What are Superfoods, anyway? Superfoods are foods that everyone should be consuming daily because of their extremely high nutrient density. Most people are, unfortunately, nutrient deficient. Nutrient deficiency causes fatigue, irritability, brain fog, and so much more. If you are a Vegan, in your 20s or 40s, or simply a health-nut, read on for the Top 10 Superfoods to have in your diet!

Cordyceps Mushrooms are one of the most highly prized natural medicines on earth, and have been used in the East for thousands of years.

Up until very recent history, consuming Cordyceps Mushrooms was a privilege enjoyed exclusively by royalty and the wealthiest members of society.

In Tibetan Medicine, Cordyceps Mushrooms are used for people with kidney and heart weakness as a respiratory tonic and to enhance fertility.

Cordyceps mushrooms have been used by ancient healers in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries to treat fatigue, sickness, kidney disease and low sex drive.

This superfood is a rare find, but most certainly worth the effort.

increase energy levels naturally

Want to know the secret to increasing your energy levels—naturally? Oxygen. One of Cordyceps Mushroom’s distinguishing qualities is its ability to help the body with oxygen absorption. Oxygen, when absorbed properly into the body, produces ATP, which is kind of like the electricity for every cell in your body.

Without this energy your cells can’t function, and if your cells can’t function neither can you. Additionally, ATP production (what your body needs for energy) relies completely on cellular respiration a.k.a. oxygen! Therefore, Cordyceps Mushrooms help your body absorb and process oxygen more effectively and efficiently, resulting in increased energy and performance.

Why should you care?! Increased energy and increased performance leads to more time for enjoyment and the people & things that matter.

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Other Cordyceps Benefits

Additionally, as a result of increased oxygen delivery, Cordyceps Mushrooms can increase our mental endurance and have a corresponding effect on brain functions.

Cordyceps Mushrooms are used as a way to enhance mental clarity and improve focus and concentration.

This is why it's used as a support for things like meditation, or any tasks that require your undivided attention for long periods of time.

Cordyceps also help to improve digestion and strengthen immunity.

And remember:

IF YOU CAN'T BREATHE, YOU CAN’T LIVE.

So make sure you are supporting your body’s needs!

After 40, it’s all downhill from there… So they say. We say differently. ;) With the proper care and support, you can actually live your BEST years… Like these people below! (From left to right: Masako age 49, Chuando age 50, Ellen age 66, Annette age 75)

Some of the more recent findings have shown that Cordyceps Mushrooms actually boost the immune system by enhancing the activity of macrophages and natural killer cells (white blood cells A.K.A. the immune system’s first line of defense). Cordyceps also possess unique polysaccharides that inhibit a number of different types of cancer, including leukemia. It protects against many pathogens including lyme and it's a more effective antiviral medicine than the pharmaceutical drug, Ribavirin. It regulates blood sugar, inhibits cholesterol buildup within the cardiovascular system, and because it's an adaptogen, it can dilate the blood vessels, even when we're under a lot of stress. So it really helps us to cope and avoid unnecessary fight or flight responses, which in turn is going to protect the integrity of the adrenal and the central nervous system. All of these benefits are great for everyone, especially after 40 yrs old once bodies start changing.

All four of the people above have two things in common: They look MUCH younger than they really are, and they take great care of their bodies! You can also take care of your body by eating healthy— a high quality, nutrient rich diet with superfoods is the key, and working out a little wouldn’t hurt.

Cacao comes from an evergreen tree native to the tropical regions of the Americas. The tree produces cacao pods and inside those pods are the seeds (or what people refer to as the beans.) Ancient civilizations actually refer to cacao as the “food of the gods”.

raw cacao powder: top antioxidant Superfood

Cacao beans are the world's most powerful source of antioxidants and magnesium. They also enhance mood, and we can all use a little bit of that. :) Cacao’s true superpower is that it helps to decrease overall oxidative stress and inflammation, protecting your cells and tissues from damage, degeneration, and many diseases.

