Organic Green Booster

Shaklee’s new Organic Greens Booster is a whole food supplement providing one cup of raw, organic, nutrient-rich green vegetables in every scoop, making it easy to get the vegetables often missed in meals. Contains 30 servings in every canister.

Add one scoop or more to your favorite Life Energizing Shake or other beverage and try it in foods such as soups, stews or pasta. The possibilities are almost endless. Organic Greens Booster is also a great way to “sneak” some greens into your kids’ favorite foods for a boost of phytonutrients. What’s not to love!

• Contains dehydrated kale, spinach and broccoli in their purest form with all the fiber intact

• Excellent source of vitamin K and delivers the phytonutrients lutein and zeaxanthin, along with other vitamins and minerals

• Supports eye, cardiovascular, and bone health*

• Only 10 calories per serving

• Gluten-free, Vegan, Non-GMO, Star-K

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• Why Are Green Smoothies SO Beneficial?

Green drinks, often called green smoothies, can serve as a convenient way to consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods in a single glass. While prepackaged and powdered green drink mixtures are available commercially, it is preferable to blend fresh greens at home, directly from your garden  before refrigeration if you’re interested in getting the most nutrition .out of your green drink. However, Shaklee has developed this new product with identity preserved sources, harvesting,  production and packaging to provide us with a super-green product that exceeds what most of us can buy from an organic farm.  The reason is that when the leaf is cut from the root there is an immediate reduction in some of the most beneficial and least appreciated antioxidants.  Researchers estimate there are 30,000 to 50,000 of these, of which only about 1,000 have been isolated, and a mere 100 analyzed and tested. Modern science now believes phytonutrients are what defend and protect our trillions of cells from disease. The identified nutrients in these greens,  average a loss of total trace nutrients, antioxidants and phytonutrtients from 10 to 40%  after the first hour of harvesting!  They may look good at the salad bar or in your refrigerator but they are lacking in an undisclosed number of these essential nutrients identified in the lab using liquid and gas chromatography.

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What About Shelf Life or Refrigerator Life

Although chewing your veggies while walking in your garden guarantees the highest nutrient values, the second best storage methods for fresh vegetables can vary within each vegetable category (green onions differ from Spanish onions, for example), here’s a list with some basic guidelines. A few overall points to keep in mind first, though:

• Refrigeration can damage some vegetables (such as potatoes), yielding an off-flavour or mushy texture.

• Keep vegetables that are not stored in the refrigerator (such as potatoes and onions) away from heat sources and out of sunlight.

• Some vegetables (like tomatoes and eggplants) can be left on the counter to ripen and then refrigerated to extend their lifespan.

• When storing veggies in plastic bags, make sure to poke some holes in the bag to allow for proper air circulation. Or buy perforated plastic vegetable bags.

• Keep vegetables and fruits in separate produce drawers because some fruits, such as apples and pears, produce a substance called ethylene that hastens ripening of other produce.

• Do not store potatoes and onions together because they each give off gases that can cause the rapid decay of the other.

• Although some vegetables can last for long periods of time when properly stored, try to use them sooner, rather than later, for optimal flavour and nutrient value.

• Add crispness back to limp veggies like celery and asparagus by placing them stem-side down in a small amount of water; refrigerate until crisp.

• Last but not least, do not wash vegetables until you’re ready to eat them!

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High in Antioxidant Vitamins

The ingredients in Shaklee’s new Organic Greens with kale, spinach and broccoli are some of the best sources of vitamins A, C, and E balanced in the vegetable kingdom. These antioxidant vitamins play many important roles in the body, including regulating immune function and protecting cells from damaging free radicals. Broccoli is rich in B-vitamins – nutrients that help the body convert food into energy and recent research has shown to provide powerful protectors against cancer. Spinach is  among the best sources of vitamin K, nitric oxide precursors and folate. Vitamin K is a nutrient necessary for blood clotting, and it can also protect against osteoporosis as well as inflammatory diseases. Folate is required for DNA replication and repair and can help prevent birth defects.  So, eat your green vegetables but take  advantage of Shaklee’s new Organic Greens Booster to guarantee your health for life.