Superfood Sunday: Rose Hips

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What are free radicals?
They are generated by oxidation reactions. Antioxidants inhibit oxidation. When in balance, they’re both good things and necessary for a number of biological processes. Unfortunately, a number of 21st century issues, including lousy diet and stress, can promote free radicals, causing an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidant levels. Consuming antioxidants helps bring balance back, helping to fight free radical damage and helping support a healthy immune system. Vitamins A, C, and E are known antioxidants. And so is today’s featured featured superfood:
Rose Hips!

Health benefits of rose hips include:

~reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
~relieve various respiratory conditions
~prevent cancer
~lower cholesterol
~manage diabetes
~ regulate your digestive system
~boost the immune system,
~increase circulation
~help in building stronger bones.

Vitamins/Minerals:
~vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E, and B-complex, calcium, iron, selenium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sulfur, silicon, and zinc … which definitely packs quite a punch of nutrients!!

Rose hips are actually the fruit of the rose plant and usually form in late summer and autumn, after the rose plant has been pollinated. Once the rosebud falls off, many people forget about roses, but the fruit of the plant is yet to come! They are some of the most nutritionally packed fruits on the planet.

Rose Hips is one of the ingredients in the Proprietary Super-Fruit/Antioxidant Blend in my Shakeology that I love & drink daily.  And I’ll tell you what: I have been traveling in New Orleans these past few days and having Shakeology in my daily diet has helped me IMMENSELY, as we have been eating out and getting minimal sleep and it gives me the boost of nutrients I need to get through the day.

Are you curious if Shakeology could possibly help your nutrition?? I'd love to share more with you :)

*For more information on other superfood ingredients in Shakeology you can see my past Super Food Saturday posts in my Pinterest library: https://www.pinterest.com/trishzelenak/super-foods/