and promotes normal cell health
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Rutin
Promotes cardiovascular health, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Blackberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- A natural source of salicylate - an active anti-inflammatory substance found in aspirin
- Powerful antioxidant activity
- Ellagic acids in blackberries help to fight viruses and bacteria
- Fiber found in blackberries can help maintain healthy weight and blood sugar
- Good for eye health
- Tannins in blackberries lesson bleeding and help alleviate diarrhea and intestinal inflammation
Blueberry
The second most popular berry in the US (after strawberries), blueberries are as nutritious as they are delicious! Native to the northeastern United States, this berry is an excellent addition to any diet.
Blueberry Nutritional Content
Blueberries provide many nutrients including:
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Flavonols
Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Resveratrol
Anti-viral, neuroprotective, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and promotes normal cell growth
- Tannins
Anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, pro-healing
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Blueberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Promotes memory
- Antioxidant action
- Helps clear arteries
- Improves vision
- Promotes weight control
- Strengthens blood vessels and cardiovascular health
Cherry
The first recorded cultivation of cherries took place in 72 BC. Since then (and surely before), people have delighted in the naturally sweet and tart flavor combination in cherries. Within their relatively short growing season, cherry trees provide us with the star ingredient for pies, jams, ice cream and juice, and in turn, plenty of nutritional value and support for good health.
Cherry Nutritional Content
Cherries provide many nutrients, including:
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Cherries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Anthocyanins can help reduce inflammation and are believed to be beneficial for joints
- Anthocyanins not only give cherries their red color, but also provide powerful antioxidant action
- Melatonin found in cherries helps to regulate the body's natural biorhythm and sleep patterns
- Promotes lean muscle maintenance and fat loss
- May help decrease muscle pain after exercise
Cranberry Extract
The North American cranberry, harvested between September and October, has been used for hundreds of years. Native Americans used cranberries as food, in ceremonies, and as medicine. Henry Hall, a Revolutionary War veteran, planted the first commercial cranberry crop in 1816.
Since then, cranberries have become synonymous with fall harvest and now grace nearly every table for Thanksgiving. Its unique tart flavor that pairs wonderfully with turkey is not all cranberry has to offer. The cranberry provides a wide array of nutritional benefits as well.
Cranberry Nutritional Content
Cranberries provide many nutrients including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Flavonols
Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Rutin
Promotes cardiovascular health, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Tannins
Anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, pro-healing
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Cranberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Antioxidants and phytonutrients in cranberries help protect against age-related conditions.
- Help block bacteria from sticking
- Helps maintain healthy gums and teeth
- Promotes healthy cholesterol and cardiovascular system
- Can help reduce risk of infection
Elderberry Fruit Extract
Sambucus, more commonly known as elderberry, belongs to a species of shrubs in the honeysuckle family. Native throughout temperate to subtropical regions, these shrubs bear small white flowers, which turn into clusters of small black berries. The berries are very sweet in taste, and in Europe they are often used for pancakes instead of blueberries. In addition to their excellent taste, elderberries are packed with nutrition and have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.
Elderberry Nutritional Content
Elderberries provide many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Flavonols
Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Elderberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Anti-inflammatory properties useful for aches, pains and fever
- Diuretic properties
- Boosts immunity
- May improve eye health and vision
- Promotes normal cholesterol
- Promotes nervous system health
- Supports heart health
Goji Berry Extract
Increasingly prevalent in health stores and in health sections of western grocery stores, the goji or wolf berry has actually been celebrated for its nutritional excellence in Asia for much longer. Goji berries are primarily grown in trees along the fertile floodplains of the Huang He, or "Mother River" in China.
Goji Berry Nutritional Content
Goji berries provide many nutrients, including:
- Betaine
Promotes muscle growth, promotes detoxification, protects DNA, enhances memory
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Lutein
Protects the eyes
- Physalin
Boosts immune system
- Polysaccharides
Reduce risk of degeneration, regulate immune system, act as anticoagulant
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Sitosterol
Anti-inflammatory agent, promotes normal cholesterol, promotes male health
- Solavetivone
Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Zeaxanthin
Helps protect eyes
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Goji berries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Immune system support
- Helps widen blood vessels
- Studies show that the zeaxanthin and lutein in Goji is highly bioavailable and may prove effective as a dietary strategy for maintaining eye health
Grape Skin Extract
Grapes have history that is hardly rivaled by any fruit. They have grown wild since prehistoric times and were cultivated in Asia as early as 5000 BC. Depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, grapes were so valued that Greeks and Romans even had a wine god, and grapes are mentioned in numerous biblical stories.
