They’re all PURPLE!

Seven Fruits Power New Purple Beverage with the Highest Antioxidant Punch on the Planet.

The dark purple Amazonian açaí berry, pronounced “ahh-sigh-ee,” has been hailed as the new “superfood” on the Oprah Winfrey show and website, and has hip and healthful consumers clamoring for its high levels of antioxidants and cholesterol-fighting fatty acids, protein and fiber. What many consumers don’t know, however, is that antioxidants are most effective when combined with other antioxidants, in a scientific principle dubbed “the antioxidant cascade effect.”

Kids and teens, pour yourselves a tall one. Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry milk, that is. New research shows that drinking flavored milk increases overall milk intake and improves nutrition without adding extra weight.

A study of nearly 8,000 children and adolescents published in this month’s Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that those who included flavored milk in their beverage selection actually drank more milk overall — both flavored and plain — when compared to peers who only drank plain milk. Because milk is a good source of calcium and potassium, two “nutrients of concern” lacking in the diets of most Americans, drinking more milk leads to better nutrition.