GoodBelly TOGO Mango

I decided to try the Mango GoodBelly ToGo product today.  It was quite tasty. 

GoodBelly’s ToGo product has 20 Billion probiotics, clinically proven to improve core digestive health and strengthen immunity, and 500mg of Vitamin C!  Probiotics: Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v; Bifidobacteriaum Lactis Bi-07; Lactobaccilus Acidophilus.

GoodBelly TOGO Mango in Water Bottle - Not Shaken Up

As with the Blueberry Acai Flavor, it comes in a convenient package. Since it is a probiotic, it’s goal is to improve core digestive health and to strengthen immunity.  No doubt that doesn’t happen overnight, therefore I cannot comment on the effectiveness of my immunity or digestive health.

The directions on the package state, “Add contents of packet to 6 ounces of water or juice and enjoy.”  As with the Blueberry Acai Flavor, I added it to 16.9 ounces of water.  You’ll notice how it sinks to the bottom (see the photo to the right).  Once you have shaken it up, then it evenly distributes throughout the bottle.  If you do not drink it somewhat quickly, then it will re-settle to the bottom of the bottle.  So we do recommend having a screw top bottle to use when drinking the GoodBelly ToGo packets, so that you don’t have to chug it, if you don’t want to.

GoodBelly TOGO Mango in Water Bottle - Shaken Up

The taste of the Mango flavor  is more favorable than that of the Blueberry Acai.  The point of these probiotics, however, is not that they taste good but that they help your digestive system! 

So if you are looking for an alternative to past methods and drugs you’ve taken for your immunity and digestive health, then you might be interested in trying GoodBelly Probiotics – there are links to purchase it below.

The GoodBelly To Go is dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan.

Buy GoodBelly ToGo:

Case Quantity is $67.50 (there are 6 boxes in a case, each box contains 8 individual packets, or about $1.41/packet)

Box Quantity is $12.50 (each box contains 8 individual packets, or about $1.56/packet)

Suggested Use: One Packet per Day

GoodBelly is a division of NextFoods out of Boulder, CO.

Have you tried this product?  Do you want to try this product?  If so, please tell us about it by leaving a comment below!

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Have you heard? A new study by the Texas AgriLife Research center has decided that mangoes may have the ability to stop cancer cell lines from growing not only in the colon but also in breast tissue. This is hopeful information that there may be ways to prevent folks from developing these diseases. And, of course, it adds mangoes to fruit fighting cancer.

If you’re good at maintaining an alkaline diet of fruits and veggies combined with whole grains, then you might be interested in adding mangoes to your diet.

The food scientists at Texas AgriLife Research say that mangoes are often overlooked for being a fruit rich in antioxidants, like pomegranates or blueberries.  They tested the five different varieties that are found in the United States – Kent, Francine, Ataulfo, Tommy/Atkins and Haden.  “[The Mango] has about four to five times less antioxidant capacity than an average wine grape, and it still holds up fairly well in anticancer activity, [i]f you look at it from the physiological and nutritional standpoint, taking everything together, it would be a high-ranking super food,” noted researcher Dr. Susanne Talcott.

While the fruit showed fighting capabilities against lung, leukemia and prostate cancer, it seemed to be most effective in fighting colon and breast cancer lines.

This study along with others was commissioned by the National Mango board in order to help determine the nutritional value of the fruit.

Read more about it here: http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1686

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The raspberry is pretty well-known across the world.  They are grown for local grocery stores and fresh food markets as well as for processing for frozen fruit, dried, pureed fruit and juice.

Because raspberries need an ample amount of sun and water to develop, they are usually a mid-summer crop, depending on where you are located in the world. 

In addition to their great taste and fun texture, raspberries as with all antioxidant fruits, have numerous health benefits.

• Polyphenol antioxidants
• Anthocyanin pigments
• Dietary fiber
• Vitamic C
• Manganese
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
• Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
• Folic Acid
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids
• Copper
• Iron

Because of their deeper color, raspberries are near the top when compared to other fruits based on their antioxidants when it comes to their dense amounts of ellagic acid, quercetin, gallic acid, anthocyanins, cyanidins, pelargonidins, catechins, kaempferol and salicyclic. 

Raspberries have an ORAC Value of about 4900 per 100 grams, which falls under blueberries (they’re 9000 ORAC units) and above apples at 2800.

The health benefits that some have experienced with raspberries are listed below.  Please be aware that this isn’t proof that they work, but that they are known to help.

• Reduces Inflamation
• Helps to Eliminate Age-Related Cognitvie Decline
• Prevents Cardiovascular Disease
• Reduces Allergies
• Helps to Prevent Degeneration of Eye Sight with Aging
• Reduces Pain
• Prevents Cancer

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry

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GoodBelly ToGo

The folks over at GoodBelly sent us some product to try.  We will be covering the product over the next couple of weeks.   Good Belly makes probiotic fruit drinks.