By the 2nd century AD, over 90 grape varieties already existed, but today there are really three main species - European, North American, and French hybrids. Perhaps the most beneficial are red grape varieties, whose skins hold a variety of valuable compounds that are unavailable in green grapes.
Grape Skin Nutritional Content
Grape skin provides many nutrients, including:
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Catechins
Phytochemical compounds believed to remove plaque in arteries
- Epicatechins
Support circulatory health
- Flavonols
Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties
- Kaempferol
Promotes healthy heart, lung and pancreas, anti-depressant properties
- Myriceten
Increases white blood cell uptake, acts as an antioxidant, promotes normal cell growth
- Phenolic Acid
Antiseptic, prevents UV ray damage to skin and hair
- Procyanidin B Dimmers
Promote normal cell growth
- Pterostilbene
Promotes normal cholesterol, blood sugar, cell growth and brain function, anti-fungal properties
- Quercetin
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, promotes normal blood pressure
- Resveratrol
Anti-viral, neuroprotective, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and promotes normal cell growth
- Saponins
Promote normal cholesterol, help reduce inflammation
More Positive Health Effects
Grape skin is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Pterostilbene boosts metabolism and helps to normalize cholesterol
- Resveratrol in grape skin helps keep heart muscle cells healthy and prevent cardio fibroblasts, which secrete collagen and stiffen the heart
- Resveratrol also protects against DNA damage
- Studies show powerful compounds found in grape skin promote heart health by reducing blood clot formation, increasing antioxidant content in blood, neutralizing LDL, and preventing blood vessel constriction.
Pomegranate
Though still somewhat mysterious to western cultures, the pomegranate is a fruit that has been cultivated since ancient times and has symbolic significance in most world religions.
Today, pomegranate is cultivated mainly throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean, where wild pomegranate groves lay outside ancient settlements. There, pomegranate is a common ingredient in culinary dishes, but in western cultures it is mainly eaten raw, or made into juice or grenadine syrup. Pomegranates have an irresistible sweet and slightly tart taste that makes eating them just as joyful as it is healthful.
Pomegranate Nutritional Content
Pomegranates provide many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Choline
Supports a healthy brain and cardiovascular system
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for reproductive health, promotes healthy skin, hair and nails
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Pomegranates are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Promotes normal blood pressure
- Useful as a preventative
- Promotes healthy heart and cardiovascular system
- Promotes normal cell growth
Raspberry
The first record of raspberry eating originates in ancient Greece, which is also where the raspberry was named. According to legend, raspberries were white until a nymph named Ida pricked her finger while gathering them for the crying infant, Jupiter.
To this day, raspberries are botanically named Rubus (red) idaeus (belonging to Ida). These legendary berries, belonging to the rose family, have been enjoyed for their delightful, summery taste and healthful properties for centuries.
Raspberry Nutritional Content
Raspberries provide many nutrients, including:
- Anthocyanins
Promote normal cell health and optimal cardiovascular health
- Catechins
Phytochemical compounds believed remove plaque in arteries
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color.
- Cyanidins - antioxidant, reduces risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes
- Ellagic Acid
Binds to and deactivates toxic chemicals in the body
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Gallic Acid
Anti-fungal, anti-viral, antioxidant and promotes normal cell health
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Kaempferol
Promotes healthy heart, lung and pancreas, anti-depressant properties
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Quercetin
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, promotes normal blood pressure
- Salicylic Acid
Helps alleviate pain and reduce fever
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
More Positive Health Effects
Raspberries are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Multiple chemical compounds found in raspberries make them beneficial for heart health, blood sugar, and age-related cognitive decline.
Useful for maintaining gastrointestinal health.
- Promotes normal cell growth
- Quercetin in raspberries makes them useful for inflammation
- Salicylic acid in raspberries makes them helpful to manage pain
Beet
The humble beet has much to be proud of. Beets once graced the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and were an important food for both ancient Greeks and Romans. During these ancient times, beet roots were either black or white in color, and leaves were the only part used. Beet roots eventually developed their familiar red color and people caught on to their goodness.
