TriVita’s Fruit & Vegetables

With over 30 fruits, vegetables, other essential nutrients and a 4,954 ORAC value, TriVita NutraFruits is the quick and easy way to help you get the right amount of fruits and vegetables every day. NutraFruits even includes those highly desired “Exotic Fruits”, which are some of the most nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich foods in the world:

• Mangosteen
• Goji Berries
• Acai Berries
• Pomegranates.

Besides all the antioxidants, TriVita NutraFruits also provides:

Powerful carotenoids, such as Lutein, Lycopene and Astaxanthin
A probiotic blend of six types of “friendly” bacteria to support the health of your gastrointestinal system and boost your immune system Fiber from whole foods – oat and rice bran, barley and flax seed – to help support colon health and protect you against illness Standardized Grape Seed Extract, Bilberry and Resveratrol.

Get a richer assortment.
Each fruit and vegetable offers its own particular health benefits. Even when eating five servings a day, you only get the benefits of five foods. But with NutraFruits, just one daily serving gives you so much more – a wide range of benefits from over 30 essential fruits and vegetables.

Save lots of time and effort.
One reason why so many people don’t get enough fruits and vegetables is all the time and work involved. There’s driving, shopping and all the prep work – washing, peeling, coring, cutting, cooking, etc. – all that for up to five fruits and vegetables each day. Whew! That’s a lot of time and effort compared to simply mixing up and enjoying a tall glass of TriVita NutraFruits in mere seconds.

The answer to the everyday problem – a quick and easy drink

It’s well known how important it is to eat enough fruits and vegetables everyday. However according to surveys conducted in 2005 by the CDC (Center for Disease Control), more than 75% of Americans failed to meet the USDA’s recommendation of five (5) servings of fruits and vegetables per day.

The answer to this daily challenge is TriVita NutraFruits. It’s the quick and easy way to help you reach your nutritional goals.

You are what you drink
Getting enough fruits and vegetables is so important to your health. Diets rich in these foods help:

Turn back the clock on premature aging
Protect against heart disease
Soothe digestion, support the nervous system and immune system
Promote health looking skin.
Why Super Fruits are so super for you

From the broad, fertile farmlands and orchards of America, to the lush, steamy rainforests of Brazil and the pristine, windswept slopes of the Himalayas, TriVita NutraFruits brings you a rich bounty of Super Fruits from around the world. What makes these fruits so super are their exceptional nutrient denseness, their high antioxidant levels and their alluring colors and tastes. The Super Fruits contained in NutraFruits start with highly prized traditional ones such as blueberries, cranberries, pomegranates and black raspberries. Then, from faraway lands, TriVita NutraFruits adds these exotic, treasured fruits:

Mangosteens
From Southeast Asia, this fruit contains xanthones, a natural and powerful antioxidant. Xanthones have received a lot of attention for their powerful ability to help neutralize and eliminate free radicals and thereby support healthy cellular function.

Goji Berries
Have been used by Himalayan healers and in Asian medicine for thousands of years. Goji berries contain a wide array of antioxidants, polysaccharides and key phytonutrients that work together to help protect the body’s healthy cells and support its immune and nerve functions.

Acai Berries
Found in the Brazilian rainforests, these berries have higher antioxidant levels than almost any other plant food. Acai berries also contain polyphenols, phytonutrients and anthocyanins to neutralize free radicals that threaten the health of numerous body systems and organs. And their anthocyanins are so plentiful, their levels are as much as 30 times higher than those found in red wine.

Source: TriVita.com

TriVita Optima Helps Improve Flexibility

Help nourish and hydrate your joints to enjoy an active lifestyle

Our bodies become less flexible with age and it takes longer to recover from inflammation. As part of the aging process, we lose many cells every day; the majority from areas of our bodies that sustain the greatest wear and tear. From our fingers and knees to our hips and lower back, we use our joints and muscles to do everything. These are the places our bodies suffer the most damage from everyday use.

TriVita OptimaFlex® helps improve the movement of your joints and muscles with a natural solution that otters some of the most effective vitamins and nutrients available.