Naturally occurring ROS’s, or reactive oxygen species, known as “free radicals” exist within our bodies, and oxidation is a natural process that happens to all living cells in nature, including our own bodies. However, accelerated oxidation happens under many circumstances, including living in emotionally, mentally, and physically toxic environments. This oxidation process causes healthy cells to break down or mutate, turning them into rogue neutron-stealing cells [a.k.a. free radicals!]. Then, those thieving free radicals steal from healthy cells, causing those healthy cells to also turn into free radicals. This vicious cycle unchecked causes major havoc on the body including premature aging as well as other visible common symptoms, and dependent on the level of negligence leading to more severe uncommon physical symptoms.

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Other Raw Cacao Powder Benefits

Ever wonder WHY women crave chocolate during their periods? Well, not only are cacao beans the world's most powerful source of antioxidants, they're also the world's most powerful natural source of magnesium. When women crave chocolate during that time of the month, it might actually be because of a magnesium deficiency!

Another benefit of cacao that will probably not surprise you is it’s mood enhancing properties. Cacao contains tryptophan and other mood enhancers that make you feel good.

Pro Tip: Cacao VS Cocoa

Be sure to get high quality chocolate and cacao. Keep in mind that most conventional chocolate (confection chocolate, processed junk food chocolate, even Dutch process chocolate) are not only low quality and containing little to no antioxidant compounds in them, but often have added-in poly unsaturated fats, trans fats, unhealthy oils, and even things like soy. Definitely be sure to avoid the consumption of those chocolate products and know that the overwhelming majority of chocolate products use cocoa and not cacao. Cacao is the healthier alternative, so make sure to get cacao! To be safe, stick to organic dark chocolate made with cacao, and better yet, get a high quality organic raw cacao powder or a high quality superfood blend containing it (like ours 😉👍🏾) and add it to smoothies, shakes, tonics or even make your own chocolate.

Blue-green algae “Aphanizomenon flos-aquae”, or a AFA, is a micro-algae powder with SO many great benefits! It is good for the brain, memory, focus, digestion, nervous system and more.

It is one of our top recommended superfoods to add to your diet because it contains concentrated doses of nutrients not found in other foods, and is one of the world’s best sources for whole, natural vitamin B.

Our blue-green algae comes from the clean nutrient-rich waters of upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Interestingly enough, this is where all high-quality blue-green algae supplements come from. The lake itself is far away from any major city, and it's surrounded by wild publicly owned land, including the cascade mountain range, Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, where the powders are harvested, filtered, tested and further processed to ensure the maximum amount of preserved nutrients.

Our algae is teeming with a high, unexhausted concentration of proteins, vitamins (A, B, C, E, K), minerals (magnesium, iron, copper, potassium, the list goes on), carotenoids, and antioxidants (the most potent being a little molecule used for the energy-producing process of photosynthesis: chlorophyll).

Best vegan multi-vitamin and Vegan superfood

Vegans or vegetarians get little to no vitamin B, let alone vitamin B12 in their diets. There are also very little to no plant based sources of vitamin B. You only get vitamins B and B12 if you're consuming meat, animal products, or a natural source of vitamin B-12.

BGA may correct any vitamin B12 deficiencies you may have. Vegans and vegetarians are not the only ones with vitamin B deficiencies: about 40% of people are deficient today. Problems like any type of fatigue or low energy levels, lack of focus and/or poor memory issues, are all big warning signs that you have a vitamin B deficiency. Not to worry, our Vegan Support BGA can help!

Other Blue Green Algae Benefits

Other benefits of BGA include: improving cognition, physical energy, immune and mental health, as well as nervous system function. Blue-green algae taken as a dietary supplement is known to help alleviate depression, improve memory, reduce inflammation, and it's well known for its effects in increasing mental focus and concentration.

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The Camu Camu berry was discovered in the 1950s to have one of the highest natural sources of vitamin C of any known plant-based food.

It was first nutritionally analyzed by the Institute of nutrition in the Peruvian Ministry of Public Health.

