Nutrition
What’s the Deal With Inulin?
Who
ever heard of Inulin? Svelte has of course, because we work at the
leading edge of new innovations in the nutrition your body needs.
Indeed, our company did early innovative work in the development of
inulin products more than 20 years ago. You need fiber, and Inulin is
both a complex carbohydrate and a spectacularly nutritious fiber for
you.
Inulin is a very special fiber. Most plants utilize glucose only to
make their fibers. There are many forms of the glucose-based fibers
commonly available. And they are good for you too.
Svelte uses Inulin because Inulin is a unique fiber.
A very special few plants, the plants that create Inulin, use
fructose, often called fruit sugar, together with the glucose as the
backbone for their fiber. These plants include artichokes, asparagus,
chicory, onions, garlic and others.
Because of inulin’s unique natural structure, it has a very mild,
neutral, pleasant flavor. We always want Svelte to taste great!
But there is an even more important reason Svelte uses Inulin; Inulin
is an extremely effective PRE-Biotic. Pre-biotics (not to be confused
with probiotics) aid in digestion and in the absorption of calcium and
magnesium. This means Inulin has been scientifically proven to be a
powerful food, not for you directly, but a power food helping the GOOD
microbes grow in your digestive system. The Pre- Biotic Inulin helps
promote the growth of the PRO-Biotics, which are the good bacteria you
want in your body. The better you feed these little guys, the more they
grow and the more they can work for your health.
The Inulin story seems unusual at first, but once you understand the
benefits, Inulin is at the very forefront of human nutrition.
Complex Carbohydrates for Sustained Energy
Svelte
adds Organic Complex Carbohydrates from Organic Rice because complex
carbohydrates help to provide sustained energy and reduce the
up-and-down “bounce” in your blood sugar levels that sugar can cause.
We use Organic Rice Syrup Solids for several reasons:
-Organics are not genetically modified and are grown without
the use of dangerous pesticides and chemicals. We use organic products
whenever we can because Organics give you the peace of mind to know you
are eating wholesome foods.
-Rice is a natural source of carbohydrates from a grain so safe
that in many cases rice is the first food we feed our infant
children.
-“Syrup Solids” are mostly complex carbohydrates that digest
more slowly once you eat them. This helps you to reduce the sugar
bounce and helps to provide you a source of energy over a longer
period of time.
-Using organic rice syrup is part of the reason Svelte provides
you with the sustained energy you need to keep going without
feeling starved.
Svelte provides more nutrition and more energy, over a longer period
of time, keeping you satisfied so that you can keep up with your busy
life.
Sugar
The story with sugar we all know is:
We like sweet things; a little is OK, and a lot is not good for any
of us. This is why Svelte uses just the right amount of different sugars
to create the optimal nutrition for you.
Too much sugar, and especially when the sugar is NOT balanced with
the correct amount of protein, sends your blood sugar bouncing all over
the place – first too high, then too low, and all within a 1 to 2 hour
period. The impacts of having blood sugar level vary wildly in your body
are several, and none of them are good:
First of all, high sugar levels put a huge sugar load into your
bloodstream, causing the typical blood sugar level to bounce way too
high.
This sugar “spike” causes a high demand for insulin, which is your
body’s way of trying to correct the unhealthy condition of too much
sugar in your bloodstream.
Your body then creates a massive shot of insulin, causing the blood
sugar to “Bounce” too low. The depletion in blood sugar makes you weak,
maybe even shaky, and certainly feeling quite hungry from the low blood
sugar.
Unfortunately, the strong hunger is not the worst part of this blood
sugar bounce. Spikes in blood sugar also cause your adrenal glands to
begin releasing the stress hormone cortisol into your bloodstream. When
this happens, your body is put under an oxidative stress load. Ugh. The
consequences for your health are quite negative. This type of oxidative
stress has cardiovascular implications, can lead to Type II diabetes and
more. This isn’t good.
At CalNaturale Svelte, we want you to have the right amount of sugar
for some energy, but not enough to cause the sugar high/low bounce with
all the health consequences. Therefore, we use 9 grams of Organic Sugar
in each full bottle. And roughly one third of this sugar occurs
naturally in the Organic Soy Milk.
Creating the proper blend of sugar and complex carbohydrates is a
fine balance, and is another example of the nutrition that Svelte
provides for you.
Organic Soy Protein
Protein,
always crucial for nutrition, is now known to be incredibly important
for lasting energy, taming those hunger cravings and even balancing your
blood sugar.
Not just any protein, but only the highest quality protein can
provide you with the nutrition, energy, hunger satisfaction and peace of
mind you desire.
Svelte uses only Organic Soy Protein – The complete protein food that
comes directly from the fresh organic soymilk that we make ourselves.
Let’s face it - if you want something done right you have to do it
yourself, and we will accept nothing less than the best.
Since Svelte Soy Protein comes from our own organic soymilk, our
protein is a complete food made from the whole soybean, not some
over-processed, chemical, genetically-modified who-knows-what.
For complete nutrition, what healthy adults actually need to eat are
the amino acids that are the building blocks that make up the protein.
And our bodies REQUIRE certain very specific amino acids in a particular
balance. Soy protein contains the right amino acids in the right
proportion for proper nutrition.
Additionally, we use Certified Organic soymilk because our mission is
to use Organic ingredients whenever we can. We know you want yourself
and your family to have the peace of mind from knowing that your soymilk
does not come from genetically modified soybeans and is not grown using
dangerous pesticides and other chemicals. Of course, our organic
soybeans are GMO-free and grown without toxic and persistent chemicals.
We don’t want to feed that stuff to our own families, and we know that
you don’t want to either.
Scientifically, we now know that protein is also very crucial at
controlling blood sugar levels and helping to prevent spikes that just
make you hungrier after a short period instead of feeling satisfied and
full.
We want Svelte to be the best nature has to offer, so our protein has to be as well.
RTD Chocolate Soy Shake 
