Cranberry
is a rhododendron cantharis Brassica (scientific name: Oxycoccos, also known as Artemesia), not only rich in vitamin C, but also rich in phytochemicals, including anthocyanin, procyanidins, tannic acid, etc., which can be described as super antioxidant.
Food Efficacies:
- Urinary tract infections: Cranberries help prevent urinary tract infections and cystitis.
- Prevention of gastric cancer: Cranberries are effective at preventing gastric ulcers and even gastric cancer.
- Beauty and face care: Cranberries help remove toxins and excess fat from the body by maintaining beauty and improving constipation.
- Preventing Alzheimer's: Cranberries have a Phyto-nutrient that exerts very strong resistance to free radical - biological flavonoids, that effectively prevent Alzheimer's disease.
- Healthy adults who regularly drink low-calorie cranberry juice can lower blood pressure moderately
Raspberries
is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus.
Food Efficacies:
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Skincare and beauty: The raspberry is rich in Superoxide Dismutase, vitamins and Y-aminobutyric acid, which have anti-aging effects, can delay skin aging, and the flavonoids contained in the raspberry can improve skin blood circulation, enhance skin capillary vessel elasticity, promote skin cell regeneration and repair damaged skin, so as to achieve the effect of beauty and skincare.
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Bacteriostatic effect: The raspberry also has bacteriostasis-supporting function, which has the function of inhibiting staphylococcus, vibrio cholerae, etc., preventing bacteria and virus from breeding at the wound and causing wound infection, and the effect of inhibiting ulcer is remarkable.
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Brain Tonic: The antioxidant contained in the raspberry can promote the blood and oxygen supply to the brain and prevent the damage of free radicals to the brain, thereby playing the role of brain invigorating and intelligence benefiting. The study found that raspberries also improved learning memory, intelligence and active thinking.
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Clear-eyed: The raspberry contains strong antioxidants which can effectively prevent the retina from being oxidized and neutralize the free radicals which damage retina; meanwhile, the raspberry also contains vitamin A and flavonoid components, and consistent consumption can improve blurry vision.
BlackBerry
is known in Europe and U.S. as the "fruit of life", and its nutritional value is extremely high. Black berry is rich in procyanidins, SOD, selenium, tannic acid and flavonoids, and other highly antioxidant active substances, as well as 18 amino acids and six mineral elements, exceeding other berries by a long way, which contains more than 40 kinds of nutritional components. Compared with the blueberry of the same origin, the procyanidins, SOD, amino acids, as well as a variety of mineral elements vitamins and so on are dozens of times higher than blueberry, which is a veritable "black diamond".
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Enhancing immunity: The Blackberry is rich in vitamin C. As we all know, vitamin C has a variety of functions, which can not only help the body to strengthen the immunity, ensure the normal work of the cardiovascular system, improve the absorption of trace elements, and also improve anemia.
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Healing wounds: Tannic acid in blackberries helps to tighten skin tissue and increase the rate of skin formation, hence reducing bleeding.
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Anti-cancer: Anthocyanins have been shown to inhibit the growth of tumor cells. In addition, the blackberry also has another C3G flavonoids, which are said to have certain effects on skin cancer and lung cancer.
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Eye protection: The lutein contained in the blackberry can prevent the formation of retinal spots in the eyes and can prevent the eyes from being damaged by ultraviolet rays.
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Bone fortification: It is widely considered that adding manganese is a good choice for health care, because consuming a single blackberry can meet half of our daily dietary requirement need for manganese. The manganese element is the major factor for forming connective tissue of human body, hence having great effect on strong bones.
Guarana
Guarana extract is a substance extracted from the evergreen woody vine of the Asthenaceae family. The seeds (dry weight) contain 10.7% of fat, 2.7% of protein and 3% to 6% of caffeine. Besides, the main ingredients include guarana factor (similar to coffee), natural passion alkaloid, choline, cacao, theophylline, purine, resin, saponin, amino acid, tannin and mineral. The collective phyto-nutrients has the effects of refreshing, relieving abdominal pain, recovering physical strength, replenishing energy and improving body function. Guarana is rich in glucose, amino acid and fatty acid, which is decomposed into energy form in cytoplasm, and then is transported into the glandular of the energy generation system to facilitate the ATP synthesis, so as to lead the cells to be constantly activated, maintain the balance of the electrolyte and keep the cell membrane stable. Known as the "propellant of healthy energy", it is a precious treasure of mankind.
Beetroot
is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in Canada and the USA as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet. It is one of several cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and leaves (called beet greens); they have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group.
Besides being used as a food, beets have uses as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.
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Lowering blood pressure: Drinking beet juice can help you lower your blood pressure within hours. One study found that drinking a cup of beet juice reduced systolic blood pressure by 4-5 points. This benefit may be attributed to the naturally occurring nitrates in beet, which convert to nitric oxide in your body. In turn, nitric oxide helps relax and dilate your blood vessels, improve blood flow, and lower blood pressure.
