Because Food Matters

Most people want to be as healthy as possible. We want to be able to enjoy life without the constraints of illness and disease, and live a long, and active life. Eating fruit every day as part of a balanced diet is just one of the ways we can improve our health, and give our bodies a helping hand in living to a ripe old age.

Generally, people who eat more fruit as part of a healthy diet are less likely to develop diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer, and they provide your body with all the nutrients it needs to fight other infections and repair cells, too.

It is no secret that eating fruit is good for you and has plenty of health benefits – but what are they?

Eat Fruit

These days our bodies need more vitamins and minerals than ever before. This is because we work longer hours, are exposed to more toxic fumes from pollution and are under more stress than we used to be. Eating fruit every day is a simple way of providing your body with these nutrients to ensure you are well equipped to deal with the stresses of daily life, and possibly protect you from illnesses in the future.

A diet involving regular amounts of fruit will provide your body with antioxidants to help prevent free radicals from attacking the body.

Eat More Fruit !

These ideas might stimulate your fruit consumption : Why should we have five to nine fresh pieces a day, organically grown if possible?

• For the largest part fruit consists of water just like the human body does;
• Fruit is 100% bad-cholesterol free;
• Fruit stimulates the memory;
• The idea that fruit is an expensive nutrition;
• The miraculous healing effects of fruit;
• Fibers;
• Fruit makes you feel better;
• Ethical reasons to eat fruit;
• Fruit is the most natural food;
• The human diet;
• Fruit juices - squeeze those fruits!

What Are Free Radicals ?

Free radicals are molecules that are produced when our bodies react with oxygen. They react with other molecules within cells and can damage their proteins, membranes and genes. The damage caused can lead to the onset of disease, in particular Alzheimer’s, heart disease and cancer. It also contributes to the ageing of our bodies.

The following external factors also trigger the production of free radicals in the body:

• Pollution
• Sunlight
• Smoking
• Alcohol

This means we are exposed to more free radicals than ever before.

What Are Junk Foods ?

Any food that has poor nutritional value is considered unhealthy and may be called a junk food.

A food that is high in fat, sodium, and /or sugar is known as a junk food. Junk food is easy to carry, purchase and consume. Generally, a junk food is given a very attractive appearance by adding food additives and colors to enhance flavor, texture, appearance, and increasing long shelf life.

A junk food has little enzyme producing vitamins & minerals and contains high level of calories. When we eat these empty calorie foods, the body is required to produce its own enzymes to convert these empty calories into usable energy. This is not desired as these enzyme producing functions in our body should be reserved for the performance of vital metabolic reactions. Junk foods drain energy.

What Are Antioxidants ?

The body also naturally produces antioxidants, which fight free radicals and help prevent premature ageing and the onset of disease. These antioxidants neutralise the free radicals and stop them attacking our healthy cells. Because we are exposed to more and more free radicals every day, we need more antioxidants to neutralise them.

Fruit is a great source of antioxidants. Eating them regularly will stop free radicals attacking and mutating our cells.

How Much Fruit Neutralizes Free Radicals?

You should eat five portions of fruit or vegetables each day as part of a balanced diet. This should give you a mixture of all the nutrients and vitamins necessary to ward off free radicals.

The fruit can be consumed in a number of ways – in smoothies, on its own as a snack, on pizza or dried on breakfast cereal. There is a very wide variety of fruit for you to chose from, so you needn’t eat the same fruit each day (in fact, it’s better for you if you eat a wider range of fruit as possible, as different fruits have different combinations of minerals and nutrients in them).

Below is a list of the health benefits of eating five portions of fruit or vegetables a day:

• Reduced risk of a stroke and other cardiovascular diseases
• Reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• Reduced risk of developing certain cancers
• Reduced risk of developing coronary heart disease
• Reduced risk of developing kidney stones and osteoporosis

Eating fruit as part of your daily diet will make you feel better, look better, and be more active and healthy. Any fruit will do, dried, frozen, fresh or tinned. Why not eat fruit instead of chocolate or crisps as a snack, or enjoy it dried over your breakfast cereal? It’s easy to enjoy fruit as part of your diet, and much healthier too.

Other Health Benefits of Fruit

Fruit is also paced with dietary fibre, which helps to keep your digestion system running properly. Not only will this help expel waste products more efficiently, but it can also help prevent colon and bowel cancers as well, as there will be fewer toxins exposed to that area for less time.

