Confession: I don’t take a multivitamin.
It’s not because I don’t believe in supplementing what your body needs and your diet can’t provide. It’s more so because multivitamins contain a limited number of specifically selected vitamins and minerals which are often not even derived from natural sources (aka: made in a test tube). Not to mention many are poorly made with cheap ingredients and filler. Also, recent research has shown vitamins can even do more harm than good.
Instead I’ve chosen to invest in “body insurance” for prevention! I mean, you have car, health and life insurance why would you not have body insurance?
What do I mean by body insurance? Consider this: It is recommended you eat between 7-13 servings of a variety of fruits and veggies per day. (Serving = fist-size!) Even on a GOOD day that ain’t gonna happen. Think about when you go to the store, you may pick up a couple apples, bananas, oranges, kale…we tend to RINSE AND REPEAT. VARIETY is the key word!
So, instead of a multivitamin I take something called Juice Plus+ which helps bridge the gap between what I eat and what I SHOULD eat. Taking Juice Plus+ floods my body with 30 different fruits and veggies daily. Yes, DAILY.
[30 whole fruits and veggies in my hand…heyyyy]
What exactly is Juice Plus+?
The first thing that BLEW me away about Juice Plus+ was learning that it’s the most researched nutritional product in the WORLD with over 36 independent studies in HUMANS (not mice, not petri dishes), from highly respected institutions (think Georgetown, Brigham Young and thee MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Juice Plus+ not a vitamin or a supplement but a WHOLE FOOD nutrition product (essentially powdered produce) in capsule or gummie form. It actually has a food label (like a bag of carrots) rather than a supplement label. Since it’s just fruits/veggies there’s no risk of interfering with mediations. Providing ONLY health effects NOT side effects is music to my ears in the big pharma world that we live in.
Why is Juice Plus+ Better Than a Vitamin?
Juice Plus+ supports your immune system, promotes healthy skin/gums, support cardiovascular health, reduces oxidative stress and inflammation. Oxidative stress and inflammation in our bodies is what turn on disease and cancer. Juice Plus+ delivers key antioxidants and other phytonutrients in proper forms through whole fruits/veggies to help combat this.
This is better than a vitamin because it’s coming from a natural source and not a test tube. Your body knows just what do with all the natural, JuicePlus goodness because it’s food!
On the subject of quality, Juice Plus+ waits until the produce used is ripe on the vine before they pick it. Produce we eat from the store is picked much earlier so that it’s ripe when it reaches the store. This kind of robs you from getting all the nutrients you should from fruits and veggies.
Is Juice Plus+ Organic?
The short answer, Juice Plus+ is BETTER than organic. Juice Plus+ uses organic when possible but is HERBICIDE AND PESTICIDE-FREE where unfortunately, ORGANIC produce can sometimes be sprayed with these toxins after being grown to ensure product delivery to stores. #totalbummer Juice Plus+ is also tested by a 3rd party quality assurance program for any of these contaminants and to make sure that what they are saying is in the products nutrient-wise, it actually in there.
Its also GMO, Dairy-Free, and Gluten-free and contains no artificial colors or sweeteners.
How Do you Take Juice Plus+?
You can either take Juice Plus+ in capsule form (you can open them if you hate swallowing pills like me!) or in gummy form to satisfy the kid at heart! I highly recommend the TRIO blend which gives you 30 different fruits and veggies and the 36 research studies. THE BEST PART?! The cost amounts to only $2.56/day (aka: less than your daily Starbucks). For our non-caffeine consumers, think about buying a pint of bloobs. That runs about $4-5 and thats only one type of fruit compared to all of the varieties in Juice Plus+!
Don’t forget the kids!
Um, as if I didn’t find Juice Plus+ amazing enough, you can sponsor a child for FREE. Therefore, if you’re taking Juice Plus+ for yourself, your kid can take get it for free for up to FOUR years! Don’t have a child? You can sponsor ANY kid weather if be a friend, niece, nephew etc. Be gone those crappy, sugar-laden children’s vitamin. We know kids (and adults) can be super picky. Give them that super nutrition to help them grow up healthy!
Have you guys heard of Juice Plus+? Check out the products, research and results here. If you guys have questions feel free to shoot me an email (babeskills10@gmail.com). I could literally talk about JuicePlus all day. I actually decided to become a rep because I am so passionate about how this “one simple change” can greatly effect your health and give you the prevention and body insurance for a long, healthy life!
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