{"id":322,"date":"2009-06-18T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/functional-foods.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2015-02-24T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T20:58:45","slug":"biotest-superfood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/biotest-superfood\/","title":{"rendered":"Biotest Superfood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biotest<\/strong> is a brand name that’s pretty well-known in bodybuilding circles.\u00a0 It’s owned\/operated by T-Muscle<\/a> (formerly known as “T-Nation”), an online resource devoted to bodybuilding training and nutrition.\u00a0 “Superfood” is one of the newer supps in the Biotest line, and is composed of a spectrum of standardized, vegetable\/fruit extracts.<\/p>\n

Manufacturer’s Description:<\/strong> “What we’ve done is taken 18 incredibly potent, freeze-dried super extracts of WHOLE fruits and vegetables and combined them in what we believe is the perfect superfood. We chose each for their almost drug-like properties, and put them together in one incredibly potent, incredibly concentrated, incredibly easy-to-use powdered supplement.<\/p>\n

No fillers, no extra flavoring agents, no sweeteners, nothing extra \u2014 just pure superfood.”<\/p>\n

Product Label:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serving Size: 5 g (2 scoops)Freeze-Dried Super-Concentrated Extracts 5,000 mg BERRIES: wild blueberry (1.5% anthocyanin), orange (40% vitamin C), raspberry (20% allagic acid, 0.7% anthocyanins), strawberry, acai berry (1.5% total phenolic acids, 1% anthocyanins), coffee berry (50% total phenolic acids), goji berry, pomegranate (40% ellagic acid) VEGETABLES: broccoli sprout (5000 ppm sulforophane), kale, spinach (700 ppm lutein), wasabi (20% glucosinolates), wild yam (20% diosgenin), green tea (95% total polyphenols, 65% total catechins, 40% EGCG)OTHER FRUITS: apple, mango, passion fruit, watermelon (1000 ppm lycopene)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Comments:<\/strong> Biotest Superfood is one of many such high-ORAC\u00a0food-based concentrates currently on the market, which are promoted as surrogates for vegetable\/fruit intake.\u00a0 Biotest goes one step further than most, however. In addition to\u00a0claiming their supplement is “…equivalent to eating between 10 and 12 average servings of fruits and vegetables”, the company\u00a0also insists it makes vitamin and mineral supplementation “obsolete.”\u00a0 This claim is pretty ironic, as\u00a0there is NO vitamin or mineral information\u00a0listed on the container or web site to back this up.\u00a0 Needless to state, plant antioxidants\u00a0are supremely\u00a0healthful – but they\u00a0aren’t\u00a0replacements for essential\u00a0vitamins and minerals.\u00a0 Thus, this line of reasoning:<\/p>\n

As such we’ve always preferred to get our vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and various phytochemicals from fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, you know as well as we do that it’s hard to ingest anywhere near the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables every day. Who’s got time to eat 4 servings of fruits and 4 servings of vegetables every single day?<\/p>\n

…Enter Biotest’s Superfood.<\/p>\n

…We discarded the notion of coming out with a vitamin pill composed of conventional, lab manufactured vitamins and minerals. Instead, we’ve chosen the whole-food<\/em> route.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…is illogical.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0great to get your vites and minerals from fruits and vegetables vs. pills\u00a0– but to imply that an apparently\u00a0vitamin-\/mineral-less antioxidant supplement\u00a0can replace the vites and minerals\u00a0supplied by whole\u00a0fruits and veggies is ridiculous…it’s comparing apples to oranges (no pun intended).\u00a0 Extracts contain only those elements soluble in the extraction solvent.\u00a0 Saying they’re nutritionally equivalent to whole foods\u00a0is like saying cornstarch is nutritionally equivalent\u00a0to an ear of corn.<\/p>\n

NOT.<\/p>\n

Beyond the exaggerated claims, however, the product itself appears to be pretty well-made.\u00a0 It’s one of the few I’ve seen that uses (some) standardized extracts, and the ORAC value is fairly impressive: 5,315 per serving.\u00a0 It also handles quite well: it dissolves thoroughly in water and isn’t the least bit gritty.\u00a0 Quality-wise, it appears to be good stuff.<\/p>\n

Unlike some competing products, however,\u00a0Biotest Superfood\u00a0is NOT sweetened or flavored in any way.\u00a0 On the one hand, this is a good thing, as users don’t have to pay for superfluous additives, but the downside is that it really doesn’t taste very good.\u00a0\u00a0It’s\u00a0not horrible, either, mind you…the flavor, such as it is, is actually rather faint: it tastes like slightly tart, broccoli\/berry tea-flavored water\u00a0(if you can imagine such a thing).\u00a0\u00a0So it’s\u00a0drinkable as is, although\u00a0I thought it was best added to other things.\u00a0 For example, during my taste-tests, I typically dissolved it in a glass of water, then added a scoop of chocolate protein powder, which covered the taste and color up completely.<\/p>\n

Overall, I liked\u00a0Superfood – for what it is, rather than what Biotest pretends it is.\u00a0 It seems like a great way to add some additional antioxidant phytonutrients to your diet (and certainly better than\u00a0using Mona Vie or other MLM “superfruit” products)…although it’s still not a replacement for the fiber, minerals (especially potassium) vites and complete spectrum of phytonutrients\u00a0found in whole veg\/fruits.\u00a0 It’s a good product, but it’s best\u00a0used\u00a0as an addition to – not a replacement for – what Mother Nature provides.<\/p>\n

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