Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
Are you spending time browsing the vitamin aisle, trying to figure out which multivitamin will work best for your personal health and wellness needs? There are dozens of choices, and while all of them promise a full daily dose of essential vitamins and minerals, some …
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Led by our Scientific Director, Jerry Hickey, R. Ph., InVite® Health actively develops new products to help our customers enhance their health and wellness. Our product line includes a wide selection of vitamins, supplements, beauty and skincare products, and other natural health solutions. Now, InVite® has formulated three new products – Beets Hx®, Smart-Serve® Vegetable Blend, and Chewable Probiotic.
Fermented Beets with CherryPURE® Montmorency Tart Cherries
Superior protection for the cardiovascular system and to support physical performance and exercise endurance while improving the rate of muscle recovery. Beets are a source of many heart healthy constituents including natural nitrates, reddish-yellow water soluble pigments known as betalains, carotenoids, Trimethylglycine (an important betaine) and fiber; beets are excellent for heart and circulatory health and physical performance. Beetroot helps support healthy blood pressure and cardiovascular-circulatory health for many reasons. The reddish-brownish betalains are powerful antioxidants that protect the walls of arteries. Trimethylglycine detoxifies homocysteine; elevated homocysteine is implicated in clogged arteries. The natural nitrates convert to nitric oxide which is responsible for healthy blood flow for heart and circulatory system health and for support during physical activities.
InVite® uses only the finest beet sources including non-GMO fermented beet powder.
Tart Cherry is a source of purplish-red anthocyanin-pigments that support circulatory and heart health and protect muscle tissue during physical activity. Tart cherry may also help support healthy uric acid levels already within a normal range.
Our CherryPURE® non-GMO Tart Cherry powder ingredient is the only tart cherry source backed by specific clinical studies. Texas A&M recently completed two sports nutrition based human clinical studies focusing on recovery from intense resistance and endurance training. Original CherryPURE®, used in the Texas A&M studies at a dose of 480mg, is a carrier free freeze dried powder produced from the skins of Montmorency Tart Cherries.
Getting your vegetables has never been so easy with Smart-Serve® Vegetable Blend
Research shows that multiple servings of vegetables throughout the day is required for maximal protection for health and longevity. InVite®’s proven farm to formulation supply chain insures the quality of our QAI-certified organic vegetables to help improve your number of servings of green leafy vegetables.
Made with organic farm fresh kale, spinach, and broccoli, each 3 capsule serving represents one complete USDA serving of green-leafy vegetables.
The Plantcaps® Capsules used in this formula are from Greenville, South Carolina. They are Organic Compliant, Certified Vegan, non-GMO and are free of gluten and starch. Plantcaps® Capsules serve as an excellent oxygen barrier to retain freshness with superior bioavailability for better absorption.
Our body is loaded and even covered with bacteria, the majority of which reside in our intestines. Bacteria have evolved with us over a hundred thousand years to provide health or cause inflammation.
Consuming a probiotic supplement supports good bacteria for better digestion, regularity, and reduced gassiness, bloating, and weight management. Probiotic bacteria also support the 70% of the immune system that is in contact with our digestive tract.
Chewable Probiotic is an easy way to support healthy bacteria offering an abundance of three different species of non-GMO beneficial bacteria in a format that is easy for everyone including young children who are old enough to understand the concept of chewing.
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When you thick of probiotics, the healthy bacterial supplements, the last thing you think about, if at all, is the brain. Probiotics mostly bring to mind gastrointestinal function, including digestion and absorption, immunity and manufacturing of vitamins K and B. However, several international research reviews indicate that probiotics play a major role in brain function including memory, concentration, focus, mood, appetite control, and even blood brain barrier health – the brains protective shield, especially when combined with the peripheral neurotransmitter serotonin in the gut where, in the brain, it’s a pacifier.
A recent research report from Sweden’s Karolina Institute states that our natural gut residing microbes play a role in controlling the permeability of the blood brain barrier, which protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood. The report concluded that the transport of molecules across the blood brain barrier can be influenced by gut microbes, which play an important role in the protection of the brain. So alterations of indigenous microbiota have far-reaching consequences for the blood brain barrier functio
n throughout life.
The blood brain barrier is a highly selective permeable barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain. It is formed by brain endothelial cells and allows the passage of water and selective transport of molecules such as glucose and amino acids that are crucial to internal function while protecting against the transport of toxic substances.
The blood brain barrier can be broken down by such factors as high blood pressure, endothelial dysfunction, infections, microwaves and radiation, trauma, and inflammation. Recent reports also mentioned the negative impact of alcohol, prescription drugs, elevated homocysteine and nutrient deficiencies as being contributing factors to blood brain barrier integrity loss.
Protecting the blood brain barrier is a prime goal in the practice of clinical nutrition. As previously mentioned, numerous research reports strongly suggest that a specific group of probiotics can strengthen the blood brain barrier and also reduce the symptoms of anxiety, chronic fatigue, depression and also improve memory, concentration and focus. These specific probiotics can be combined with an extract of the herb bacopa. This combination can actually improve learning rate, working memory, and mental performance while strengthening the blood brain barrier to help keep endotoxins and exotoxins for entering the brain.
Probiotic bacteria have the potential to alter brain neurochemistry and strengthen the blood brain barrier. Specific probiotics have a synergistic effect on the integrity of the brain and its barrier. A specific report from University College, Cork, Ireland discussed one such probiotic called Lactobacillus Rhamnosus which reduces stress, anxiety and depression and related behaviors. When combined with Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobactrum Lactis, Lactobacillus Plantarum and Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, research reports improvement in peak cognitive performance and protection of the blood brain barrier. In fact, Lactobacillus Rhamnousus may work by acting as a facilitator of other gut bacteria.
To conclude, when these five probiotics are combined with an herbal extract such as bacopa, decades of research show significantly improved performance in areas such as visual processing, learning rate, working memory, information retention and mental performance.