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Improved endurance: If you need to increase your energy levels at your next workout, beet juice can also play a big role. People who drank beet juice before exercise could exercise for up to 16% longer. The benefits could also be due to nitrates being converted to nitric oxide, which reduces oxygen consumption for strenuous exercise and improves endurance for strenuous exercise.
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Fight inflammation: Beetroot is a unique source of betaine, an ingredient that helps protect cells, proteins and enzymes from environmental stress. The study also found that it can help fight inflammation, protect visceral organs, improve blood-vessel risk factors, improve performance and potentially prevent many chronic diseases.
According to World’s Healthiest Foods:
"Betaine found in beetroots.· · · · · May cause reduced levels of inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-Α.
Overall, the anti-inflammatory molecules found in beets may ultimately provide cardiovascular benefits in large-scale human research and may play an anti-inflammatory role in other body systems."
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Anti-cancer properties: A significant phyto-nutrient that contribute the dark red hue of beet could help prevent cancer. Studies have found, for example, that adding beet extract to drinking water can reduce multiple organ tumor formation in multiple animal models, and have tried beet extract in humans for pancreatic, breast and prostate cancer.
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Promoting detoxification: The pigment betaine in beetroots supports a second detoxification process in human body that breaks down toxins attached to other molecules and rid them out from human body. Traditionally, beetroots are valuable because they promote detoxification and help purify your blood and liver.
Brown Algae
As the most common algae on dinig table, its nutritional value is often overlooked.
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Anti-cancer properties: Brown algae contain a special protein called glycosyphilin, which is compatible with specific sugars and non-covalently bound to them. The combination of glycosidic protein and cell membrane glycomolecule will cause cell sedimentation, so it is a agglutinin. Glycosidic proteins play an important role in the defense, growth, reproduction, nutritional storage and biosymbiosis of organisms by their characteristics of identifying sugars. It was only discovered in 1966 that the clotting active substance in the algae was highly recognized. Subsequently, it was found that the glycoprotein of the algae not only can clot red blood cells, tumor cells, lymphocytes, yeast, marine bacteria and single-cell cyanobacteria, but also can promote the lymphocyte division in mice and human bodies. The pro-glycoprotein of algae can activate lymphocytes, which is closely related to immune function. Subsequent studies have found that some algal glycoproteins inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells, such as leukemia cell lines and mouse breast cancer cells.
In addition to the glycoproteins, the most studied substances with enhanced immunity and anti-cancer activity in algae are the special polysaccharides. Fucoidan is one of the most widely studied compounds in the anti-tumor and anticoagulant activity of Brown Algae. The results show that this monosaccharide can inhibit tumor and prolong the life of mice. Alginic acid is the main component of the cell wall of Chlorella vulgaris, and its anti-cancer activity is related to the components of mannuronic acid and guluronic acid. It is believed that the anti-cancer mechanism of alginate may be related to the enhancement of phagocytic and interferon activity, thus indirectly inducing the immune response of cell proteins and affecting the activity of lymphocytes.
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Build muscle: In the study, we found that the protein extract-branched amino acid of Brown Algae can increase the concentration of the precursor protein (mammalian target of rapamycin mTOR) of muscle cell regeneration in cell experiment, and has positive effect on the expression of 4EBP1 and S6K1, which is beneficial to generate muscle protein.
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Regulate blood glucose and blood lipid: The component of brown algae contains alginate, which belongs to water-soluble fiber, can prolong the retention time of food in intestine, reduce the absorption speed of glucose, so the blood sugar does not rise rapidly after feeding, and is helpful to stabilize blood sugar. In addition, the alginate gel can also react with the cholesterol in the body, and encapsulate the cholic acid, promote the metabolism of the cholic acid, avoid its recycle loop and absorption of the cholic acid in the human intestinal and liver circulation, thus reducing blood lipid and being helpful for preventing cardiovascular diseases.
In some cell and animal experiments, it has been found that the Fucoidan, a small molecule of brown algae, helps to reduce the necrosis of pancreatic β cells and increase the production of insulin. On the other hand, the algin contained in brown algae can also inhibit the enzyme activity of amylase and glucosidase (α-amylase, α-glucosidase), reduce the amount of starch converted into glucose, and help to stabilize the blood glucose spike.
Wild Green
Oat
Swiss wild green oat extract has been proved clinically that it contains a highly potent nutrient "isovitexin", that can inhibit two enzymes affecting the central nervous system-monoamine oxidase β (MAO-β) and diphosphatidylchine 4 (PDE 4), to quickly achieve the functions of nerve stability, relieve tension and anti-depression, achieve longer concentration span, helping the mood relaxation and so on.