Now, when beets are mentioned, it's the roots we tend to think of, though their greens are also available and beneficial. By adding beets to your diet, you will provide your body with a wealth of vital nutrients, especially betaine, boron, and folate. Beet that!
Beet Nutritional Content
Beets provide many nutrients, including:
- Betaine
Promotes muscle growth, promotes detoxification, protects DNA, enhances memory
- Boron
Promotes cell health and skeletal and nervous system health
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Beets are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Betaine, found abundantly in beets, promotes cardiovascular health by reducing homocysteine, which can harm blood vessels and lead to heart and vascular problems.
- Betaine also protects the liver disease by preventing and reducing fatty build up and promoting normal levels of stomach acids.
- One study found that beetroot juice promoted normal blood pressure for one to 24 hours after drinking the juice!
Broccoli
Broccoli, which actually owes its name to the Italian word braccio (meaning, 'arm'), was once considered an exotic vegetable and called Italian asparagus. In reality, Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family. Mom made you eat broccoli for a reason - this cool-weather cruciferous vegetable is loaded with healthy nutrients.
Broccoli Nutritional Content
Broccoli provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Diindolylmthane
Supports immune system, promotes normal cell growth, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Lutein
Protects eyes
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Sulforaphane
Promotes normal cell growth and normal blood sugar, antimicrobial properties
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zeaxanthin
Protects eyes
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Broccoli is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Sulforaphane and indoles promote normal cell growth by promoting metabolites and boosting the body's detoxification enzymes.
- Antioxidants in broccoli prevent DNA damage by free radicals.
- Sulforaphane in broccoli promotes optimal gastrointestinal health
- Sulforaphane in broccoli can actually help repair sun-damaged skin!
- Thanks to its lutein and zeaxanthin content, men who ate broccoli three times a week had 23% lower risk of developing cataracts than those who ate it less than once a month.
- Because it's high in folic acid, broccoli can help prevent birth defects.
Cabbage
One of the oldest vegetables around, cabbage has been farmed for more than 4000 years and has been a diet staple for 2500 years! Cabbage is a hardy plant that grows well in cool weather and stores through the winter. Ancient Romans and Greeks believed that cabbage could cure any disease or illness, and while this may have been a bit of a stretch, cabbage does offer a wealth of nutrition and subsequent positive health effects.
Cabbage Nutritional Content
Cabbage provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Sulforaphane
Promotes normal cell growth and normal blood sugar, antimicrobial properties
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Cabbage is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage have powerful cleansing effect on the body which lowers risk of cell abnormalities.
- Cabbage also helps support gastrointestinal health, promoting a healthy stomach and colon.
- Cabbage helps support proper estrogen metabolization in women, which reduces risk of cell abnormalities.
- Phase II enzymes found in cabbage bind to potential carcinogens in the liver and remove them from the body. They also induce apoptosis, which tells the body to eliminate old or abnormal cells.
- Cabbage is good for the heart and promotes normal cholesterol.
Cauliflower
While broccoli, cauliflower's closest relative, opens outward to sprout its green florets, cauliflower forms a compact head of underdeveloped white buds. Because the buds are shielded by heavy leaves, they gain no sun exposure and therefore do not develop the chlorophyll needed to create a green color.
White vegetables, like cauliflower, contain unique phytonutrients which promote healthy cholesterol and lower the risk of some types of cell abnormalities.
Cauliflower Nutritional Content
Cauliflower provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Sulforaphane
Promotes normal cell growth and normal blood sugar, antimicrobial properties
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Cauliflower is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
Cruciferous vegetables such cauliflower have powerful cleansing effect on the body which lowers risk of cell abnormalities.
Cauliflower is good for the heart and promotes normal cholesterol.
Cauliflower also helps support gastrointestinal health.
Cauliflower helps support proper estrogen metabolization in women, which reduces risk of cell abnormalities.
Celery
Now a staple of European cuisine, celery was not considered a food until the Middle Ages, and was used instead as an herbal medicine since the 9th century BC.
A member of the Umbelliferae family which includes carrots, fennel and parsley, celery is enjoyed for its crunchy texture and its refreshing and slightly salty taste. Celery is an excellent low-calorie source of essential vitamins and minerals, including vitamins C and K.
