Want a multivitamin in the same scoop? Advanced Multi is the greens base plus a food-based multivitamin blend. 30 servings, $44.95, in Raw or Wild Berry. Would rather not mix a drink at all? Greens Plus Capsules, 240 count, $39.95.
Greens Plus Camu Camu Capsules contain pure camu berry fruit and juice powder from the Amazon, nothing synthetic, and nothing else in the capsule. Camu camu carries one of the highest natural concentrations of vitamin C of any fruit, at around 15% ascorbic acid by weight.
Almost every other mammal makes its own vitamin C from glucose. Humans do not, so ours has to come from the diet.
The berry also brings more than seventy naturally occurring antioxidants, minerals and amino acids along with the vitamin C, among them calcium, potassium, phosphorus, beta-carotene, alanine, phenylalanine, serine, and ellagic, citric and malic acids.
One four-capsule serving provides 400 mg of natural vitamin C, the daily intake the Linus Pauling Institute recommends for healthy adults. That comparison is about vitamin C alone; capsules are not a substitute for the fibre and other nutrients in whole fruit and vegetables.
120 capsules, 30 servings at four a day
Vegan, soy free, dairy free and gluten free
Camu Camu Fruit and Juice Powder Camu Camu contains the highest concentration of natural Vitamin C, with 15% Ascorbic Acid and over 70 synergistic antioxidants, essential minerals and amino acids, including Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Beta–carotene, Alanine, Phenylalanine, Serine, and Ellagic, Citric and Malic Acids.
Vitamin C (100% from Camu Camu) Vitamin C is an essential nutrient: the human body cannot make it, so it has to come from food. Almost all organisms can synthesize their own Vitamin C from glucose, with the exception of a small group of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and humans.
According to the Linus Pauling Institute, Vitamin C is involved in at least 8 enzymatic reactions and 6 life–sustaining systems, including:
1. Energy Metabolism: Vitamin C is required to make carnitine, the compound that carries fatty acids into mitochondria to be burned for energy. 2. Antioxidant Network: Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress, and helps regenerate vitamin E. 3. Collagen Synthesis: Vitamin C is required for normal collagen formation, which supports skin, blood vessels, bone, cartilage, gums and teeth. 4. Nervous System: Vitamin C is a cofactor for the enzymes that make neurotransmitters, and contributes to the normal function of the nervous system. 5. Immune Function: Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system. 6. Iron Absorption: Vitamin C increases the absorption of non-heme iron, the form of iron found in plant foods.
As an essential component of so many life–sustaining functions, it is important that we consume the highest quality Ascorbic Acid available, especially from fresh fruits and vegetables.
Most commercial vitamin C is manufactured by fermenting glucose, largely in China. That ascorbic acid is chemically identical to the ascorbic acid in fruit; what a whole-fruit source adds is the other compounds that come with it.
By far the best source of natural Vitamin C is the Camu Camu Berry from the Brazilian Amazon. Just one cup of fresh Camu Berries contain 2520mg of Vitamin C, or 4251% of the recommended Daily Value, and provides Ascorbic Acid organically–bound to over 70 synergistic phytonutrients and antioxidants.
One 4 capsule serving of Camu Caps provides 400mg of natural Vitamin C, the daily amount recommended for healthy adults by the Linus Pauling Institute.
Learn more about the beneficial effects of natural Vitamin C at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminC/
