Blog | Brian Hetrich

Color Your World

Phytonutrients are a plant’s natural defenders. They are chemical compounds that plants naturally develop during their growth period that protect them from bugs, bacteria, germs, fungi and disease. Scientists have identified more than 25,000 different types of phytonutrients. The really interesting thing about phytonutrients is that these powerful plant chemical compounds have the same effect on humans. When we eat the plants they support our immune system and also protect us from bacteria, germs, fungi and disease. Phytonutrients give plants their distinctive colors such as the green in spinach, the orange in carrots, the red in tomatoes, the blue in blueberries and many others. These color

Your "Second Brain"

Probiotics are living microorganisms that are symbiotic to humans. They play an extremely important role in your health. While they reside in every tissue and organ of your body most can be found in your gut in the form of your intestinal flora. These beneficial bacteria even can be found on the outside of your body on the surface of your skin. Probiotics create a physical barrier defending you from bad bacteria both inside and outside the body. Of the 100 trillion cells that make up your body 90% of them are probiotics. There are hundreds of different types of probiotics with names like lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacterial, lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacterium longum. These benefi