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Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet -- 18.76 oz


Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet
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Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet -- 18.76 oz

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Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet Description

  • Meal Replacement Shake
  • Lightly Sweet • No Stevia
  • USDA Organic
  • Non-GMO Project Verified
  • Kosher
  • 20g Protein
  • 6g Fiber
  • Easy To Digest • Prebiotics + Probiotics & Digestive Enzymes
  • Gluten Free • Dairy Free • Soy Free
  • Boosts Energy & Builds Lean Muscle

Raw Organic Meal Powder—Loaded with Goodness


With a new and improved lightly sweet taste and texture, Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet is even more yummy than before. This delicious organic meal on- the-go is packed with incredible nutrition to help you satisfy hunger, manage weight, and feel great! Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet uniquely combines the goodness of multiple Garden of Life products in one complete raw organic meal replacement. Basically, it has the nutrition of seven products in one container! Raw Organic Meal Lightly Sweet delivers 20 grams of clean protein per serving from 13 raw sprouted ingredients, along with greens, healthy fat, fiber, probiotics, enzymes, plus 18 vitamins and minerals. And the new and improved taste and texture brings your yummy lightly sweet meal replacement shake to the next level with this stevia free protein powder.

 

• 20g of organic plant protein per serving 

• Loaded with 44 superfoods 

• 18 whole food vitamins and minerals 

• 13 raw sprouted ingredients 

• 6g fiber

• Probiotics & enzymes

 

Why Raw Organic Meal?


You have a busy, on-the-go life and lifestyle, but you still want to eat healthy, so fast food is just not an option for you. That’s why there’s Raw Organic Meal—convenient, organic shake and meal replacement that’s packed with 44 superfoods that not only satisfies your hunger, but also is naturally filling while boosting energy, and provides you with the protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals you would find in a healthy shake or meal of raw foods. And, now with an improved taste and texture, Raw Organic Meal truly stands out in the crowd. All this goodness is offered with ingredients that are Certified USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, and NSF Certified Gluten Free - ensuring your meal replacement is clean.


Directions

Mix 1 level scoop (scoop included) with 8oz of cold water. Delicious with unsweetened almond milk.
Free Of
GMOs, stevia, soy, gluten, dairy, tree nuts and filler ingredients.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Scoop (About 38 g)
Servings per Container: About 14
Amount Per Serving% Daily Value
Calories150
Total Fat2 g3%
   Saturated Fat0.5 g3%
   Trans Fat0 g
   Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
   Monosaturated fat0.5 g
Cholesterol0 mg0%
Sodium190 mg8%
Total Carbohydrate13 g5%
   Dietary Fiber6 g21%
   Total Sugars5 g
     Includes 5g Added Sugars10%
Protein20 g37%
Vitamin D5 mcg (200 IU)25%
Iron4 mg20%
Vitamin A145 mcg15%
Vitamin E11 mg70%
Thiamin0.5 mg40%
Niacin10 mg60%
Folate (48 mcg folic acid)80 mcg DFE20%
Biotin42 mcg140%
Zinc2.5 mg20%
Calcium40 mg4%
Potassium55 mg0%
Vitamin C15 mg15%
Vitamin K18 mcg15%
Riboflavin0.36 mg30%
Vitamin B60.5 mg0%
Vitamin B129 mcg380%
Pantothenic Acid4.5 mg90%
Chromium35 mcg100%
Other Ingredients: Organic spouted protein blend: organic pea protein, organic sprouted brown rice protein, organic amaranth (sprout), organic buckwheat (sprout), organic millet (pearl & sprout), organic quinoa (sprout), organic chia seed (sprout), organic adzuki bean (sprout), organic flax seed (sprout), organic garbanzo bean (sprout), organic lentil (sprout), organic pumpkin seed (sprout), organic sesame seed (sprout), organic sunflower seed (sprout), organic flavor blend: organic cane sugar, organic vanilla flavor with other organic natural flavors, organic fiber blend: organic inulin, organic tapioca fiber, organic guar gum, organic flax meal, organic fruit & vegetable blend: organic spinach (leaf), organic baobab (fruit), organic apple (fruit), organic beet (root), organic broccoli (stalk & flower), organic carrot (root), organic tomato (fruit), organic green bell pepper (fruit), organic brussels sprout (leaf), organic ginger (root), organic garlic (bulb), organic onion (bulb), organic strawberry (fruit), organic cherry (fruit), organic parsley (leaf), organic cauliflower (flower & stem), organic blackberry (fruit), organic cabbage (leaf), organic blueberry (fruit), organic raspberry (fruit), organic kale (leaf), organic cucumber (gourd), organic celery (stalk), organic asparagus (flower & stem), organic greens blend: organic alfalfa grass juice, organic spirulina, organic barley grass juice, organic oat grass juice, organic wheat grass juice, whole food vitamin & mineral blend: vitamin C, vitamin E, niacin, zinc, pantothenic acid, folate, vitamin A (beta-carotene), biotin, vitamin B12 (riboflavin), vitamin B6, vitamin B1 (thiamin), vitamin D, vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin), vitamin K, chromium, probiotic & enzyme blend: lipase, protease, aspergillopepsin, beta-glucanase, cellulase, bromelain, phytase, lactase, papain, peptidase, pectinase, hemicellulose, xylanase, bacillus subtilis DE111® (250 million CFU at time of expiration).
Contains: Sesame.
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Are Emulsifiers Bad for Gut Health? You Might be Surprised by the Answer.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You're on your weekly shopping trip. You reach for a loaf of whole-wheat bread and flip it over to check the ingredients. It seems healthy enough—until you spy "soy lecithin." "Wait," you think. "Isn't it bad for me? What's it doing in whole-grain bread?" Concept of Are Emulsifiers Bad for You Represented by Hands Holding Ice Cream Cones Soy lecithin is just one in a class of ingredients called emulsifiers that has come under scrutiny for its possible negative impacts—particularly on gut health. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) called out emulsifiers for their potential to disrupt the microbiome, damage the intestinal lining and trigger inflammation. Yet these additives are widespread in the food system. As one of the most common ingredients in packaged foods, particularly ultra-processed foods, emulsifiers probably show up on your plate more often than you realize.

