Viridian Nordic Forest Blend 100% Organic Pine Bark and Berry 30g

Description:
Viridian 100% Organic Pine Bark & Berry is a great tasting, nutrient packed powder that makes a tasty beverage when water or juice is added. Each portion provides 93mg of anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins per servicing. The ingredients used are sourced from the Nordic forests of Finland. The ingredients used include wild lingonberries and bilberries blended with proanthocyanidin-rich Arctic pine bark and Arctic bilberry extracts. This product is suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets and is certified organic by the Soil Association. The ingredients are sustainably harvested from the certified forests of Finland. They are then carefully blended to create this unique, pleasant-tasting, nutrient-dense beverage.

Benefits:
Shown to rejuvenate and protect the skin with its significant antioxidant activity. Beneficial properties include lowering circulating levels of low density lipoprotein-cholesterol and increasing levels of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, modifying hypertension and reducing fasting glucose levels.

Bilberry and Lingonberry are the most important wild berries in the forests of Nordic countries, forming a major dietary source of anthocyanin, flavanols and phenolics. Contains a high amount of antioxidants, and both have been used traditionally in medicine for their anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic and retina-protective properties. Bilberry also contains 15 different anthocyanins composed of 5 anthocyanidins. There is emerging research that suggests they could also aid in cardiovascular, gut and nerve health.

Benefits of Pine Bark & Berry:
- Healthy skin, improved skin barrier function and collagen protection
- Lowering blood glucose levels, cardiovascular protection and anti-bacterial
- Can improve visual function and preventing cataracts, diabetes retinopathy and glaucoma.

Directions:
Stir one level teaspoon (1.5g) into water or juice.

Ingredients:
One teaspoon (1.5g) provides: Organic Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) juice powder 600mg, Organic Lingonberry (Vaccinium Vitis-idaea) juice powder 600mg, Organic Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) extract, providing 25% Anthocyanidins 225mg, Organic Pine Bark (Pinus Sylvestris) extract, providing 50% Proanthocyanidins (OPCs) 75mg.