Brain Health

A healthy brain begins with smart nutrition.

The foods you eat need to support healthy brain functions. By eating fruits and vegetables of every color, you are providing your brain with nutrients that promote healthy cognitive functioning and improve both short- and long-term memory. For example, grapes contain resveratrol which improves memory.

Heart Health

 Eating enough heart healthy food isn’t easy. Finding the right supplement is. 

To keep your heart healthy, you should eat every color of fruit and vegetable every day. Especially if you’re one of the estimated 230 million people around the world whose lifestyle choices result in smoking or carrying excess weight. Those lifestyle factors make focusing on heart health even more crucial. So it’s even more important to eat a lot of different fruits and vegetables.

Eye Health

 Take care of your vision; eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. 

To keep your vision clear, you need to take good care of your eyes. By eating fruits and vegetables of every color, you are providing your eyes with nutrients that help maintain healthy eye tissue and enhance sun protection. Yellow peppers and cantaloupes, like other yellow- and orange-colored foods, contain beta carotene which is crucial for maintaining healthy eye tissue and preventing free radical damage.

color yourself healthy

where do nutrients come from?

The natural, protective substances found in plants that also give them their unique color are called phytonutrients (or "plant nutrients"). To get the full range of health benefits associated with plant nutrients, you should eat a rainbow of color every day.

Click on the color tabs below for information about the fruits and vegetables associated with each color, the key phytonutrients they contain and their individual health benefits. 

Red - Nutrients Your Body Will Love

Delicious reds range from sweet strawberries to spicy red peppers.

Fruits & Vegetables

• Cherries
• Cranberries
• Red Apples
• Pomegranate
• Radishes
• Raspberries
• Tomatoes

Health Benefits

• Prostate Health
• DNA Health

Purple - Into the Blue ... and Purple

Rich in color, flavor, and most importantly, nutrients. Purple and blue fruits and vegetables support heart and brain health and provide excellent antioxidant protection.

Fruits & Vegetables

• Black Currants
• Eggplant
• Plums
• Beets
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Grapes

Health Benefits

• Cognitive Health
• Heart Health
• Support Arterial Function
• Antioxidant Protection

Green - Freshen Your Diet with Green

Green fruits and vegetables support arterial function, cell health, lung and vision health and help maintain healthy liver function. They also help facilitate interaction between cells and maintains healthy cell growth.

Fruits & Vegetables

• Spinach
• Lettuce
• Broccoli
• Green Beans
• Soy beans
• Green Tea
• Green Peppers

Health Benefits

• Cell Health
• Support Arterial Function
• Lung Health
• Maintain Healthy Liver Function

White - Feeling Right with White

White fruits and vegetables are savory favorites and a tasty way to support a healthy lifestyle.

Fruits & Vegetables

 

• Pears
• Cauliflower
• Garlic
• White Kidney Beans
• Horseradish
• Mushrooms
• Onions

Health Benefits

• Maintain Healthy Bones
• Circulatory Health
• Support Arterial Function

Orange - Orange and Yellow for a Brighter Day

Sunny colors for a happy, healthier you.

Fruits & Vegetables

• Corn
• Pineapple
• Lemons
• Passion Fruit
• Oranges
• Carrots
• Papaya

Health Benefits

• Eye Health
• Healthy Immune Function
• Maintain Skin Hydration
• Healthy Growth and
  Development

Nutrition tips for post-gastric bypass

Nutrilite Scientist Micheline Vargas, DrPH, RCEP, has worked with gastric bypass patients in the past. Here are her recommendations:

Start with a consultation with your physician.

There are a number of products you might consider after consulting with your physician. You may be able to add a NUTRILITE Protein Shake in as a snack 1+ times per day to help meet needs. For a multivitamin, you could consider our Daily to start. You could also consider adding an omega-3 in to ensure adequate EPA & DHA especially if fish intake is not optimal. This is a starting point - before you start any new dietary regimen. you should discuss your health and nutritional needs with your physician.

GBS specific nutrition tips

o Eat small quantities: The stomachs capacity has changed, so the amount of food intake has to change.

o Make sure food is completely chewed: You need more time for chewing and also not all food is possible to chew well. Choose appropriate food!

o Don't eat and drink at the same time: The reduced capacity of the stomach will no longer permit to take in both: liquid and food at the same time. It´s better to drink between or before meals.

o Do not lay down after eating: In a horizontal position reflux is more likely. The food also remains longer in the prestomach and leads to a very uncomfortable accumulation of mucus.

o Eat five times a day: This is important, because if you only eat 2-3 times a day, it is not possible to have a great variety of food. Consequently, as you can only eat small amounts, you do not get enough proteins, minerals and vitamins. In addition, when eating 5 times daily, it is less likely that you are overpowered by sudden hunger attacks where you probably forget the new eating habits.

o Reduce beverages rich in calories: Soft drinks, hot chocolate, and milk shakes all contain a lot of calories. These beverages can still be consumed after your operation. Be mindful!

Protein requirements for exercising individuals

The estimated protein requirement is higher for exercising individuals and athletes due to an increased need for repairing and rebuilding muscle. Some common recommendations are:

International

• Sedentary Adult: 0.8-1.0 g/kg body weight 
• Endurance Athlete: 1.2-1.4 g/kg body weight 
• Strength Athlete: 1.2-1.7 g/kg body weight  

United States Only

• Sedentary Adult: 0.4-0.5 g/pound body weight
• Endurance Athlete: 0.5-0.6 g/pound body weight
• Strength Athlete: 0.5-0.7 g/pound body weight

Some athletes prefer to supplement their diet with whey protein because it is more rapidly emptied from the stomach resulting in a faster rise in plasma amino acids and protein synthesis. This characteristic makes whey protein especially desirable immediately before or following exercise. However, to maintain protein synthesis throughout the day, a person should also balance their intake with other dietary proteins for which Soy protein is an excellent option.

Tips for healthy weight gain

Some helpful hints for gaining weight in a healthy way are

1. Eat slightly larger portion sizes

2. If appetite is an issue, be careful not to consume too many beverages prior to eating (you don't want to fill up on liquid)

3. Find ways to add healthy, calorie dense foods into your diet.

• Nuts and seeds paired with dried fruit make a great snack
• Cook with healthy oils such as olive oil and canola oil
• Consume beverages such as milk and fruit juice that provide calories but also lots of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients
• Eat more starchy vegetables such as roots and tubers
• Consider mixing a scoop of sugar-free protein powder into your foods and beverages to increase the calorie count

4. Exercise is still important for people trying to gain weight but consider doing more strength training and low-to-moderate intensity aerobic activity rather than higher intensity aerobic activity