Celery Nutritional Content
Celery provides many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Molybdenum
Helps prevent anemia, promotes well-being, promotes oral health
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
More Positive Health Effects
Celery is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- An abundance of vitamin C in celery makes it a healthful way to support the immune system and prevent free radical damage.
- Celery contains heart-healthy compounds called phthalides to help relax muscles around arteries, allowing vessels to dilate and reduce blood pressure. They also work by reduce stress hormones which cause blood vessel restriction. In addition, celery is a very good source of potassium and good source of calcium and magnesium - all of which help to promote normal blood pressure.
- Celery promotes normal cholesterol levels by increasing bile.
- Potassium and sodium in celery work as a diuretic to rid the body of excess fluid.
- Coumarins found in celery prevent free radical damage and enhance white blood cell activity.
- Acetylenics in celery can help stop abnormal cell growth.
Garlic
A member of the lily family and sometimes called "the stinking rose", garlic has a long history of medicinal and culinary use. This ancient vegetable, first cultivated over 5000 years ago, was used by Egyptians who placed bulbs in the Pharaoh's tombs, and by Greek and Roman soldiers who wished to enhance their strength and endurance.
Garlic flowers in delicate purple clusters, and though beautiful, they are far outshadowed by the bulbs growing below. Today, with new scientific studies that demonstrate its beneficial qualities, garlic is more popular than ever.
Garlic Nutritional Content
Garlic provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Garlic is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Garlic is great for heart health! It helps promote normal blood pressure and cholesterol, stimulates nitric oxide production to relax blood vessels, promoting heart and cardiovascular health as a result.
- In addition, vitamin B6 in garlic helps prevent damage to blood vessels and manganese helps increase HDL cholesterol.
- An abundance of vitamin C in garlic makes it a healthful way to support the immune system and prevent free radical damage.
- Lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase enzymes in garlic help reduce inflammation.
- Allicin, a sulfur compound which gives garlic its strong odor, is a powerful antimicrobial and promotes normal blood sugar, cholesterol and body weight.
- Garlic helps reduce risk of abnormal cell growth, especially in the esophagus, mouth, pharynx, ovaries, prostate and skin.
Kale
A member of the cabbage family, kale provides more nutrition per calorie than almost any other food! Though available in most grocery stores all year long, mid winter to early spring is when kale is at its best and sweetest flavor. With over 100% of daily vitamin A requirements, and over 1000% percent of daily vitamin K requirements, kale is welcome addition to any diet.
Kale Nutritional Content
Kale provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Lutein
Protects eyes
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zeaxanthin
Protects eyes
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Kale is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Organosulfur compounds, abundant in kale, prompt the liver to produce detoxifying enzymes and suppress kinase enzymes, which cause abnormal cell growth.
- Cruciferous vegetables such as kale have powerful cleansing effect on the body which lowers risk of abnormal cell growth.
- Cartenoids lutein and zeaxanthin found in kale promote eye health and reduce risk of degeneration.
- Kale is a good source of calcium with fewer calories and fat than other popular calcium sources.
- Kale is also a good source of fiber.
- An abundance of vitamin C in kale makes it a healthful way to support the immune system and prevent free radical damage.
Leek
As members of the Allium family which includes garlic, onions, and shallots, leeks possess a flavor similar to that of an onion, but with sweeter, more delicate flavor. These vegetables have a long history of use. Ancient Romans believed leeks strengthened the voice and throat, and Welsh soldiers wore leeks in their hats to differentiate themselves from opponents.
Though less celebrated than their famous relatives, leeks possess many of the same healthy nutritional qualities.
Leek Nutritional Content
Leeks provide many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Leeks are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- A high intake of allium vegetables such as leeks help promote normal LDL and HDL cholesterol and heart and vascular health.
- Leeks help reduce risk of abnormal cell growth.
- The combination of vitamin B6, C, folate, and iron in leeks helps slow the absorption of sugars and ensure sugars are properly metabolized, helping to promote normal blood sugar levels.