OptimaFlex is designed to help:

• Reduce inflammation and pain
• Increase joint hydration
• Improve flexibility quickly
• Repair connective tissue

SUCCESS STORIES
“Since taking OptimaFlex, I do not have the stiffness and pain in the morning…” “While visiting my daughter in Arizona, she introduced me to OptimaFlex, which I purchased for my husband – to help him with joint pain. At the same time, I had been having constant, terrible knee pain. I had trouble going up and down stairs, or kneeling down. I started taking OptimaFlex and noticed my knee was no longer hurting. I quit taking the OptimaFlex and the pain was back within 3 days. Since taking OptimaFlex, I do not have the stiffness and pain in the morning that I normally have, from the cold of living in Ohio. I mix the OptimaFlex in my Leanology shakes with frozen fruit, NutraFruits and Vitamin C Crystals and it tastes great. I will not go without OptimaFlex any longer. Thank you, TriVita.”
-SANDY Z. BATH, OH

OptimaFlex’s top-quality blend contains:

• Boswellia – known for thousands of years as Frankincense, it helps reduce pain, inflammation and burning while increasing circulation
• Devil’s Claw – a plant extract which has anti-inflammatory and analgesic (pain relieving) properties
• Cat’s Claw – helps speed up healing while reducing pain and inflammation
• Circumin – an antioxidant that helps keep inflammation under control by inhibiting two common pain triggers – COX-2 and LOX enzymes – both which contribute to pain, arthritis and the breakdown of cartilage
• Bromelain – an enzyme that helps reduce the proteins that are released when a muscle or joint is overextended (studies have shown that bromelain can also help reduce bruising and pain, speed up recovery time and can even help as a therapeutic aid in treating inflammatory illnesses such as arthritis and sinusitis)
• Cetyl Myristoleate – an expensive, rare ingredient that has been shown in studies to protect the joints and help reduce the possibility of future damage
• Glucosamine and MSM – two ingredients that act together to help the joints rebuild cartilage

Note: These products contain nutrients derived from shellfish.

Source: TriVita Magazine March 2009 pg 30

TriVita’s Chief Science Officer Writes Why Multivitamins Are So Important

by Dr Brazos Minshew

As you review your diet of the past week, ask yourself, “Did I eat the right amount of fruits and vegetables every day?” (Five servings for children, seven servings for women and nine servings for men.) If you can say “yes” – congratulations! If you are like most people you did not reach that goal. And, if you are like most of us, you did not eat all of your fruits and vegetables from an organic source; so, the fruits and vegetables may have been lacking in nutrition. This is why I suggest TriVita NutraFruits. It’s the quick and easy way to help you reach your goals.

Staying on top of our nutrient reserve is important. Our bodies make millions of new cells every day: heart cells, brain cells, bone and blood cells. Every time a cell dies it should be replaced. If you do not have the right amount of nutrients to construct a new cell you will either make an incomplete cell or none at all. The outcome is bad in either case, so we really need to keep all nutrients on board at all times. This is why we suggest a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement.

Supplements
The word supplement means in addition to something – to make up for a deficiency. Vitamin and mineral supplements should be taken in addition to a healthy diet. They make up for the deficiency we face due to the poor nutrient density in our foods. They also help out when our diet is less than perfect.

However, supplements won’t make up for bad dietary choices. We simply must commit ourselves to eating healthier foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Still, most of us realize that we don’t always attend to our diet perfectly. We get busy and don’t always think ahead. After all, we eat to live; we don’t live to eat!

Balance
A multiple vitamin and mineral supplement should reflect the nutrient levels of a normal, healthy diet. In other words, if a nutrient normally appears in the diet at a particular level, this level should be reflected in the vitamin. Vitamins C and B-12 are notable exceptions because our ability to absorb them decreases with age. Even more important than the level of the nutrients is the balance of nutrients. The correct proportion of nutrients needs to be maintained. Otherwise, the supplement will create a greater imbalance than it was meant to solve.

A good example of this is the Norwegian Vitamin Trial for heart health (NORVIT). This trial involved a vitamin cocktail that had the right ingredients. But it was so horribly out of balance that it resulted in the deaths of some of the participants by creating severe nutrient imbalances.

How can you tell if your multivitamin supplement is imbalanced? One way is to notice your urine after you take the supplement. If it turns bright yellow or orange after taking a vitamin you can suspect that this supplement is imbalanced. Now, to be fair, the person taking the vitamin may be imbalanced instead. This happens if someone has eaten an imbalanced diet for some time. Still, it is more often the supplement that is imbalanced, not the person.

Conclusion
So, was that discussion about supplements valuable to you? I hope so. Remember, there are a lot of voices speaking to you about everything from which toothpaste to use to which car to buy. You simply must find a voice you can trust. My ultimate hope in writing the Weekly Wellness Report is to give you reliable, trustworthy information you can use to make the best choices!

Source: TriVita’s Weekly Wellness Report January 17, 2009.

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