If you caught the comments after my recent greens+ post, you’ll know some folks, including yours truly, don’t quite love the taste of the powdered supplement mixed with water. We tolerate it because a daily antioxidant-and-nutrient jack is worth a not-so-tasty chug-a-lug. But today I tried Genuine Health Healthy Skin greens+ in the natural chocolate raspberry flavour, which I did not expect to enjoy. Surprise! Me like!
Healthy Skin is greens+ combined with ingredients designed to help skin texture and sensitivity. A key addition is cocoa seed extract, which is jammed with antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory properties. (Inflammation is an enemy of the skin.) According to Dr. Alan C. Logan, co-creator of Healthy Skin, the formula contains exactly the cocoa-seed extract dosage from studies in which it improved rough, scaly skin, boosted hydration, and enhanced blood circulation to the skin.* Also in the mix is hydrolyzed fish collagen (don’t freak — it’s similar in structure to our own and helps kick up production). Studies indicate fish collagen lessens human-skin roughness, wrinkles, dullness and under-eye darkness, and improves hydration and elasticity.**
The staff’s all “we should get the bulk of our good-for-skin nutrients from what we eat,” and she’s right (imagine that). I’m working on it! But c’mon, who’s gonna gold-star in that game plan every day?
Genuine Health Healthy Skin with greens+ and other Genuine Health products are available at Well.ca (free shipping in Canada).
*European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; Journal of Nutrition, 2006
** European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2002*
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oh hang it now that sounds yummy. Boo why don’t we have it here? *curses living in a third world country*
That IS a bummer! I looked forward to my morning dose all day after having yesterday’s *grin*
Bet you have great dark veggies, vibrant fruit and fresh fish all the time, though, so maybe you don’t need this stuff so much! Also, no bitter winter! *shudders while cursing living in frigid -17 degrees celsius temperatures*
Hmm… Chocolate? Raspberry? This may actually motivate me to take my vitamins on a regular basis :)
It’s chocolate and raspberry together! Not a bad way to start the day at all.
Janine you have a point. Yes we have all of those and it never gets colder than 27ºC Although when it hits 40ºC I do find myself missing frigid temperatures!
See? The greens+ is always greener on the other side… *giggle* xo
Sounds very yummy Janine! Where did you find it?
It’s at Health food stores (Noah’s for sure), grocery stores and drugstores. They should do tasters, like Price Club!