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This is a new item from Gopal’s that combines the heart healthiest nut with the most nutritious berry in a luscious cookie! All nuts are germinated and low temperature dehydrated. They are delicious and nutritious. Great as a snack or dessert.
Source and Processing
This cookie’s nuts are germinated. The cookie is then dehydrated at or under 108ºF. It consists of organic macadamia nuts, organic coconut, organic goji berries, and organic & raw agave nectar.
Benefits
Germinating and soaking causes a useful breakdown of complex compounds, transforming them into essential combinations that are far more digestible than in their raw state. Amino acids/protein and nutritious fat, fiber, and total vitamin and mineral contents improve with the germinating process.
Germinating and soaking removes the enzyme inhibitors in nuts and seeds that can cause digestive problems, while activating digestive enzymes to assist your body in digesting the nut/seed’s nutrients. Germinating and soaking also removes the water-soluble phytic and oxalic acids in nuts and seeds that can block the assimilation of some nutrients.
Macadamia nuts are rich in energy, minerals, vitamins, proteins, and other nutrients. The consumption of heart healthy nuts has been shown to lower cholesterol and heart disease. Further research has also demonstrated their ability to act as an antioxidant and help lessen after meal surges in blood sugar.
Coconut is an incredible rich source of fiber and “healthy” fats. The critical health factor in coconut oil is the medium chain fatty acids, also known as medium chain triglycerides (MCTs).
These MCTs differ from longer fatty acids found in other plant-based oils known as triglycerides (LCTs). LCTs are stored in the body as fat while MCTs are burned for energy and expire quickly in the body. The MCTs found in raw coconut oil help raise the body’s metabolism to aid with weight loss and add health-heightening properties.
Other benefits of eating coconut include:
- Rich in dietary fiber
- Building muscle mass
- Research has suggested it can reduce the viral load of HIV
- Its organic iodine content aids in the prevention of goiter
- Heart Healthy
- Increases metabolism
- Appropriate for diabetics (low glycemic)
- Immunity booster
- And much more!
From a nutritional level, goji berries are unmatched by any other food. They are loaded with 18 kinds of amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen) and contain all 8 essential amino acids (such as isoleucine and tryptophan). Moreover, goji berries contain up to 21 trace minerals (the most powerful ones being zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus). Goji berries are the richest source of carotenoids, including beta-carotene (more beta-carotene than carrots), of all known foods or plants on earth. They contain 500 times the amount of vitamin C, by weight, than oranges making them second only to camu camu berries as the richest vitamin C source on earth. Goji berries also contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, and vitamin E.
Pure, raw agave nectar is rich in inulin, which is not broken down by your digestive enzymes. Because the inulin is not broken down by normal digestion, it does not elevate blood sugar levels and may therefore be helpful in the management of diabetes. Inulin will aid in the absorption of calcium. There is solid evidence for inulin’s efficacy as a prebiotic to promote gut health.
Disclaimer: This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, nor is this information meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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