Why are emulsifiers in food?

Emulsifiers have a purpose: to form a suspension between liquids that wouldn't normally mix, typically water and oil. Emulsifying ingredients create a border between the liquids so the suspension, called an emulsion, stays stable. Forming emulsions in food helps prevent ingredients from separating, extends shelf life and improves texture and flavor. It's the reason why, for example, that bottle of salad dressing you forgot about in the back of your cabinet never became solid mass of cream with three inches of oil floating on top.

The most common types of emulsifiers

Emulsifiers can be natural or man-made. Natural emulsifiers have been used in food since the days of ancient Greece, but synthetic emulsifiers didn't become widespread until the late 20th century. Over 170 of these ingredients are currently used as food additives in the United States in everything from ice cream, salad dressing and cream sauces to bread, chocolate and nut butters. The FDA maintains a detailed database of emulsifying ingredients, but these are the ones you'll most commonly see in food labels: Over half the calories consumed at home in the U.S. come from ultra-processed foods that often contain one or more of these ingredients.

Are emulsifiers bad for gut health?

Whether consuming emulsifiers can disrupt gut health is up for debate. Regulatory bodies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the EU European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assess the safety of emulsifying ingredients and assign each an acceptable daily intake (ADI) limit—the amount you can eat in a day without potentially negative effects. Regardless of the ADI, many emulsifiers aren't absorbed during digestion, so they may travel to your gut and interact with your microbiome. Some of these interactions appear to promote changes in the gut's environment and structure.

How food emulsifiers affect the gut

Recent studies of emulsifiers like carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), polysorbate 80, DATEM, lecithin and gums suggest that these additives have the potential to cause long-lasting or non-reversible effects in the gut microbiome, including:
  • Reduced density (the overall number of bacteria), richness (the total number of bacterial species) and diversity (the range of different kinds of bacteria)
  • Reduced levels of beneficial microbes like Lactobacillus, Faecalibacterium and Akkermansia
  • Increased pathogenic bacteria like Escherichia and Shigella
  • Bacterial imbalances or overgrowth (dysbiosis)
  • Altered expression of bacterial genes
Emulsifiers may also cause changes in the layer of mucus that protects the gut lining and the junctions between cells in the gut barrier. Together, these effects can alter gut function and lead to problems like systemic inflammation, colitis, blood sugar imbalances, increased fat mass and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Additional evidence suggests that emulsifier consumption may be linked to: These associations were discovered through the French NutriNet-Santé cohort study, which has been assessing the connection between nutrition and health in a group of over 100,000 people since 2009.

Does avoiding emulsifiers improve gut health?

However, many studies on emulsifiers have been done either in animals or simulations of the human gut. The limitations of these studies make it difficult to determine whether eliminating emulsifiers from your diet is necessary for gut health. Different emulsifiers appear to impact the gut in different ways, and some don't cause any noticeable changes. Certain emulsifiers have even been linked to health benefits, including lower pro-inflammatory markers, improved gut barrier structure and increased numbers of beneficial bacteria. These mixed results may be due to factors like dietary habits and the amounts and types of bacteria in the microbiome, which can influence how emulsifiers impact the gut.

Adjusting your diet to reduce emulsifiers

Rather than driving yourself crazy trying to eliminate every emulsifier from your diet, focus on swapping ultra-processed foods with more whole and minimally processed foods. Making these changes reduces your intake of ingredients associated with poor gut health, increased inflammation and chronic disease and fills your plate with more high-fiber, anti-inflammatory foods that support a balanced microbiome and strong intestinal barrier. To get started with a more gut-friendly diet:
  • Experiment with a wide range of vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, fruits and seafood
  • Cook more food at home instead of eating out
  • Make your own condiments, sauces and salad dressings from simple ingredients you already have around the house
  • Look for minimally processed alternatives to snacks, desserts and other treats (Hint: Fruit makes a great snack!)
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