Superfood Review
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superfood Review Multivitamins have multi-problems, especially one-a-day vitamins. Most companies throw in every vitamin and mineral from A to Z. They toss as many as they can into a single tablet without considering how they might interfere with each other's absorption or efficacy. Unfortunately, vitamins and minerals don't work that way in your body. Another multivitamin problem: any formulation consisting of lab-made ingredients lacks all the phytochemicals – the polyphenols and carotenoids – that are just as important as the vitamins and minerals contained in whole foods. Biotest had a different idea: take the most powerful whole-food plants and remove the water. That way, you'd retain all the vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals of natural food. It'd be like a multivitamin but would also have antioxidant capabilities that were off the chart. Biotest uses the highest quality whole food extracts of fruits, vegetables, and greens harvested at their peak nutritional value to deliver the most effective supplements possible. Biotest's Superfood contains no added sweeteners, artificial colors, or added flavors. Science uses the ORAC scale to measure the potency of an antioxidant. The USDA determined an average serving of fruits and vegetables has an ORAC rating of between 400 and 500. But all fruits and vegetables aren't created equal. Some, like coffee fruit extract, acai berries, and goji berries are off the chart on the ORAC scale. Superfood’s ORAC rating is approximately 15,000. Their unique mix of non-GMO fruits, berries, vegetables, and greens provides highly beneficial nutrients in mega-doses impossible to get in even the most well-planned diets. The Superfood powder is complete with naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, antioxidants, lutein, lycopene, EGCG, anthocyanins, diosgenin, ellagic acid, glucosinolates, phenolic acids, sulforaphane, and more. Phytochemicals, specifically polyphenols, are bioactive compounds that repress inflammation by inhibiting damage from free radicals and interacting with the immune system, thereby conveying such health benefits as lowered blood pressure, lessened endothelial dysfunction, reduced cholesterol, lowered risk of type 2 diabetes, less damage from environmental estrogens, and even improved recovery from training. But the reality of polyphenols (and carotenoids) is more complex than just mopping up free radicals. Some modulate gene expression, and others have a direct or indirect effect on hormones and various metabolic pathways. As such, foods rich in polyphenols like those found in Superfood are protective against a multitude of diseases. More recently, though, polyphenols were found to have a role as sports supplements, with effects ranging from reduced muscle damage (without interfering with post-exercise adaptations) and post-exercise pain, along with speedier recovery from exercise and even enhanced athletic performance. Some, like those found in pomegranate, actually enhance nitric oxide availability, thereby improving oxygen usage and, consequently, exercise performance. Others, like the anthocyanins found in blue-colored foods (maqui berries and blueberries), affect metabolic pathways (e.g., enhancing insulin sensitivity, increasing blood flow, and lessening muscle fatigue). Each of the ingredients in Superfood has been freeze-dried. Freeze drying is a process by which water – and nothing else – is removed from the fruits and vegetables. Each product is individually quick-frozen so all the water turns to solid ice. The fruits and vegetables are then subjected to warm temperatures and a vacuum so that the water turns to vapor and is pulled out, leaving everything intact. That means the pigments, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals have been preserved and the ingredients retain virtually the identical phytochemical content, enzymatic activity, and bioactivity of fresh products. Their signature superfood dietary mixture contains 18 fresh freeze-dried extracts, coming from wild raspberry, wild blueberry, strawberry, green tea extract, orange, dragon fruit, maqui, mango, coffee fruit extract, yam, goji juice, kale, tomato, broccoli sprout, spinach, apple, acai juice, and pomegranate. Add it to a glass of water or juice, mix it into a protein shake, smoothie, or workout drink, add it to pancakes, or anything you like - Biotest Superfood Powder fortifies it all. If you are a lover of all things health and fitness, or if you'd simply love to learn more about these topics, please subscribe to Coach John's newsletter below. |