Their ToGo product is packed with 20 Billion probiotics, clinically proven to improve core digestive health and strengthen immunity, and 500mg of Vitamin C!  Probiotics: Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v; Bifidobacteriaum Lactis Bi-07; Lactobaccilus Acidophilus.  

First is their GoodBelly To Go.   I tried the Blueberry Acai Flavor.  As you can see, it comes in a very convenient package and even has an area where you can tear it open – eliminating the need for scissors on the go. Since it is a probiotic, it is supposed to improve your core digestive health and strengthen your immunity.  My guess is that I am not going to see results with that aspect all that quickly as I assume it is something that needs to build in your belly overtime!

What GoodBelly ToGo in Water Bottle

The directions say “Add contents of packet to 6 ounces of water or juice and enjoy.”  So I added it to 16.9 ounces of water, and then screwed on the top and shook it up.  I think you really need to have a top to screw on for this To Go product.  It all sinks to the bottom and you need to occasionally shake it back up!

I do not mind the taste, but also do not like it, if that makes sense.  I mean I wouldn’t think of going back to it immediately.  But I think my taste is a matter of opinion, and someone else might quite like it.  Regardless, if it’s purpose is for probiotics, then it is absolutely easy to drink and convient to drink for that purpose.

The GoodBelly To Go is dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan.

They sell it on their website by the case or by the box:

Case Quantity is $67.50
(there are 6 boxes in a case, each box contains 8 individual packets, so that about $1.41/packet)

Box Quantity is $12.50
(each box contains 8 individual packets, so that’s about $1.56/packet)

Suggested Use: One Packet per Day

GoodBelly is a division of NextFoods out of Boulder, CO.

Have you tried this product?  If so, please let us know what you think about it by leaving a comment below!

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If you have a fruit related blog or if you would like to promote your product or fruit farm, we want to hear from you!

We believe folks that have something to sell (like a fruit juice product) have almost always done the proper research in their industry to be able to promote the product accordingly.

Actually, if you are one of those people that created a juice drink from scratch and are now selling it in gallons, then you obviously have figured out a great formula.  We want to hear about it.  We know that you know your product and that we all have something to learn from one another.

Please do contact us before you submit a guest post.  We would like to approve the topic and the idea ahead of time.

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• Post should be at least 400 words
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Have you heard of the wolfberry?  It is also known as the Goji Berry or the Chinese Wolfberry.

The wolfberry is an excellent source for a kidney liver cleanse.  The Chinese have used the berries for centuries for its medicinal properties and the Chinese believe that it prevents liver disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.  Although the Chinese have known the powers of the power of the wolfberry for centuries, it has recently become very popular in fruit drinks, as a dried fruit and as a freeze dried powder.  It has a high antioxidant count as well as is full of nutrients.  It is mostly high in selenium, which is also found in blueberries and soybeans.

As you know, antioxidants are very important more than ever because of the pollution and other toxins that we come in contact with on a daily basis.  These toxins and pollution cause oxidation on you and your body, so as a result, you need fruits to combat this process of oxidation.  That is why they are called anti-oxidants.

This powerful berry is known to cleanse the kidney and the liver.  It also lowers blood sugar levels, improves your vision, reduces your fever and can reduce or relieve menstrual cramps.

Because of the antioxidant properities, adding the wolfberry to your diet as well as other fruit can seriously improve your health.

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If you have been a loyal Antioxidant-fruits.com reader, then you might have noticed that the site was re-launched in January with a bit of a facelift.

After much debate, we decided to move the site from SBI to Wordpress and used Ninja Blog Setup to do it.

We wanted the site to be more interactive and engaging for our readers.  We also quite enjoy this platform as it allows for us to include a lot more options than we were able to do with SBI.

So with that said, we would love for our readers to start contributing.  If you like fruit, have a fruit company or just want to learn about fruit, we are accepting guest posts.  Please do contact us and clear your topic idea for the site before you submit it.

We are also accepting fruit recipes, fruit pictures, fruit farm directory listings, travel to fruit ideas, where to buy fruit ideas and much more.

The purpose of antioxidant-fruits.com is to share information about fruit – it’s uses, availability and benefits.  Fruit is an amazing food – it looks cool, tastes great and supplies our bodies with fabulous nutrients and minerals.

Please contribute to this site in any way that you see fit!  We welcome all comments and suggestions!

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Post by Jenny Dean

We know you’re out there and reading antioxidant-fruits.com, so there must be a reason for it!  We want to know if you have a favorite fruit!

I certainly do, but it took me awhile to know that it was my favorite fruit.  I am 30 years old and never seemed to be much a fan of fruit. 

I think watermelon was my favorite fruit.  How lame is that?