Luo Han Guo Extract
Siraitia grosvenorii is a perennial vine, native to Northern China, and is best known for its fruit. More commonly referred to as "Luo Han Guo", "Monk's Fruit", or "Buddha's Fruit", this special plant produces a fruit that is 300 times sweeter than sugar and has been used as tasty, low-calorie, natural sweetener for nearly 1000 years in China! Luo Han Guo is also used in traditional Chinese medicine for respiratory ailments, for heat or sun stroke, and for general well-being.
Luo Han Guo Nutritional Content
Luo Han Guo provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Fructose
Natural sugar found in many fruits and vegetables
- Linoleic Acid
Supports healthy cells, nerves, thyroid, adrenal, liver, hair and skin
More Positive Health Effects
Luo Han Guo is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Recent studies suggest mongrosides in Luo Han Guo work as antioxidants and may reduce risk of abnormal cell growth.
- Because Luo Han Guo works without raising blood sugar levels and slows the entrance of sugar into the blood, it is useful for those managing blood sugar and weight. Luo Han Guo can be used as a substitute for sugar.
- Nihon University in Japan has identified 20 different compounds in Luo Han Guo with potential to protect against carcinogens and abnormal cell growth.
Onion
Onions were a celebrated vegetable in the ancient world. Onions adorned the tombs of of Egyptian pharaohs and were used as payment for Egyptian slaves. In 6th century India, onions were used medicinally, and were a popular food with ancient Greeks and Roman as well - though they were usually dressed with extra seasoning, as onions weren't spicy enough for their tastes! Amusing, when you consider that for most cultures, the onion's pungent ability to flavor food was largely what made them attractive. Now a modern staple of homes around the world, onions provide extra flavor and nutrition to our meals at a highly affordable price.
Onion Nutritional Content
Onions provide many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Chromium
Promotes cardiovascular health, burns fat, builds muscle, aids in metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Molybdenum
Helps prevent anemia, promotes well-being, promotes oral health
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin B7
Essential to processing fatty acids, supports hair and skin health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Onion is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- High levels of chromium in onions can lower glucose, improve glucose tolerance, lower insulin, decrease LDL and triglyceride, and increase HDL.
- Onions are excellent for heart health. They contain a combination of chromium, vitamin B6, and sulfur compounds, which can help promote heart and cardiovascular health by lowering high homocysteine levels.
- High quercetin content of onions promotes gastrointestinal and colon health.
- Eating onions also reduces risk of abnormal cell growth.
- A compound in onions called GPCS helps boost bone health.
- Onions also have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.
Radish
Named for the Greek word raphanus meaning "quickly appearing", radishes are just as their name implies - a rapidly maturing plant, germinating in three to seven days, and reaching full maturity in just three to four weeks. Radishes can be black, purple, pink, or white, and are most commonly red.
Radishes have a fresh, peppery flavor and crisp crunchy texture that is well suited to salads. They also provide a wealth of nutritional value.
Radish Nutritional Content
Radishes provide many nutrients, including:
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Choline
Supports a healthy brain and cardiovascular system
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Fluorine
Hardens tooth enamel and stabilizes bone mineral content
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for reproductive health, promotes healthy skin, hair, and nails
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Radishes are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Preliminary studies show radishes to be effective for lowering cholesterol.
- Radishes contain antioxidant nutrients.
- Sulfur-based chemicals in radishes help to increase bile production and as a result, help to improve digestion and maintain a healthy gallbladder and liver.
- Cruciferous vegetables such as radishes have a powerful cleansing effect on the body which lowers risk of abnormal cell growth, especially in the lungs and prostate.
Spinach
Spinach gained popularity much later than most vegetables, and likely owes its popularity now to just one person.
Spinach was the favorite vegetable of Catherine de Medici, a French queen and mother to three of France's kings in the 16th century. Born in Florence, Italy, when she left to marry King Henry II, she brought with her not only spinach, but the cooks who prepared spinach best.
In that time, most of Europe looked to France to set the trends, and it is because of Catherine's influence that spinach was popularized. To this day, a dish served on a bed of spinach is referred to as "a la Florentine", for Catherine's home city.
Spinach Nutritional Content
Spinach provides many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Spinach is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Spinach contains 13 different flavonoid compounds that act as antioxidants and pro-cell health. Vitamin C, A, and folate in spinach also greatly reduce risk of abnormal cell growth in the colon.
- Vitamin K, found abundantly in spinach, helps to prevent bone deterioration and boosts bone-building proteins.
