Barlean’s Greens, Berry Greens, Superfruit Greens and Chocolate Silk Greens are “Vity” Award-winning, non-GMO and gluten-, soy- and dairy-free formulas that, when mixed with water, juice or milk, pack several times your recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables into one glass—and they truly taste delicious.

CLEANSING & BALANCING

The original Barlean’s Greens and Berry Greens blends are formulated to support gentle cleansing and detox of vital organs and body tissues, deliver energy-boosting green-food nutrients and promote a healthy immune system. These formulas’ fiber- and nutrient-rich dark organic greens—such as spinach, parsley, spirulina, and chlorella powders— are all well-researched in their ability to cleanse and detoxify, particularly environmental toxins and heavy metals. A laboratory test on spirulina, published in the July 2012 Food and Chemical Toxicology, for example, confirmed that it even “alleviates lead-induced damage” in brain tissue.

Many natural health experts believe that nutrients in green leafy foods can also alkalinize and oxygenate the blood, which in turn helps the body maintain proper pH balance, as well as its ability to heal from injury or illness.

DESSERT-LIKE FORMULAS WITH ANTIOXIDANT BOOST

If you are looking for a dessert-like taste with your immune support, as well as protection against aging and oxidative stress (i.e., free radicals), Barlean’s new strawberry kiwi-flavored Superfruit Greens and Chocolate Silk Greens formulas are tops.

Superfruit Greens boasts the vitamin power of eight servings of fruits and vegetables per glass, and it contains 300 percent of the minimum daily requirement of vitamin C per serving to give your immune system the support it needs through winter. And, unlike other fruit-flavored powders, Superfruit Greens’s delicious sweetness comes entirely from its fruits’ natural sugars. This makes Superfruit Greens an especially good juice replacement for growing kids.

For those who want something richer tasting, but want to keep it healthy, there’s Chocolate Silk Greens, which has no sugar at all and is loaded with five servings of fruits and vegetables per glass. Barlean’s makes this delicious, chocolate-flavored powder with 100 percent natural cocoa and sweetens it with all-natural stevia leaf extract so it won’t spike blood sugar. You can blend Chocolate Silk Greens with almond, soy or regular milk and drink it hot or cold to get your fruit and veggie nutrients without the empty sugar calories.

Both formulas are also powerhouses of antioxidants. Chocolate Silk Greens and Superfruit Greens contain fruits and vegetables, such as pomegranate powder, red wine extract, turmeric, and milk thistle, and thus boast Oxygen Radical Absorbency Counts (ORAC) of 5,000 and 8,000, respectively. That's roughly the same ORAC value that you would get from eating seven or twelve kiwis!

All these antioxidant-rich nutrients help to scavenge and stabilize the damage done by free radicals, which, if left unchecked, have been linked to a broad array of health problems. According to a research article in the March 2011 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, “Many degenerative or pathological processes, such as aging, cancer, and coronary heart disease, are related to reactive oxygen species and radical-mediated reactions.”

We know for a fact that people who eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and unrefined cereal grasses (i.e., foods with antioxidant-rich plant polyphenols) enjoy good health. Recent published research from doctors at the Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine in Slovakia who examined such diets concluded, “Polyphenolic compounds have potential therapeutic value as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents in cardiovascular disease.”

BETTER HEALTH MADE SIMPLE

If you need a quick and easy way to get the nutritional support of nutrient-dense greens or the antioxidant boost of superfruits, these formulas deliver— and with great taste. Enjoy them as a snack to help you bounce back from the holidays and greet the New Year refreshed!

Resources

All four of the award-winning, great-tasting Barlean’s Greens formulas are available at natural health food stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.barleans.com, or call 800.445.3529.

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