Even with really good intentions, we simply cannot get the nutrients we need from the food we eat or the water we drink. The following are some reasons why my family and I choose to supplement with a delicious tasting, energy-boosting, good-for-us drink:
Nutrient Depletion. According to a Scientific American1 article, agricultural scientists have known for some time that our food has been getting less nutritious, but they thought it was only due to a byproduct of modern farming methods: soil overuse which leads to mineral depletion, or breeders favoring high-yield varieties, which sacrifices nutrition for size. Meanwhile, plant researchers have found that elevated carbon dioxide also contributes to lowering mineral content in plants. And when plants contain fewer nutrients, the animals that eat them are also malnourished so that impacts the nutrients in the meat supply.
Water in many town filtration systems has important minerals, like magnesium, removed. Magnesium is essential for 300 biochemical reactions in the body. The fact that chlorine and fluoride are then added to the water adds much controversy over the impacts on our bodies as well. I’ll let you dig into that. ;)
Nutrient Absorption Declines as we age. Even if we ate and drank perfect foods, the older we get, the less we absorb. Nutrient deficiencies cause DNA damage, make us age faster, and cause chronic disease.
A Simple Way to Boost Your Nutrition
Avoiding processed food and choosing to eat whole-food is an important aspect of proper health. There are important things to consider when choosing a supplement too. About 90% of supplements today are synthetic so our bodies don't know what to do with them. They will simply go out the other end. Choosing a whole-food supplement will allow your body to benefit.
When possible, I prefer to choose a liquid vitamin versus a pill that has to break down in my body. 
I feel so much more energized and confident that I've given my body something truly nutritious after drinking a juice called NingXia Red. Drinking a couple of shots daily not only gives me much needed energy, it also supports normal cellular function and whole-body health and wellness.
I feel so much more energized and confident that I've given my body something truly nutritious after drinking a juice called NingXia Red. Drinking a couple of shots daily not only gives me much needed energy, it also supports normal cellular function and whole-body health and wellness. What is NingXia Red?
NingXia Red is a powerful antioxidant nutrient drink made from a whole-fruit puree of Lysium Barbarum Chinese wolfberries. It is then blended with blueberry, aronia, cherry, pomegranate, and plum juices, natural stevia extract, grape seed extract, pure vanilla extract, and pure, therapeutic-grade Orange, Yuzu, Lemon, and Tangerine essential oils.
NingXia wolfberry is superior in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants - more than any other wolfberry in the world. It is the only wolfberry able to deliver all the micro and macronutrients that are bioavailable to the cells of your body.
Where do NingXia Wolfberries come from?
NingXia wolfberries grow in the NingXia River Valley in China, referred to as China's herbal medicine valley.- The NingXia region holds the Gold Certificate; China’s equivalent of the USDA’s organic certification. They are grown with no fertilizers, no pesticides, no sulfur, no irradiation, no dyes, and no heavy metals of lead, arson, mercury, or cadmium in the soil.
The NingXia region’s irrigation water comes from the Yellow River, which is upstream from all the pollutants of the major cities. The Yellow River floods the NingXia plants with a layer of minerals and silt every year.
Any other place in the world would not have the same ecological condition of the pH of the water, the nutrients in the soil, or silt from the Yellow River. The conditions have earned NingXia the distinction of being China’s recognized herbal medicine valley.
How NingXia Red Came to Be
Young Living Founder D. Gary Young was in search of the fountain of youth – the plant that was eaten that helped people live well into their 100’s. He searched in all corners of the earth. His journey is chronicled in a book you can pick up called NingXia Wolfberry: The Ultimate Superfood.
Gary found that people living in the NingXia region in China had exceptional lifespans and something in common: they were nibbling on this berry, making tea out of it, and drying the fruit and eating it. He took the berry back to his lab in the United States, and thus the journey of the red berry made it to American soil.
Once Gary found NingXia, it took seven years to get it past customs in the U.S. and get it formulated. It started first as Berry Young Juice, just the juice. Then it was reformulated to include the peel and the flesh of the wolfberry fruit.
Some Reasons Why NingXia Works
Antioxidants play a huge role in aging, memory, inflammation, bone and joint health—and so much more. Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) is a method of measuring antioxidant capacities.
Presently, the highest antioxidant on the ORAC scale is vitamin E which comes in between 800 and 1200, followed by blueberries, raspberries, pomegranates. A combination of those fruits reaches around 3000 on the ORAC. The ORAC score of NingXia is 27,300!
Vitamin/Mineral Pairs: Minerals have to be properly balanced. Too much calcium will result in a zinc deficiency. Too much zinc can suppress immunity and lead to anemia. Both the mineral profile and the mineral balance of the NingXia wolfberry is without equal in the plant kingdom. With magnesium to calcium ratios 1:1, zinc to copper 2:1, and potassium to magnesium 8:1: it is exactly what the body needs in proportion.
Infused with Essential Oils: Essential Oils in NingXia act as a delivery system to the body. Because it’s infused with Young Living therapeutic-grade essential oils, it increases the absorption rate of NingXia. The tiny oils act as a delivery system for the larger molecules.Right Sugar & Enzymes Balance: But sugar is bad, right? Not all sugar. NingXia has the right sugar to open the door to your cell. When our cell membranes are 1) inflamed 2) oxidized 3) toxic 4) lacking in mitochondrial function to energize the receptors to open and close—we have no energy.
NingXia’s sugars open the door to our cells so good information can get passed to them. It crosses the lipid layer of the cell and passes inside. Only 8 sugars on the earth can open the door. NingXia has 4 of the 8, naturally occurring inside the wolfberry.
By age 40, we start losing digestive enzymes in the gut. NingXia is loaded with the right enzymes to help you break food down and get the nutrients out of what you eat.
Cleans Receptor sites: NingXia cleans cell receptor sites so the body can do its work and do what it was created to do. The best way to experience NingXia is just to get it in your body and feel it for yourself.
How long does it take to notice benefits? Some notice benefits immediately, some in the first couple of weeks, and some in a few months. It takes four months for every cell in your body to be replaced. Consider drinking 2-4 ounces a day for four months, then take a week off and see how you feel.
How do you get NingXia Red?
Check out this post to learn more about free radicals & antioxidants and why it matters to your health.
In this blog post, I share what prompted me to begin drinking NingXia Red and how antioxidants can impact the health of your blood.
Portions of this post are adapted from material written by Sarah Harnisch.
