The Good Inside Touchstone Essentials: One-Stop-Shop for Whole Food Nutrition
I’m always on the market for plant-based supplements that I can trust. More precisely, I’m always looking for one place to source all of my supplement needs. This is where Touchstone Essentials come in. Since 2012, the plant-based supplement company has been making organic, clean, and whole food supplements that use the power of healing plants – fruits and vegetables (that’s it!) – to optimize your health. Its capsules are even plant-based!
Why Touchstone Essentials?
Plant-based supplement company Touchstone Essential doesn’t cut corners when it comes to its product offerings. It offers real whole foods that are certified organic and concentrated in an easily ingestible supplemental manner. The products contain no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial sweeteners, no artificial vitamins, no GMOs, and no toxic additives (swoon!). Instead, it sources organic foods free of pesticides and herbicides, derives nutrition from powerful plants, utilizes back-by-science custom blends, uses ingredients from sustainable sources, and is a stickler about quality control, testing everything before it gets close to the bottle.
In the ingredients list of its Super Green Juice powder blend, for example, no ingredient is left to the imagination.
CEO & Founder Eddie Stone, speaks on why the company’s products are so, well, essential, “In today’s high-demand, over-scheduled and over-stressed world, regular run-of-the-mill supplements just don’t cut it. Your body needs high-octane fuel to perform at its best. And that premium nutrition comes from superfoods. These plant powerhouses are rich in the right combination of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients that give you energy, focus and staying power. You just need to eat enough of them every day.”
Not all health supplements are created equally, and it’s important to do your research before you purchase whatever catches your eye. Stone explains, “Many health supplements have questionable additives and the majority of the vitamins listed come from synthetic, isolate or GMO sources. That ascorbic acid on labels isn’t vitamin C from acerola cherries, but typically is chemically extracted from GMO corn. Those B vitamins don’t come from vitamin and mineral-rich leafy greens, but refined petrochemicals. And vital vitamin D? Most supplements contain D extracted from sweater material (lamb’s wool) instead of sunshine-infused mushrooms.”
But Touchstone Essentials not only focuses on what’s in its products but also on how said ingredients interact and whether they are ultimately effective.
“Touchstone Essentials understands that immunity and digestion are intrinsically linked, with up to 80% of the immune system residing in the gut. So, instead of a stand-alone vitamin D for immunity, Touchstone Essentials created Supergreens +D. Organic vitamin D is paired with nutritious greens for digestive health, plant-based enzymes for optimal digestion, and over 5 billion probiotics for a healthy microbiome. It’s a multi-dimensional approach to wellness.” Stone continues, “Similarly, issues of joint and heart health often have a common cause, and a shared solution. Touchstone Essentials created Wellspring with vegan omega support and organic turmeric and ginger to help soothe temporary inflammation that stresses both the heart and joints.
Where to Start
There are dozens of products available, but a few standout ones that are a great way to get started.
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Stone recommends the Super Green Juice and the Organic Super Protein blends. In the Super Green Juice powder, “you get 44 organic superfoods in every tasty scoop. Just add to water or toss into your favorite smoothie and you are on your way to an amazing day.”
Meanwhile, “the Organic Super Protein is fuel for your active life and everything you’ve been looking for in a delicious vanilla shake. You get certified organic, clean, complete plant proteins, energizing MCTs and heart-healthy omegas in a great-tasting smoothie.”
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