Before I talk about this month's ingredient, I want to share my all time favorite video about Shakeology. It features the famous celebrity trainer, creator of P90X, Tony Horton. I think it's absolutely hilarious:
It's okay if you don't find it as funny as I do. We can still be friends. But even if you didn't find this video too entertaining, hopefully you learned something new from it. Like, not to buy Fatty Fat Chips at the store where Tony works.
Anyhow...
The ingredient of the week is....
This fruit is native to Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, where it grows mostly in the flooded areas of the Amazon rain forest. The natives generally use the leaves and fruits for medicinal purposes. Here are some quick facts about this bright, lemon-sized fruit:
- It is chock full of vitamin C...60 times more per serving than your average orange! This is not only great for preventing and treating the common cold, but it also aids in the healing process of cuts, broken bones, burns, and has great antioxidant properties. It has also been found to help prevent asthma, benefit your heart, protect against cancer, and support healthy levels in blood sugar (great news for diabetics!).
- It contains the essential amino acid, valine. This is important, because we have to get essential amino acids from our food, since our bodies can't produce it. The body uses valine to prevent muscle breakdown, and also helps the nervous system and cognitive function.
- Camu camu also contains potassium, which is important for the health of the heart and kidneys.
- Leucine is another essential amino acid that you can get from this wonderful fruit. Leucine is important for the growth and recover of bone and muscle tissue, and in the production of growth hormones (forget the Wheaties...it's all about that camu camu!!)
- How about a non-essential amino acid this time? Serine is great for digestion! It helps break down the bonds in proteins and polypeptides so that our bodies can actually use them.
- There are several different flavonoids that assist in giving camu camu is awesome color. For us, thought, they are antioxidants, and also neutralize those nasty free radicals.
- Another antioxidant found here is gallic acid. It also appears to have anti-fungal and anti-viral properties!
- Here's another acid with antioxidant properties: ellagic acid! There has also been research for anti-cancer effects (but the research is still in the early stages), and indicators for anti-diabetes effects.
- Camu camu is also great for inflammation, which is great news! Inflammation is what makes most diseases perceptible to an individual. Anti-inflammatory is great for anyone who deals with arthritis, migraines, headaches, acne, asthma, autoimmune diseases, celiacs, and the list goes on and on.
And there you have it! Just one amazing ingredient in Shakeology. And it doesn't get all broken down and processed to make its way into this shake, which I think is amazing. They literally just dry it out, crush it up, and give YOU all these benefits!! I'm thinking this ingredient may have something to do with the fact that my acne has improved like crazy since I started drinking Shakeology...thank heavens!
Have a super swell weekend everyone :)
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