Fruit is 100% Cholesterol Free

No doubt about this argument. Too much bad-cholesterol is not good for our bodies and fruit doesn't contain bad-cholesterol. Animal products like meat and dairy contain a lot of bad-cholesterol.

Fruit Stimulates The Memory

If you didn’t know yet: fruit is the ultimate brain fuel. Fruit has a positive effect on our brains. The way this works still has to be found out and many scientists are looking into it as we speak. What we do know is that if you consume fruit effectively, your brains can recall information faster and more easily. This is very useful information for people who are preparing for an exam. Students that want to go to this page immediately go to: improve your exam results with fruit.

The Healing Effects of Fruit

Spectacular stories about people that cured from uncurable diseases by a strict diet of raw fruits and/or vegetables are well known but do we want to believe them? We still don't know that much about fruit and its contents.

High In Natural Fibers

We do know now that a diet with plenty of fibers helps against corpulence, high blood pressure, and other factors that increase the chance for a heart disease. The consumed amount of fibers maybe even a more important factor than the amount of fat that is consumed by people!

The food that contains these healthy (natural) fibers is.... right: fruit! (vegetables as well). The American Heart Association advises to consume 25 to 30 grams of fibers out of fresh fruits and/or vegetables. In practice this means: have five to nine portions of fresh fruits or vegetables a day.

Fruit is the Most Natural Food

When you see a piece of fruit hanging from a tree that tree is telling you something: "Eat my fruits and help me spread my seeds." That’s how nature works. Humans eat vegetables and fruits and consequently help the plants to spread. Humans use animals to work the land to grow the plants and trees that produce these fruits and vegetables. In more and more people's opinion this is the way it was all meant to be.

A Human Diet

A healthy diet should consist for a great deal of freshly squeezed fruit juices, raw fruits and vegetables. Some tips:

• A good start is to eat and drink more fresh fruits;
• it’s as simple as that. Before you know it you will feel much better;
• Don't forget to eat fruit on an empty stomach, not after other meals and;
• inform yourself about the substances that our 'modern' food contains.

What is Açaí?

Açaí is a distinct purple berry indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. The açaí fruit may be found in some of the large palm trees that grow in the thick forest; these trees can reach as high as 82 feet! Unlike cherries, which grow individually in trees, the açaí berry grows in bunches, more like bananas. One average, each palm tree can yield anywhere from three to eight bunches.

What's So Great About Açaí?

You might say açaí is fast becoming known as a wonder food for its versatility. Açaí has nutrient properties and is naturally rich in:

• Omega fats (the good kind, unlike the saturated fats found in fast food)
• amino acids
• electrolytes
• antioxidants
• protein
• vitamins A, B1 and E

The people of the Amazon rainforest use açaí in many different dishes - from drinks and shakes to breakfasts and bars. Brazilians use açaí to flavor meat and fish entrees, too, topping dishes with a pulpy, curd-like substance made from the fruit.
Not only does açaí provide a delicious taste to complement food, it is known around the Amazon for amazing health benefits. Açaí is known to be used for treatment of digestive problems, skin irritation, sexual dysfunction, and even insomnia. The açaí berry is naturally low in sugar, too.

Only in recent years have people in North America discovered how açaí makes them feel energetic and healthy. Take a trip to your favorite smoothie place and you might find açaí as one of the add-in ingredients available to you. Not only are consumers finding the benefits of açaí to their interest, but researchers and the media are amazed by the power of this small berry. NBC's Today did a feature story on açaí in 2004, and more recently researchers at the University of Florida tested the attributes of açaí to discover it actually destroyed cultured leukemia cells!
Will açaí cure cancer? We can't say for certain. All we know is that açaí possesses some very strong health properties that may benefit people in the long run.

The Crown Jewel in MonaVie

For countless centuries, the people of the Amazon have revered this unique fruit as a source of health and vitality and because of its unparalleled antioxidant levels and superior nutrient content, acai is now widely regarded as one of the world's top super foods.

MonaVie delivers the benefits of the acai berry with freeze-dried acai powder, the most effective and concentrated form of acai.

Acai is Rich in the Following Beneficial Nutrients:

• Antioxidants
• Phytonutrients
• Essential fatty acids (Omega 3, 6, & 9)
• Amino acids
• Vitamins and minerals
• Complex carbohydrates
• Dietary fiber
• Trace minerals

MonaVie delivers the benefits of the acai berry with freeze-dried acai powder, the most effective and concentrated form of acai.