These studies revealed an exceptionally high amount of vitamin C content in the berry with results that document 2800 to 3000 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 grams of pulp.

Superfood High in natural vitamin C

The average daily vitamin C requirement for adults is about 100 grams.

Just one teaspoon of Camu Camu powder is about 240% of the daily recommended intake for vitamin C based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Other Camu Camu Powder Benefits

Camu camu contains a full spectrum of antioxidants, amino acids, and bioflavonoids, as well as a number of other important vitamins and minerals including calcium, iron, B3, niacin, phosphorus, riboflavin, thiamine, and potassium. In addition to being a whole food vitamin C and ascorbic acid source, the skin of the berries are also rich in beta carotene, and anthocyanins. Camu camu is also an extremely effective superfood for the eyes, the skin, as well as brain functions, assisting in the protection against auto immune degenerative and neurodegenerative disorders like chronic fatigue, macular degeneration and dementia.

SAVE THE AMAZON RAINFOREST: The devastating effects of unsustainable Amazonian forestry and farming practices of the last 50 years or more have made it extremely important to purchase sustainably grown products coming from the South American regions. Thanks to nonprofit organizations like Amazon Watch, there is a greater regulation of the food crops exported from these areas.

We recommend purchasing high quality, organic Camu Camu powders that are wild crafted (harvested plants from their natural, or 'wild' habitat) or state “sustainably grown” on their packaging label, like our Every Day Support smoothie blend. Wildcrafting Camu Camu products additionally supports small farmers cooperatives and indigenous communities.

#5 Goji Berry

The Goji Berry is highly revered, especially for it’s “beautifying” effects.

It is a beauty promoting tonic for its ability to nourish not only kidney inefficiencies (that are common as we grow older) but also for its benefits on blood purification and liver function which directly affect the health of our skin.

In addition, it's high polysaccharide and antioxidant content help to encourage collagen production and repair damaged tissue.

This provides moisturizing effects useful for preventing dryness and wrinkling.

Other Goji Berry Powder Benefits

The adaptogenic nature of Goji also provides stress reducing properties.

This helps preserve youthful qualities and is often incorporated into many Chinese beauty formulas for these reasons.

Wheatgrass is exceptionally high in vitamins and minerals—particularly minerals like magnesium and zinc.

Its superpower is detoxification to create a superhuman environment in your body, if you will.

Since wheatgrass has a very low root system in comparison to the size of the plant, it can draw a lot of minerals from the ground and give you a very nice, small, and concise package that you can receive in a very easy way.

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Wheatgrass has a very high level of enzymatic activity. It's very enthusiastically active! What that means is that the different enzymes that are in wheatgrass can easily cascade into a lot of positive effects within your body.

The wheatgrass enzymes can stop certain enzymes from doing their job in the body, and stimulate other enzymes to do good things within the body. Keep reading and let us explain.

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Other Wheatgrass Powder Benefits

Other benefits of wheatgrass are its antioxidants and ability to reduce or neutralize free radicals in the body, its ability to help you when it comes to wound healing, and its ability to help with collagen production.

Maca is a godsend for balancing hormones and coping with stress. It is actually considered a cruciferous vegetable, so it belongs to the same class of vegetables as broccoli, cabbage, kale, spinach, asparagus, and many other non-starchy vegetables that we consider healthy vegetables.

However, unlike it's non-starchy kind, Maca root is actually a starchy vegetable and because of this, it has specific medicinal properties that can have very positive benefits on your overall hormonal health, specifically related to weight gain, thyroid issues, hair loss, and the inability to burn fat.

regulate hormones naturally

Maca helps the body better adapt to stressful situations with the right support.

It is an adaptogenic root that has itself adapted to diverse soils and colder climates existing at high altitudes.

Adaptogens help the body adapt to stress and other substances, and are specifically known to affect sexual virility, athletic ability, heightened energy and physical beauty.

By allowing your body to naturally regulate itself by normalizing over-activity or under-activity of the organs and glands, Maca could be the support needed to respond to a situation rather than react to a situation.