- Spinach is heart healthy! An abundance of vitamin C and A helps remove toxins from the body, which in turns helps prevent cholesterol oxidation and eventual plaque buildup in the arteries. Spinach is also an excellent source of folate, which promotes heart and vascular health, and powerful enzymes in spinach may help reduce blood pressure.
- Vitamin A, C, and K in spinach help reduce inflammation, and magnesium and riboflavin can help reduce migraine frequency in sufferers.
- Spinach is brain food! One study showed that people who ate three servings of leafy greens such as spinach slowed cognitive decline by 40% compared to those who ate less than one. Another study on aging laboratory animals showed that animals fed spinach-rich diets significantly improved both their learning capacity and motor skills. A little fat in the form of dressing increased this effect.
Yellow Pepper
Originating in ancient South America, bell peppers were spread throughout the world by Spanish and Portuguese explorers who stopped on the continent. Their highly adaptable nature meant they were able to grow from tropical to temperate climates . Bell peppers, unlike their relative the chili, have a recessive gene which causes them to develop without capsaicin - the compound that makes most peppers have heat.
Though they come in a wide variety of colors - black, brown, purple, red, orange, yellow, green, and white - all bell peppers start life as green. Green peppers are the quickest to grow and are therefore the least expensive. However, the most nutrient-rich varieties are the warm-toned - red, orange, and yellow.
Yellow Pepper Nutritional Content
Yellow peppers provide many nutrients, including:
- Amino Acids
Support cell health, supply energy
- Calcium
Maintains skeletal system, promotes cell health, regulates digestion and metabolism
- Carotene
Boosts immunity and eye health
- Chromium
Promotes cardiovascular health, burns fat, builds muscle, aids in metabolism
- Copper
Helps create red blood cells and collagen, promotes healthy skin and hair color
- Fiber
Important for digestive health, helps control weight and promote overall health
- Folate
Synthesizes DNA, replicates cells, creates necessary chemicals for nervous system
- Iodine
Controls thyroid, promotes healthy nerves and muscles, helps break down fat
- Iron
Provides energy, removes carbon dioxide, promotes healthy immune system
- Lutein
Protects eyes
- Magnesium
Promotes healthy nerves and muscles, combats stress and aging
- Manganese
Aids in metabolism, promotes healthy nervous, thyroid, and reproductive function
- Molybdenum
Helps prevent anemia, promotes well-being, promotes oral health
- Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Beneficial for circulatory health, essential to brain development, promotes normal cell growth
- Phosphorus
Supports skeletal and cell health, promotes healthy nervous and kidney function
- Potassium
Promotes normal blood pressure, supports muscle and nerve health
- Protein
Important to every cell, builds and repairs tissues, helps create body chemicals
- Selenium
Antioxidant, promotes reproductive health
- Tryptophan
Essential amino acid supports protein synthesis
- Vitamin A
Promotes healthy skeletal system and skin, aids vision
- Vitamin B1
Prevents toxic build up in heart and nervous system, turns fat and carbs into energy
- Vitamin B2
Key to energy metabolism, necessary for cell function and growth
- Vitamin B3
Maintains healthy skin, supports digestive system
- Vitamin B5
Needed for metabolism and food synthesis
- Vitamin B6
Helps form blood cells and neurotransmitters, promotes nerve and immune health
- Vitamin C
Supports healthy skin, teeth, and immune system, forms dopamine
- Vitamin E
Protects cells and tissues from free radicals, promotes normal cells and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K
Essential for blood clotting, promotes normal bone density
- Zeaxanthin
Protects eyes
- Zinc
Promotes healthy immune and reproductive system, good for thyroid
More Positive Health Effects
Yellow peppers are helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Vitamins C and A in yellow peppers are powerful antioxidants and help promote eye health and immune health.
- Vitamin B6 and folic acid found in yellow peppers help reduce high levels of homocysteine - a chemical that can potentially damage blood vessels and increase risk of heart attack - and help protect heart and cardiovascular health.
- Lycopene in bell peppers help reduce risk of abnormal cell growth, especially in the prostate, cervical, bladder, and pancreas.
- Smokers or those frequently exposed to secondhand smoke can help protect lung health with vitamin A, found abundantly in yellow peppers.
