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Vege Power Plus

VegePowerPlus was my first personal formulation, created with the tutelage of David Sandoval author of the Green Food Bible and made initially for the exclusive use by my family.

- Support for Intestinal Health and Proper Digestive Function
- 1 Stick Equivalent to 2 Salads in Nutrient Density
- Independently Tested in Japan to Guarantee Pesticide Free

Optimal health starts with a clean and balanced body. Chlorophyll, the green pigment of plants, is the ideal natural cleanser, flushing out toxins from your bloodstream, liver, and digestive tract. After all, how often can you go without brushing your teeth or washing your hair? Certainly, you do these at least once or more a day. Then, why not cleanse the INSIDE of your treasured body EVERYDAY too with VegePowerPlus.

VegePowerPlus also helps fill the gaps in standard diets short on vegetable intake with a variety of high-quality green foods from land and sea: organic cereal grasses and alfalfa from a farm in the American Rocky Mountains, organic spirulina and other sea plants from the island of Hawaii, and wild-harvested cactus from the deserts of Mexico). These green foods are dehydrated at lower than body temperature to preserve precious nutrients, concentrated, maintain high nutrient bioavailability, and are easy to store, consume, and digest. In powder form, the nutrients are protected from oxidation, which would destroy them if stored for long periods in liquid form.

A Blend of Complementary Green Foods for Maximum Benefit
VegePowerPlus is formulated around a range of cereal grasses and sea vegetables, which offer complementary nutrient profiles and benefits. Combining these nutrient-dense foods is a superior approach to formulas that rely on one or only a few ingredients because the spectrum of nutrients and benefits is wider. The formula relies on organic and wild-harvested ingredients to reduce sources of toxicity that are already too common in our food supply, and to increase nutrient value.

Rich in chlorophyll and phytonutrients that support a youthful metabolism, this blend helps restore the body to alkaline balance, oxygenate the blood and tissues, and detoxify the body. This may also be especially important to those of you who exercise regularly as as good as exercise is for overall health it does increase acids in your bloodstream and body tissue, leading to fatigue and longer recovery time. Furthermore, VegePowerPlus provides nutrients key to enhanced energy production, helps stabilize blood sugar levels, supports DNA synthesis and repair, and helps maintain a healthy gastrointestinal tract.

The blend includes nutrient-rich green foods from land and sea, including:
Organic Alfalfa Juice Powder 33:1 — Alfalfa is among the most nutrient-dense greens on earth, abundant in chlorophyll, beta-carotene, protein, calcium, and potassium. An excellent source of vitamins K, B, D and E, with high concentrations of essential fatty acids, magnesium and phosphorus. Alfalfa also acts as an anti-inflammatory.
Organic Wheat Grass Powder 5:1 — The vitamin and mineral content in one ounce of wheat grass juice is equivalent in nutritional value to 2.2 pounds of choice, fresh vegetables. An excellent source of vitamins A, B, C, E and K, as well as calcium, chlorine, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulphur, cobalt and zinc. Like the other green foods in VegePowerPlus, wheat grass is a living food. It contains complete protein, some 30 enzymes, and approximately 70% chlorophyll content.
Organic Barley Grass Powder 5:1 — In addition to being rich in chlorophyll and nutrients such as trace minerals, carotene, and vitamins C and E, barley grass is high in super-oxide dismutase enzyme, which repairs damaged DNA.
Organic Oat Grass Powder 5:1 — In addition to its nutrient and chlorophyll content, oat grass has traditionally been used as a nervine tonic, meaning it nourishes and strengthens the nervous system, useful for countering stress, nervous exhaustion, and depression.
Organic Spirulina — This sea plant is 65% lightweight, complete vegetable protein. It is also rich in chlorophyll and contains the highest concentration of the essential fatty acid, gamma linoleic acid, in a plant source. In addition, spirulina boosts immune function.
Chlorella — Dense source of chlorophyll and growth factors. Helps detoxify the body of heavy metals.
Organic Kelp — This coldwater marine plant is a rich source of a range of vitamins, especially B vitamins, and contains iodine and trace minerals.
Organic Dulse — This red seaweed is an excellent source of vitamin B6, B12, iron, potassium, calcium, and naturally occurring fluoride.
Inulin(fructo-oligosaccharides) — This soluble fiber, known as a “prebiotic,” helps create an environment in the intestinal tract that is conducive to the growth of beneficial bacteria.
Kyo-Dophilus — These “friendly” intestinal bacteria help establish a more beneficial balance of intestinal bacteria. They also produce short-chain fatty acids used to repair intestinal cells.
Aloe Vera Juice Powder — Soothes and heals damaged intestinal lining.

