Five Reasons Your Kids Should Be Drinking CoCoa LeafGreens

1. Better Nutrition Has Been Linked to Better Grades

Instead of letting your child fill up on high-sugar cereals that come in boxes adorned with spastic cartoon critters, substitute a healthy whole-food breakfast and a glass of CoCoa LeafGreens. That way, they can have a sweet treat without sacrificing nutrition. A recent study found that children who consume healthier breakfasts are 25% more successful in school.  Speaking of good grades…

2. Cocoa Has Been Linked to Improved Mental Functioning 

The flavanols in cocoa have been linked with improved memory, improved motor responses and relating to visual stimuli. This may be in part due to cocoa’s ability to help the body produce nitric oxide.

3. Quercetin May Snip Sniffles

Somehow, kids always seem to have runny noses, the sniffles or a cough. Quercetin may be able to help with that.

From University of Maryland:

In test tubes, quercetin prevents immune cells from releasing histamines, chemicals that cause allergic reactions. On that basis, researchers think that quercetin may help reduce symptoms of allergies, including runny nose, watery eyes, hives, and swelling of the face and lips. However, there is no evidence yet that it works in humans.

4. Kaempferol Bolsters the Immune System

Kaempferol is pretty amazing.  It’s been shown to have both anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties.  Due to the sheer size of student populations these days, schools are a great place for germs and bacteria to congregate. And if a kid starts sneezing in your home room, well then, forget about it! Kaempferol may help.  But that’s not all kaempferol is known for: From “A Review on the Dietary Flavanol Kaempferol”

Some epidemiological studies have found a positive association between the consumption of foods containing kaempferol and a reduced risk of developing several disorders such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Numerous preclinical studies have shown that kaempferol and some glycosides of kaempferol have a wide range of pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, cardioprotective, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, anti-osteoporotic, estrogenic/antiestrogenic, anxiolytic, analgesic and antiallergic activities.

5. The Most Fun Way to Eat Your Veggies

We live in a world where sugary beverage companies and fast food restaurant chains target kids with their marketing. Possibly not coincidentally, the childhood obesity rate sits at 18%. These are sad facts, but we also live in a world where you can find a product that uses healthy cocoa to help kids enjoy their vegetables for only ten calories. CoCoa LeafGreens: changing the face of nutrition!