Apple Pectin
Pectin, found naturally in plant cells, is considered a soluble fiber because as it makes its way through the digestive tract, it remains intact. The apples used to harvest pectin from must be perfectly ripe; in under-ripe apples there is little to be had, and in over-ripe apples pectin is converted into peptic acid.
Apple pectin is a common gelling agent in jams and jellies and a common stabilizer in a variety of beverages. Additional pectin in the diet can be a natural and beneficial fiber source.
Positive Health Effects
Apple pectin is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Apple pectin is used to help regulate digestion.
- Soluble fiber in apple pectin is an effective way to promote normal cholesterol.
- Apple pectin helps maintain intestinal balance. It purifies and increases acidity in the large intestine (colon), which is also helpful for gastrointestinal and gallbladder health.
- Apple pectin is also useful for those managing blood sugar.
Beet
In one study on beet fiber, a group of laboratory animals with poor colon and cholesterol health were divided between two groups. The first group received a diet that met their basic nutrition needs. The second group received a diet high in beet fiber. The animals in the second group showed a marked improvement.
Fed on beet fiber, their livers rose to the challenge and pumped up production of antioxidant enzymes in the body - specifically glutathione peroxidase and glutathione-S-transferase. These protect the body from further free radical attack.
Positive Health Effects
Beet fiber is helpful for maintaining a healthy body in the following ways:
- Antioxidant activity
- Supports liver health
- Increases CD8, immune cells that detect and eliminate abnormal cells
Gum Acacia
Gum acacia is natural gum that comes from the hardened sap of the acacia tree. Often used as a stabilizer, gum acacia has healthful qualities of its own.
These include supporting kidney health, promoting normal urinary creatinine and urea levels, and enhancing overall well-being.
Positive Health Effects
Gum acacia is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Stabilizing urinary creatinine and urea Levels
- Promoting normal kidney function
Oat Fiber
Inside oats lies a unique type of fiber known as beta glucans. The subject of many studies, science can say conclusively that beta glucans supports normal cholesterol and heart health.
Beta glucans has also been shown helpful for the immune system. It helps immune cells arrive more quickly and enhance their killing and cell healing abilities.
People managing blood sugar can also benefit from beta glucans. When eaten in the morning, it helps to stabilize blood sugar throughout the day.
Positive Health Effects
Oat fiber is helpful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the following ways:
- Promotes normal cholesterol
- Promotes healthy heart
- Helps enhance immune function
- Helps stabilize blood sugar
Amylase
Amylase is a digestive enzyme that is needed in the saliva for early stage digestion and is also excreted by the pancreas to aid in further digestion of starches, carbohydrates, glycogen, and cellulose.
Lactase
Lactase is involved in the breakdown of lactose into galactose and other simple sugars. Lactase is essential to digest lactose in milk, but because lactase is killed during the milk pasteurization process, many people have difficulty digesting commercial milk, which has led to widespread "lactose intolerance".
Neutral Protease
Protease is a common digestive enzyme the body uses to help in the digestion or breakdown of proteins. Protease breaks the protein molecules down via a process called hydrolysis, breaking the peptide bonds that link amino acids by the catalytic reaction of protease with water molecules.
Different types of proteases include: pepsin, which is released into the stomach, and trypsin and chymotrypsin which are excreted into the duodenum, all allowing for the digestion of food molecules into nutrients for the body to absorb.
Lipase
Lipase uses hydrolysis to break the ester bonds in lipids such as triglycerides, fats, and oils. The hydrolysis process converts the triglycerides to monoglycerides and fatty acids. Pancreatic lipase works to breakdown those fats inside the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract.
Standard American diets contain approximately 100g of fat, 95% which are broken down by lipase and absorbed into the body. Pancreatic lipases do the majority of the breakdown process in the body, whereas gastric lipases break down between 10-30% as a pre-digestive process in the stomach. Studies link low counts of lipoprotein lipase to obesity, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's, diabetes and more.
Cherry Juice Crystals
Made naturally from cherry juice
Fructose
Made naturally from fruit
Guar Gum
Made naturally from Guar beans
Orange Juice Crystals
Made naturally from orange juice
Xanthan Gum
Made Naturally From Corn
Page Views: 5,523,646
Visits Today: 56,514
SmartPoints Earned: 11,217,562
