Anti-oxidant berries and fruits from both northern and tropical areas give us an edge on our wellness. New super food mixtures containing phyto-nutrients, vitamins, flavinoids, enzymes and co-factors lead the partnership with omega 3 oils, green vegetables and salads, and lean proteins, to create our optimum health.

Why could berries be called a super food? They are that wonderful combination of tart/sweet. They go with ice cream, fresh cream, smoothies, and can go into muffins, cakes and cobblers. Yum!

Berries, such as raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, and strawberries contain ellagic acid, which may help to prevent certain types of cancer. Ellagic acid is also found in processed berry foods, like frozen berries or jams and jellies.

Acerola cherries are high in vitamin C. This is just one example where you can get vitamin C from food, instead of something like ascorbic acid, which is NOT vitamin C in its complete, bio-available form.

A super food among the berries is the blueberry. Four ounces of blueberries contains 15% of the recommended daily value for vitamin C. Blueberries contain anthocyanins, a color-creating pigment, and flavinoids. (Flavinoids are found in deep red and blue pigments of fruits, wine, herbs and teas). Flavinoids protect against oxidation and sunlight. They protect against eye damage from the sun. They also contribute to preventing blood platelets from sticking together, promoting blood and heart health.

Blueberries are a natural laxative. Also, juices made from blueberries or cranberries contain a substance that is has shown to be useful to many, in helping to relieve urinary tract infections.

The noni fruit has been around for as along as Polynesians, Hawaiians and Southeast Asians can remember. The trees are proliferate with leaves, fruit, and seed oil that has been the natural remedy for parasites, and other infectious and degenerative conditions. The best noni (like any other produce) comes from the non-industrialized tropical areas where soil is contaminant-free.

Other less known superfood berries are bilberry, lingonberry, aronia, and elderberry. These berries are showing up in better food products, and anti-oxidant mixtures and juices.

Other healthy fruits and berries are black currant, pomegranate, concord grape, cranberry, and both red and black raspberry. A mouth-watering list.

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What leads the partnership in your nutritional life? (Fire those donuts!). With frozen super food berries and tropical fruits like noni and pomegranate available in various forms, eating well is easy.

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