VegePowerPlus contains ingredients that help maintain healthy bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, and that help soothe and heal intestinal damage.Support for Intestinal Health and Proper Digestive Function.Enhances the Body’s Energy Production and Supports Blood Sugar Balance.

The burst of energy one feels after eating a high-carbohydrate snack or drinking a cup of coffee is a short-lived illusion. Instead, the mix of green foods in VegePowerPlus delivers a wide range of phytonutrients that enhance and sustain energy production. Important among these are the B vitamins, which are essential co-factors in energy metabolism.

Kyo-Dophilus — Synthesizes B vitamins.
Spirulina, Kelp, Barley — Rich in B vitamins.
Rice Bran Solubles — Source of easily absorbed B vitamins.

With VegePowerPlus, you can experience the benefits of your body’s own sustained energy production, without the ups and downs and cravings of the “consume more calories” approach to boosting energy.

Inulin(fructo-oligosaccharides) — Helps reduce sugar cravings. Doesn’t require insulin to metabolize it, soInulin is a diabetic-friendly source of sweetness and fiber.
Opuntia Nopal Cactus — Another diabetic-friendly ingredient, nopal cactus is a non-digestible sweetener that is shown to support blood sugar balance.
Rice Bran Solubles — This is the soluble portion of rice bran, and traditionally used to support blood sugar balance.

Enhanced Bioavailability.
VegePowerPlus is a source of highly concentrated nutrients, carefully processed into suspended animation in powder form. Adding water reactivates these nutrients and live enzymes, making them ready for use by the body, in addition, VegePowerPlus contains ingredients that enhance nutrient bioavailability.

Ginger —Stimulates digestion, keeps intestinal muscles toned, enhances availability of nutrients.
Yucca — Contains saponins that improve the permeability of the intestinal mucosal cells and reduce the surface tension at the point of absorption. This enhances the availability of many nutrients.

-Healthy Flavorings and Sweeteners
-To maximize health benefits, VegePowerPlus contain no additives, fillers, or refined sugar.
-VegePowerPlus relies on healthy flavorings and sweeteners with their own health benefits.

Organic Green Tea Extract — Offers a subtle flavor of green tea, along with health benefits such as tremendous antioxidant support.
Stevia — Natural, sugar-free sweetener with a range of health benefits.
Pineapple — Natural flavoring.
Inulinand Opuntia Nopal Cactus — These two sweeteners both promote healthy blood sugar balance.

List of Ingredients:
Organic Alfalfa Juice Powder 33:1 (US Certified Organic)
Organic Wheat Grass Juice Powder 5:1 (US Certified Organic)
Organic Barley Grass Juice Powder 5:1 (US Certified Organic)
Organic Oat Grass Juice Powder 5:1 (US Certified Organic)
Organic Spirulina Powder (US Certified Organic)
Chlorella Powder
Organic Kelp Powder (US Certified Organic)
Organic Dulse Powder (US Certified Organic)
Rice Bran Solubles
Fructo-oligosaccharides
Opuntia Nopal Cactus
Aloe Vera Juice Powder
Ginger
Yucca
Organic Green Tea Extract (US Certified Organic)
Kyo-Dophilus
Pineapple Juice Powder
Stevia

Who can benefit from Acai-100?
Any adult concerned about the level of their oxidative stress due to excessive stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, alcohol, smoking, environmental pollution, and even rigorous exercise or physical activity. In addition, many customers have claimed more restful sleep, feeling less tired (especially upon waking), and even relief from chronically feeling cold.
Safe during pregnancy and breast-feeding (it is after all 100% natural fruit). Not recommended for children, however, only due to the possible difficulty of swallowing the capsule.

