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It has scientifically been proven that the MonaVie contains the equilavent of approx 13 servings of fruits in just 4 oz. MonaVie is also "flash pasteurized" which means the product is heated for approximately 15-30 seconds and then cooled. This is for safety reasons, to ensure that there are no harmful bacteria, etc. transmitted in the product. Pasteurization, when warranted, is important to rid one of the very real risks of pathogenic contamination and health threatening diseases. Avoiding this very real threat to our health takes precedent over the theoretical and unlikely risk inactivating food enzymes, which have no recognizable purpose in human nutrition. As to the effect of pasteurization on heat labile vitamins, it would not matter since measurements are made AFTER the process of pasteurization is complete. You are guaranteed getting the amounts listed. Minerals are heat stable and not influenced by the pasteurization process. The sodium benzoate is the preservative used in MonaVie. Once the bottle is opened, the fruit mixture would be an ideal medium for pathological organisms were it not for an insignificant and harmless addition of 0.1% sodium benzoate. The acai contains concentrated levels of anthocyanins which is a powerful antioxidant that assist in neutralizing the harmful effects free radicals can have on your body. Through a patent pending freeze dried process, MonaVie captures the vital nutrients found in this delicate fruit. MonaVie's freeze dried acai powder boasts an ORAC score higher then any other fruit or veggie tested to date, on a gram for gram basis! A recent study by AIBMR Life Sciences, Inc. found the following:
In summary, MonaVie Active has not only shown experimentally to increase antioxidant activity in human serum, leading to a decrease in lipid peroxidation in the blood stream, but there is also evidence that MonaVie Active provided antioxidants that are able to penetrate cells! This study CONFIRMS that by drinking four ounces of MonaVie Active containing Brazillian acai berry, the subjects had a significant increase in their antioxidant capacity and inhibition in lipid peroxidation, which reduces the risk of cholesterol being oxidized. Oxidized cholesterol has been shown to contribute to damage to the internal lining of the arteries.
Besides all the obvious that makes MonaVie so good for you, I have, and other people I know that have drank a bottle for a week or longer have significantly noticed they were sleeping better and had more energy. My skin looks better. My husband remembers his dreams now because he is sleeping much deeper. So you can go on and on about anything negative you can come up with or imagine, but I know how it makes me feel, and so do others and that is why I am still drinking it! We feel better and you can't get some $5 bottle of Welch's Grape Juice and expect to feel the way we have been feeling. Plus your just gonna get a bunch of crap in store bought juice drinks. And your also wrong, you can get a bottle of the juice for as low as $21.
