Berry Radical
Certified Organic
Antioxidant Superfood
- Antioxidants quench damaging free radicals in the body and may slow the processes associated with aging
- Contains raw chocolate, fruits, and berries to protect cells and support healthy immune function
- Contains a wide spectrum of nature’s most powerful antioxidants: hydroxytyrosol, zeaxanthin, alpha and beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, anthocyanin, cryptoxanthin, xanthophyll, epicatechin, quercetin, punicalagins and ellagic acid, chlorogenic, gallic, ferulic and caffeic acids from organically grown chocolate, berries and fruits
Today's food supply is grown in nutrient deficient soil and then heavily processed, making it almost impossible to obtain the concentrations of daily nutrients necessary to sustain our health.
Berry Radical is a revolutionary organic superfood designed to assist the body in attaining vibrant health and longevity. The ingredients in Berry Radical have been proven to assist the body in neutralizing free radical damage.
Why Do Plants Contain Antioxidants?
Photosynthesis is the process whereby plants convert light energy from the sun into stored physical energy. Photosynthesis exposes plants to a massive number of free radicals. Plants produce antioxidants to protect themselves from damage by free radicals. Antioxidant plant pigments, primarily carotenoids and polyphenols that are responsible for the bright colors of many orange, red, blue, and purple fruits, berries, and algae, provide most of this protection.
Research has shown that human ingestion of these plant-based antioxidants results in similar protection. Research also shows that antioxidants work synergistically - the combined effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects - and are far more effective when a spectrum of antioxidants are ingested, rather than individual isolated compounds.
Why Do We Need Antioxidants?
Oxidation (think rust on a vehicle!) occurs in the body when free radicals damage cells. Free radicals can be produced by natural biological processes (such as during exercise), or introduced from outside via UV or gamma radiation, pesticides, preservatives, chemical pollution, tobacco smoke, sub-optimal eating habits, etc. Free radicals are believed to accelerate the progression of Cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue, cardiovascular disease, and age-related diseases. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals.
What Are ORAC Units?
ORAC, short for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, is a standardized measurement of the antioxidant power (ability to neutralize free radicals) of a substance. Nutritionists recomment that we consume 5000 ORAC units daily. One serving (half a cup) of fruits and vegetables provides about 500 ORAC units. If you're not eating at least 10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, you're not getting enough ORAC units to mop up the damage caused by free radicals in your body! One serving of Berry Radical equals over 4000 ORAC units!!!
Food vs. Supplements
If you’re supplementing with single dose antioxidants, or a combination of a few isolated antioxidant nutrients, you may not be getting the benefits you hoped for.
While isolated nutrients may have powerful antioxidant benefits in vitro (test tube), they rarely have significant benefits in vivo (humans). Conversely, foods high in antioxidants have proven benefits in both humans and in vitro. It is known that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help prevent cancers, coronary heart disease, and strokes.
Synthetic antioxidants appear to be so ineffective that they may actually increase cancer risk. In fact, every large clinical trial that has used isolated antioxidant nutrients has failed to show benefits for cancer or cardiovascular disease. Most isolated antioxidant nutrients are chemically and structurally different to those found in foods, and do not have the desired effect in the human body.
Research has found that whole tomato powder but not lycopene, a carotenoid found in tomatoes, inhibited prostate carcinogenesis in rats, which demonstrates the superior functionality and efficacy of whole food nutrition compared with high dose, isolated nutrient supplementation.
How Much Caffeine Does Berry Radical Contain?
Interesting research on caffeine in the field of homeopathy indicates caffeine’s stimulating effect when cooked, but not when eaten raw. One experiment conducted with a decoction of roasted ground cacao beans in boiling water produced an excitement of the nervous system similar to that caused by black coffee, and an excited state of circulation demonstrated by an accelerated pulse. Notably, when the same decoction was made with raw, unroasted cacao beans, neither effect was noticeable.
A cup of tea contains an average of 40mg of caffeine, compared to 85mg as found in a cup of freshly brewed coffee. A cup of hot chocolate usually contains about 4 or 5 milligrams of caffeine, which is about 1/20 that of a cup of regular coffee. A serving of Berry Radical contains about 6mg of caffeine, about as much as in a hot chocolate, but considering the coffee berry and cacao in Berry Radical are both raw, there will be no stimulant effect.
Why a Powder Instead of a Juice?
By utilizing raw, freeze-dried powders, we have concentrated all the nutrition from the fruits and berries into a much more potent, nutrient dense form. This is why 1 container of Berry Radical is equivalent to 9 bottles of mangosteen juice, 12 bottles of goji juice, and 29 bottles of noni juice, in terms of antioxidant capacity!
Our organic fruit and berry powders are highly concentrated foods, with all the nutrients and enzymes contained in the fresh fruit. Only water has been removed.
Gram for gram, powders are far more potent and concentrated than watered-down juices. Many fruits are more than 90 percent water, which means you get at least 10 times the nutrients in a freeze-dried fruit than the fresh fruit or rehydrated juice. Powders don’t require the preservatives that juices do. The freeze drying process doesn’t kill the enzymes. It puts them in a state of suspended animation. They are brought back to life by adding the Berry Radical to liquid.
Our certified organic cacao powder is cold-pressed from the cacao beans without solvents, then fine-milled and sifted so the most bioavailable cacao particles filter into the final product. As the temperature is never allowed to exceed 40°C, the powder is considered a raw food with all heat-sensitive vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants remaining intact, thereby maximizing digestion and absorption.
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