Unfortunately, sometimes when you mix these drinks alone, their taste can be short on flavor. There are a variety of veggie, berry and detox powder drinks available today, but none actually taste better than fresh juices—until now, that is. It’s one thing to receive the health benefits of these chlorophyll- and pigment-rich foods, but it is quite another to feel as though one is actually eating grass. After all, we are not cows!

And that brings us to one Myra Michelle Eby and Myceuticals. Ms. Eby gained fame in the natural products industry by creating the highly successful cosmetic and personal care products company MyChelle Dermaceuticals, now one of the major natural and organic beauty, skin and hair care lines today.

Myra has now created a line of super food drinks that are not only packed with the ultimate health-giving veggies and fruits, such as spinach, cabbage, kale, blueberries, strawberries, goji berries, acerola cherries, and other nutrient-dense foods and superior sources of nutrition—but, in keeping with her penchant for excellence, they taste absolutely incredible.

Myra has done this with five different powdered beverage drinks that will pass even the most discriminating palette’s taste criteria.

myVeggieVitale

Your Mom was right: eat your veggies! Recently, we were able to try myVeggieVitale, which is one of the very best-tasting super green food drinks we’ve ever quaffed, almost as if one is consuming fresh vegetable juices straight from the garden.

We don’t know how Myra did this but she has created an absolutely stellar mixture of powerful antioxidant- and phytonutrient-rich veggies. You will feel the energy and clarity right away—that’s how you know this is truly a powerful health elixir.

Tomatoes, for example, are rich in lycopene, a carotenoid that has been extensively studied for its antioxidant, cancer- and heart disease-preventing properties. Brightly colored bell peppers, whether green or red (the formula contains both), are rich sources of vitamins C and A. Beets are a unique source of phytonutrients called betalains. Betanin and vulgaxanthin are the two best-studied betalains from beets, and both have been shown to provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification support. Beets are also rich in lutein and zeaxanthin, which are great for eye health and common age-related eye problems involving the macula and the retina.

Spinach is rich in minerals, vitamins (especially the B-complex), pigments, and phytonutrients that support healthy eyesight, blood pressure, strengthen muscles, prevent age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, atherosclerosis and heart attacks, bone mineralization, and more. Meantime, Australian research has found that people who eat beta-carotene rich foods like kale are less likely to develop skin cancer. The health benefits of dandelion include relief from liver disorders, diabetes, urinary disorders, acne, jaundice, cancer and anemia. It also helps in maintaining bone health, skin care, and weight loss. (Several of these herbs make appearances in Myra’s other formulas as well.)

myBerryBlend

Now let’s go onto our next favorite. myBerryBlend is as fresh and light as fresh fruit. One serving provides 113 percent of your vitamin C needs (with all of the anthocyanidins and bioflavonoids that act as synergistic co-factors with ascorbic acid). myBerryBlend combines certified organic apples, acerola berries, strawberries, macqui berries, blueberries, goji, raspberries, and cranberries for a flavourful and healthful experience. The power of berries to keep us healthy cannot be denied. Their powerful antioxidants help to fight aging, keep our skin, eyes and blood vessels young, and also help maintain immune health through their antimicrobial properties. Indeed, when researchers perform studies to compare antioxidant strengths of foods, what is known as the oxygen radical absorbance capacity or ORAC test, berries test among the elite and most powerful antioxidants.

myDetox

Everybody needs to detox. Just stir two scoopfuls of myDetox into a glass of filtered water and enjoy the blood- and liver-purifying benefits of organic lemon, dandelion leaf, beet, burdock root, ginkgo leaf, cilantro leaf, white willow bark, and cayenne. These well-regarded detoxifying herbs can also be taken as pills and capsules, but with myDetox, you have this sense of having a whole meal of detoxifying foods; you actually taste their benefits.

myMacaBalance

The same goes for the delicious myMacaBalance with pomegranate, blueberry, macqui and cranberry to complement this Peruvian superfood and power adaptogen (which means it has a balancing effect on the body’s organ systems). Maca’s root alone contains more than 60 different vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients that aid the body in fighting fatigue, increasing stamina, enhancing libido, and help menopausal symptoms. Indeed, the libidoenhancing effects are quite real, as recently shown in Urology, one of the world’s leading medical journals. Many scientists say maca truly may be nature’s answer to the new medical potency pills.

myAlgaeTrim

Of course, weight loss is a health priority for many. If you need or want to lose weight, myAlgaeTrim with brown seaweed, chlorella, spirulina and lo han berry extract can boost your efforts. This proteinrich, nutrient-dense blend not only provides chlorophyll-rich chlorella (great for internal healing), but features fucoxanthin, a compound that is found in several different types of seaweed.

Fucoxanthin works by regulating a protein called uncoupling protein 1, or UCP1, which controls the amount of fat stored in the body. UCP1, which regulates the activity of a key gene responsible for maintaining the body’s temperature, is found in white adipose tissue, or visceral fat. This type of fat, which usually surrounds the internal organs and sits under our bellies, is one of the major causes of “middle-age spread.” White adipose tissue isn’t that white; it more resembles a disgusting yellowish glob of tissue. This type of fat gathers toxins, leads to low-level inflammation, and harms people’s hormonal health.

It isn’t often in the history of nutritional supplements that so many great-tasting, powerfully healthy super food formulas have been brought together like this. We just love myVeggieVitale, myBerryBlend, and of course, myMacaBalance, and we know that a lot of you will enjoy the detoxification and weight-loss benefits of myDetox and myAlgaeTrim. Indeed, we understand additional formulas, including an all-veggie protein blend, are available. We can’t wait to try these and report on them too.

Resources

Each of these great tasting blends is now available at health food stores nationwide. Or visit www.myceuticals.com for more information

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