The Science

Enjoying the variety of health benefits contained in nature's super-fruits has never been easier.

Designed for easy absorption in the body, just 1-2 ounces of MonaVie per day provides you the phytonutrients and antioxidants found in many of the world's most nutritious fruits including acai.

Acai contains concentrated levels of anthocyanins, a powerful family of antioxidants that assists neutralizing the harmful effects free radicals can have on the body. Through a patent pending, freeze-drying process. MonaVie is able to capture the vital nutrients found in this delicate fruit. MonaVie's freeze-dried acai powder boasts an ORAC score (a measure of antioxidant power) of 1,027-higher than any other fruit or vegetable tested to date, on a gram-to-gram basis.

What Experts Are Saying...

" Its claim to fame is that it has tremendous antioxidant abilities. The body gets damaged through the chemicals and things you ingest which causes damage through superoxides that cause damage to the DNA. The DNA damage can lead to premature aging, cancer, heart disease - all of that. This compound actually has a tremendous amount of antioxidants. "

Dr. Mike Cirigliano
Associate Professor of Medicine and practicing internist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

" This açaí is unlike any fruit, vegetable or nut that has been seen before. Because you can not just explain its profound antioxidant activity by what we understand today.
The acai fruit has a very broad nutritional value to humans. It has remarkable high antioxidant activity. Based on new data on the antioxidant levels of American foods that was just published by the US government, our data shows that acai has significantly greater antioxidant activity on a gram-to-gram comparative basis than any other of the fruits or vegetables consumed by Americans. Thus, a juice blend rich in acai fruit would help people meet their daily antioxidant requirements from food. "

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN is the leading researcher on the acai berry, Director of Natural Medicinal Products Research at AIBMR Life Sciences, winner of the prestigious Linus Pauling Award, member of the American Society of Nutrition and the Society for Food Science and Technology, a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), an emeritus member of the New York Academy of Sciences, former Chairman of the Food Policy Council of the National Council for Public Health Policy, an honorary founding member of the British Society of Nutritional Medicine and Emeritus Executive Director of the American Preventive Medical Association, authored 14 books, co-authored four books, and has been published in many peer-reviewed medical journals.

" MonaVie seemed instantly to be an elegant and delicious alternative to big antioxidant pills. The strong, scientific data profile allowed me to proceed with much confidence. I have seen overpowering positive results through- out all age groups with the use of acai juice. Some of these benefits include :

-A gradual reduction in soreness and joint pain
-Additional flexible throughout the body
-Ease of use and a satisfying taste, unlike pills or other elixirs
-Research and lab tests confirming a decline of inflammation

I am impressed by the overwhelming positive outcomes I am seeing with patients in my practice that use acai. The sound scientific backing, the personal testimonies of thousands and the delicious taste make acai a favored choice as non-invasive therapy. "


Dr. Jose Vazquez Tanus, M.D., FACA, FAARFM, FASA, CCRP, practicing cardiologist, diplomate of The American Board of Anti Aging, Regenerative & Functional Medicine, Certified Clinical Reserach Porfessional, & Integrative Cardiologist; has multiple publications in respected medical journals and the founder and CEO of Research & Cardiovascular Corp.

" I am convinced that this blend of other fruits, plus the acai, which gives us the advantage of having a synergistic effect of all these different flavonoids and antioxidants and these other things that we know have a beneficial effect in people's health... It is the highest in antioxidant levels. "


Dr. Lyle Mason, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgeon for the NBA Utah Jazz,
President of the NBA Team Physicians Association
With a blend of 19 fruits, including acai berry, MonaVie™ is a unique and delicious nutritional beverage. The acai berry is the foundation of the MonaVie blend, but with high phyto-nutrient content and antioxidants found in nature's fresh fruits. MonaVie didn't want to focus on just one at the expense of others. This led MonaVie's selection of 18 additional fruits, each selected for its unique, beneficial properties and ability to contribute a variety of phyto-nutrients and antioxidants to MonaVie's premier nutritional beverage. Together, the synergistic effect of the fruits in the MonaVie blend reaches far beyond what any single fruit could accomplish.

MonaVie Original

Supports your body's antioxidant and nutritional needs.MonaVie features a delicious blend of the Brazilian acai berry—one of nature's top superfoods—and 18 other body-beneficial fruits. The Balance-Variety-Moderation approach and phytonutrients help maintain your body's overall health.