Since acai (pronounced ah-sa-ee), a palm fruit only found naturally growing in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, was found to possess the highest antioxidant value of any known fruit or vegetable, it has become a mainstay in health-conscious and nutritional circles, especially in its native Brazil and, later, the United States. Its popularity is now being backed by continuing scientific research at universities in Brazil, USA, Germany, and Japan.

(The ORAC Value of a food is the measurement of Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity. The higher the ORAC score, the more capable that particular food is of destroying free radicals, thus retarding the aging process and other diseases.)

Matter of fact, studies in Germany and Japan have found that acai performs better as an antioxidant than both vitamin C or catechin (from green tea) and has more than 30 times the polyphenols found in red wine. Moreover, freeze-dried acai powder has been found to act as anti-inflammatory, with such citations in several separate studies.

Why are such findings of great interest and importance? More and more evidence is gathering to prove the need for an abundance of antioxidants in our daily diet. Antioxidants work in so many, varied ways and are of vital importance to both our health and appearance that it would take a book to list all of the reasons why you too should be getting more antioxidants on a daily basis.

Acai-100 differs from most other acai supplements on the market that it is 100% unadultered freeze-dried acai powder. Other products can use other ingredients of lower antioxidant value and/or compromised, heat-processed forms of acai(those are either pink or even sandy in colour; acai should be black-purple). I have been researching acai since 2005 and purchase my raw materials directly from the Amazon region. It is tested rigorously for its antioxidant value and to assure that it is 100% free of any pesticide residues. The benefit to you is more antioxidant power for your money (below graph: test results vs other acai supplements sold in Japan).

Additionally, freeze-dried acai powder, as used in Acai-100, was found to contain the following nutrients (per independent lab analysis in Japan):

2.8 more potassium than banana
4.2 more iron than beef liver
2.0 more calcium than milk
9.2 more magnesium than broccoli

Also, Vitamins A, B1, B2, B12, E, and loads of dietary fiber. Wait…there`s more: acai has every essential amino acid and its amino acid balance is almost identical to that of an egg. The oils of acai are primarily Omega 6 and Omega 9 and its ratio is almost identical to that of olive oil. Moreover, in acai there are phytosterols, including beta-sitosterol and lignans.

Information pertaining to the current and ongoing scientific research on acai can be found at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/

What is acai? Acai is a small (diameter 1.5cm) fruit that grows in clusters on a tall (20-30m) palm tree only in the Amazon rainforest. It has been consumed as a staple food by many of the indigenous people of this area for centuries. This is an amazing fact in itself as a fruit is almost never consumed as a staple food in any culture. Most fruits are high in sugar and even natural sugars in high amounts would cause disease when consumed in large amounts daily. However, acai is extremely low in sugars (<0.5%). Moreover, of interest is that these indigenous cultures of the Amazon picked acai, which must be hand-harvested daily from these very tall trees, even though this region has close to 3,000 different fruits to choose from? (Compare that to the fact that our food culture has 200 fruits.) Acai must definitely be something very, very special.

Watch August in action in the Amazon:
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Watch how acai fruit is harvested:
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Amazon Friendly
An additional benefit from using acai is that it actually acts to protect the precious Amazon rainforest from deforestation. The Brazilian government recently stated that “in the areas where acai cultivation has increased, there has been a decrease in deforestation.” Why? Well, if the local population can harvest this fruit from those abundant acai palms in the Amazon, it would make sense for them to protect these trees and their natural habitat from destruction (the majority is caused by ranches, requiring more and more land to graze their cattle). Therefore, the locals are empowered by acai cultivation to protect their resources and paid a fair wage for their product (as the picked acai fruit is sold at market daily). Such a trend would also certainly strengthen the drive to reverse global warming! By using an acai product, YOU too automatically become a friend of the Amazon.

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