#phytoganix

Have you seen ORAC’s on your food labels? Or maybe on some of the supplements you’re buying? I knew they were something “good”, but wasn’t sure what they were. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. Still confused? ORAC is a unit of measurement for how much antioxidant properties a food has. Antioxidants are those good things that fight free radicals (which cause cancer, toxicity, etc), so you want a diet full in antioxidants. When I think antioxidants, I think vitamins C and E and berries. But really, all of your fresh, organic fruits and veggies have antioxidants -- the question is, how much?

Some folks recommend 5,000 ORAC’s daily, others recommend 10,000 ORAC’s daily. If you live a life under chronic stress, fatigue, on the go, and don’t treat your body like a holy temple (I get it, I’m guilty of this, too!), then you can go as high as 20,000-30,000 ORACs daily! I love Superfoodly to check out how many ORACs are in the foods I’m eating. 

But what about folks that are so on the go (or hate fruits and veggies...) they don’t get 9-12 servings of veggies in and miss out on the ORAC’s? Luckily, (I bet you can guess what I’m going to say) there’s some supplements out there for that! My two favorites are linked below!

Phytoganix by Metagenics provides a diverse quantity of antioxidants and tastes great mixed with your daily shake. This is also certified organic and all of the foods used to produce it are certified organic without any synthetic chemicals used on the foods during production. 

Amazing Grass is my other go to brand. This is the one I choose for people who don’t eat any vegetables (come on, we all know those adults that never put one green thing in their mouth because they “hate the taste” or “hate the consistency”--clearly the three bite rule wasn’t implemented in their households when they were kids!). Amazing grass comes in a variety of different flavors, and the chocolate and berry both cover up that wheatgrass taste. And this is also non-GMO, certified organic!