• Offers potent antioxidants.
• Features a wide array of nutrients for optimal health.
• Delivers the antioxidant capacity of approximately 13 servings of fruits and vegetables in just four ounces.
• Provides nutritional benefits for all ages.

MonaVie Active

Enhances your body's joint health. MonaVie Active features the additional benefits of plant-derived glucosamine, which has been scientifically shown to promote healthy joint function by targeting mobility and flexibility. Designed to support joint performance and recovery, this vital formula delivers the resources your body needs to get moving.

• Individuals who regulary consume MonaVie Active have reported an increase in vitality, better health, an overall sense of well being, and an improvement in joint health.
• Gives your body the resources it needs to help fight free radicals that target joints.
• Helps you maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.

The MONAVIE Promise :

As MonaVie continues to be a leader in scientific research on the acai berry, we are committed to educating consumers regarding :

(1) the benefits of the acai berry, (2) our commitment to sustainable harvesting and preservation of the Amazon Rainforest, and (3) the importance of using MonaVie products as part of an overall strategy to improve and maintain optimal health. Furthermore, MonaVie will continue to advance its partnerships with sports teams and athletes who use MonaVie as part of their overall health regimen to deliver peak levels of antioxidants and phytonutrients. With interest in the acai berry at an all-time high, we are committed to protecting consumers and alerting them to beware of false advertising regarding the acai berry that currently pervades the internet.
Dallin A. Larsen's nutrition company was on the brink of collapse -- and then a friend tipped him off to a little-known berry found in Brazil called açai, which was said to be an antidote to premature aging. Four years later, MonaVie has sales of almost $1 billion of its namesake, an antioxidant-rich açai juice. Although the health merits of the company's products and its multilevel marketing structure have come under fire, Larsen is unfazed. And so, apparently, is MonaVie's rapidly expanding customer base.

In 2003, I teamed up with my brother Randy and Henry Marsh, a four-time Olympian, to start a weight-loss company called Monarch Health Sciences. We raised nearly $2 million from angel investors, but we rapidly went through the money. I like to joke that since I'm short and fat, it didn't work. Our program required big lifestyle changes, which people generally don't make. We were close to going out of business. My wife and I had eight kids to raise. I took out a second mortgage, because we weren't taking any money out of the company.

Around that time, a friend told me about the açai berry. I did a search on Google and found all this research about it being packed with nutritional value. So we asked one of our scientists to do some research. We blended it with 19 other fruits. Four months later, in January 2005, we introduced MonaVie.

Our timing was great. A doctor, Nicholas Perricone, had come on The Oprah Winfrey Show and named the açai berry as one of the world's greatest superfoods. We found a few key people who believed in us, and they went out and started sharing MonaVie with others. We gave stock options to people who reached $500,000 in yearly sales by a certain date. Soon our product was spreading like wildfire.

It certainly didn't hurt that Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom, got on the juice. A distributor in Florida knew Redstone's butler and got him to try the product. All of a sudden, we're in Fortune magazine. Boston Red Sox players J.D. Drew and Jonathan Papelbon started drinking the product, and we're an official team juice. This year, we had a MonaVie car racing in the Indy 500 to launch our energy drink. I was there shaking hands with Richard Petty and Mario Andretti.

We've enrolled over a million distributors. When we developed the company, we said, "Let's create a compensation plan where you don't have to be Superman to achieve success." The plans in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s forced people to constantly find people to sponsor. In our company, the average person who sponsors just two people can earn some money. They're not knocking door to door or having to stock up on thousands of dollars' worth of product. There are some people making an extra $1,000 a month, some making an extra $1,000 a year.

Because of our success, we've now got people from all over the world calling. This year, we started selling in eight other countries, and we'll be in 15 by the end of the year. About 85 percent of our sales are domestic, so we're just barely beginning our international growth. And we have some pretty productive folks. MonaVie's top earners make over $5 million a year. We started with eight levels of distributors, and people kept hitting the top. We've taken distributors to Hawaii and the Mediterranean to celebrate their successes. Now we have 18 levels.

My goal is not for MonaVie to be the best company in the world, but to be the best company for the world. We founded the MORE Project, which is helping to feed, clothe, and educate over 1,500 children and adults in the slums of Brazil. We want to give back. At our most recent meeting, we raised over $1.1 million from our distributors. But although I'm pleased with what we've accomplished, I'm not satisfied yet.

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