For example, regular intake of Maca can help facilitate having conversations full of understanding with a partner who upset you, instead of having full blown arguments.

Win! 💪

Women’s Health after 40

Maca is beneficial for a variety of conditions associated with proper endocrine function such as menopause, PMS, infertility, adrenal exhaustion, and cognitive disorders. Regular use of the powder can help to reduce or eliminate hot flashes as well as menstrual cramping and balancing estrogen and progesterone levels.

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NOTE: BE SURE TO GET QUALITY MACA. Since Maca is a cruciferous vegetable, it can cause problems with the thyroid when used as raw powder, which is known to contain goitrogens. We advocate the use of gelatinous Maca root that has the starch and goitrogens compounds removed. This form of Maca is beneficial to the thyroid and is processed in a way that increases its effects as an adaptogen, which can be helpful in cases of hypothyroidism.

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#8 Noni POWDER

Noni fruit powder: beauty food for the skin

Noni fruit extracts have been studied for their ability to affect immune response by activating defender immune cells (like T and B cells). Fermented Noni concentrates were shown to stimulate lymphocytes like natural killer cells (NK cells), and were demonstrated to be markedly involved in exudate induced anti-tumor activity in a 2013 study published in the Journal of molecular and Clinical Oncology.

In another study entitled “Amino Stimulant Activity of Noni (Morinda citrifolia) on T and B Lymphocytes”, it was shown that Noni extracts significantly increased the cell mediated immune response and it was concluded that its usage in traditional medicine is justified.

Plainly speaking, what this means is that Noni juice has been scientifically proven to be amazing for amping up your immune system, making it stronger, and better able to protect you from disease. When studied, it made sense why it has been used in traditional medicine for years!

Other Noni Fruit Benefits

Noni is also a source of MSM, or sulfur, nature's beauty mineral—necessary for the generation of skin enhancing constituents like keratin and collagen! In addition, Noni fruit is high in polysaccharide content and very nourishing, lubricating and detoxifying to the body, promoting supple soft skin and hair. Noni Juice concentrate is actually said to contain a third more polysaccharide than aloe vera, which is one of the highest polysaccharide rich superfoods known in the plant world.

The fruits are also high in selenium, which helps maintain skin firmness and elasticity. Noni is additionally prized for its antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and can be used as a liquid juice, applied directly on the skin for a variety of fungal related issues.

Açai is another top “super fruit” from the Amazon and is probably one of the most well known of the super fruit varieties.

Introduced to the Western world for its high concentrations of immune boosting antioxidants, healthy fats, dietary fiber and essential amino acids, it is another top superfood option to compliment a healthy diet.

Acai BASic af, but super too

The truth of the matter is that Açai powder is merely just another great superfood to add to a health promoting diet and lifestyle.

Unfortunately, because of marketing scams, the price of Acai berry powder and the frozen fruit pulp has skyrocketed at close to $50 to $100 per pound. However, we have a workaround! Our Every Day Support superfood mix includes Acai powder and has other superfoods that are even more special, giving you more bang for your buck. ;)

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#10 Mesquite powder

People love Mesquite wood because it burns slowly and gives great flavor for barbecuing.

However, humans have been consuming Mesquite pods for thousands of years because of its amazing health benefits.

SUpplement for blood sugar balance

Mesquite is effective in balancing blood sugar because of its fructose content, which does not require insulin for metabolism.

In fact, in areas with great dependence on Mesquite pods, there are very low rates of diabetes.

Organic Mesquite Powder Benefits

Mesquite is also high in protein and fiber, helping with digestion, and is full of alkalizing minerals like calcium, magnesium and potassium.

In all, Mesquite is a good addition for a truly healthy, well-balanced diet.

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A last note on quality: Of course, the quality of the superfoods you consume is very important, and remember that you get what you pay for! There are several factors that can affect the quality of your superfoods that include: where they are grown, how they are processed, how they are stored, and more. The superfoods products we promote score high in these categories, so you can enjoy and rest assured.

Stay healthy. ♡