But in my mid-20s I discovered raspberries.  Although raspberries are pretty common place, I really was sort of grossed out by them.  However, now I love their texture.

Picking raspberries outside of Middlebury, VT

I got my Masters in Spanish from Middleburry College, so in the summers, when we weren’t in class, we would go and pick raspberries.  There are small raspberry growers all over Vermont.  Usually, they will have a plywood sign that they have painted.  Something along the lines of, “Pick Raspberries Here.” 

They hand you a little basket and everything you can fit into the basket is yours for $3-$4.  The best thing is when they tell you that you can go ahead and taste test while you are picking out your raspberries. 

There is nothing like a warm, ripe Vermont raspberry!  YUM!  However, you can eat too many and then pay the price in the bathroom later!  However, it is a price I am willing to pay to over endulge in raspberries.

So, we want to know what is your favorite fruit?  Why?  How did it become your favorite fruit?  Comment below and let us know.  If it’s an unusal fruit, let us know where it comes from, what the health benefits are (if you know of any) and where to find it.

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We all have heard for years that eating your fruits and veggies is a necessity.  Certainly, you are aware of that necessity if you have ever been constipated from eating too much bad food.  A little fiber from fruits and veggies will set you straight!  And your digestive system isn’t the only thing that is aided when you eat a proper diet.  Here are a couple of fruits that if you eat a few times a week, just might save your life.

Grapes:  Need a healthy dose of vitamin C and potassium?  No problem.  Grapes to the rescue.  If you know anything about antioxidants then you know the darker the skin of a fruit, the more dense it is in antioxidants.  The polyphenols found in the skin of a grape have tremendous health benefits and the carotenoid hycopene of red grapes helps to fight breast and prostate cancer.

Fruit that Ends with “berry”:  Surely, you know a lot of fruit that ends in”berry”.  In fact, usually fruits are paired with berries, “fruits and berries” is often how you see it.  Some examples are: the blueberry, the elderberry, the strawberry, etc.  Berries, because they are so rich in color, are loaded with antioxidants.

Fruit, because of the fiber and antioxidants that they offer, are excellent for detoxifying the system.

Learn more about Ten Foods that Could Save Your Life, like chocolate, coffee, pumpkin, avocados, oats, soy, cinnamon and nuts.  Or read a more extensive list of 101 foods that could save your life.

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Written by Cosmetic Chemist Amanda Foxon-Hill from www.realizebeauty.com

Every year we spend hundreds if not thousands of our hard-earned dollars on beauty creams, lotions, treatments and serums in the hope of putting the breaks on the ageing process. We do this with gusto, pouring over our purchases with  friends while sipping our latte’s and  chowing down on muffins and banana bread. After all why not indulge a little, we just invested in designer skin!  However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the products that we put onto our skin are only half the story.  Ever heard that anoying saying “you are what you eat”……..

……. and there is nothing better for the skin than some antioxidant-packed berries!

As far as skin-health goes free-radicals can be public enemy number one. Free-radicals are little charged particles that have an attitude problem! They like nothing better than to provoke other cells into action, sending them on a journey that ends in distruction and dis-repair. Free-radicals are created when oxidation takes place in cells and while this process is not un-natural, the status-quo  of the cells can be affected negatively through too many late nights, the consumption of nutritionally poor food, drugs and alcohol, too much sun exposure and disease.  On top of that, as we age the bodies ability to clean-up free-radicals deminishes and the effects of a life lived to excess start to show.

Luckily for us, nature provides the perfect high tech anti-oxidant package in the form of those beautiful red, blue and purple things we call fresh berries – pass the fruit bowl!

• Blueberries are one of natures super-foods. These little gems are packed full of Vitamin C which helps the skin to produce high-quality collagen (collagen along with elastin helps to give our skin its structure. Good quality collagen keeps the wrinkles at bay) and vitamin E which helps to maintain the skins barrier function.
• Cherries contain some very interesting natural antioxidants in the form of the flavanols cyanidin and quercetin which act as anti-inflamatories for the skin-cells.
• Blackberries are a great source of essential fatty acids – essential because you have to EaT them, your body can’t make them! Blackberries are a great source of Alpha Linolenic Acid which helps regulate sebum production and reduce inflammation.  They are also rich in Vitamin A which is great for acne-prone skin.

These, along with many other fresh fruits are a great way to ensure that you are giving your skin the best possible tools for which to tackle premature ageing.  There is no short-cut to healthy looking, youthful skin and for some of us, our genetics make for an up-hill battle. However, adding some of these super-fruits into your diet can stack the odds in your favour.

So, next time you’re about to spend up big time at the cosmetics counter spare a thought for your insides and make sure you leave a couple of dollars over to treat yourself to a tub of something yummy.  Enjoy!

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