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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Blendfresh Orange


What is Blendfresh Orange?

Wouldn't it be great to get the health benefits of 12 different fruits and vegetables without having to plan, shop, wash, chop and cook?  What about specifically orange fruits and veggies that boost the immune system, give you energy, help you see better, prevent heart disease and cancer and wouldn't spoil in your fridge?  If that sounds good you'll like Blendfresh Orange!

What is it?  It's a dozen raw, orange fruits and vegetables "Fresh Dried" at low temperatures to preserve enzymes and nutrients, and then made into a whole food powder.  Specifically;  Organic Carrot Juice, Organic Sweet Potato, Organic Pumpkin, Butternut Squash, Banana, Organic Mango, Pineapple, Organic Acerola, Apricot, Peach, Yellow Bell Peppers, Organic Lemon Juice, Orange Juice (straight off the label).  


Yes, we know that they're "good for us", but what does it really matter?  Is is worth the effort to really put it into our body?  Let's break down what each of them does for us -

Yellow Bell Peppers - an incredibly high amount of vitamin C, they contain 500% of a day's worth (4 times as much as an orange).  In addition they are a great source of vitamins A and E, B6 and folate.   These boost the immune system and can reduce the risk of gout and gout related complications. 

Butternut Squash - very high in vitamin A which protects eye function and helps maintain healthy skin and mucus membranes, and new research suggests it can help prevent lung and oral cavity cancer.  It's also high in vitamin C, vitamin E and B6 as well as folate, thiamine and riboflavin.

Pumpkin - also high in vitamins C and A, and zea-xanthin, a natural anti-oxidant that filters harmful UV radiation from the retina, helping prevent age related macular disease (ARMD).

Sweet Potato - the highest for any root vegetable in beta carotene, a powerful natural anti-oxidant.  It also contains essential vitamins that are co-factors for enzymes during metabolism that the body must obtain from an outside source.

Carrot - food source vitamin A can help protect from skin cancers, help with reproductive health, and its vitamin C helps support healthy teeth and gums.  Carrots may seem like old news, but they also have falcarinol which may destroy pre-cancerous cells in tumors.

Banana - provide instant energy, high in vitamin B6 which helps neuritis and anemia and helps decrease homocystine, a causative factor in coronary heart disease and stroke.  It also has magnesium for bone strength and copper required for red blood cell production, as well as potassium that helps control blood pressure by countering the effects of sodium.

Mango - according to new research study, "mango fruit has been found to protect against colon, breast, leukemia, and prostate cancers"!  Also high in vitamins A, C, B6 and copper.

Pineapple - contains bromelain, an enzyme that breaks down protein and has anti-clotting (heart disease) and anti-cancer properties.  Regular consumption helps prevent arthritis, indigestion (enzymes), and parasites.  It's high in vitamin C which is required for collagen synthesis to maintain healthy blood vessels, organs, and beautiful skin.

Acerola - this cherry from the Caribbean has the highest vitamin C of any plant, about 1864% of rda!  This vitamin C combined with the other phytochemicals in the fruit help rid the body of free radicals protecting the body from aging, degenerative disease, inflammation and infections.  Studies also suggest that their chlorogenic acid may help lower and control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes patients.

Apricot - also high in vitamins A, C, carotenes, anti-oxidants and heart healthy potassium to help regulate heart rate and blood pressure.

Peach - the simple peach is also full of the same family of nutrients found in the other orange fruits and vegetables, and also contains iron and small, natural amounts of fluoride to help prevent cavities in teeth.

Lemon - contains the natural preservative citric acid which aids in digestion and helps dissolve kidney stones.  It has special phytonutrients that can reduce anti-oxidant injury to DNA, contains B complex vitamins, and a healthy amount of iron and calcium, as well as high vitamin C, potassium and the other similar nutrients we find in Orange produce.

Orange - contains pectin which helps protect the colon from toxic substances and reduce blood cholesterol, has phytochemicals that act as immune system modulators, is also high in vitamins A, C, B complex, potassium and calcium, and helps cut the risk for some diseases like cancers, arthritis, obesity, and coronary heart disease.

Blendfresh Orange is a sweet and tangy combination that provides phytonutrients like gallic acid, gallotannins, mangiferine, syringic acid, phytoene, peonidine, phenoalalic acid and many more.  English please?  Eat these and you'll feel better and be healthier.

Would an antioxidant supplement do just as well?  Not according to nutrition.answers.com where they say

"There are supplements of these complements available. However, they may or may not provide any actual health benefit. While eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is highly beneficial, and the substances they contain are widely thought to improve health, these benefits usually don't translate to supplements. Two schools of thought are that the body only absorbs these compounds through food sources, and that different compounds work together to provide the benefits. Eat lots of fruit and whole grains in order to get more phenolic acids in your diet." 

Do you see the advantage to eating a dozen, symbiotic plants together?  Packing all that concentrated nutrition into a daily, easy to add scoop!  What if you could put it in your smoothies, sauces, recipes or even in warm water and drink like a tea (one of my favorite ways!).  We want ALL the benefits of good nutrition, and the only thing stopping most of us is that we don't have time to prep it and we don't know how to make it a regular part of our diet.  Blendfresh solves this!  Why wait one more day to start getting all the disease fighting, energy  giving, eye sight protecting, age preserving benefits of these whole foods the easy way?  If you are ready to start now...



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