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- Bluebonnet Nutrition - EarthSweet Chewables Melatonin Natural Raspberry Flavor 3 mg. - 60 Chewable Tablets Bluebonnet Nutrition EarthSweet Chewables Natural Raspberry Flavor helps promote restful sleep for those affected by disturbed sleep/wake cycles, such as those traveling across multiple time zones. This product is sweetened with EarthSweet, an all-natural sweetening mix of juice concentrates and cane crystals. Available in chewable tablets for maximum assimilation and absorption. EarthSweet Chewables Melatonin Features: Promote Restful Sleep Gluten Free Vegan Kosher Certified Minerals Dietary minerals serve a life-sustaining function by helping your body operate properly and remain strong. Minerals build skeletal and soft tissues, and they also regulate processes – such as heartbeat, blood clotting, internal fluid pressure, nerve reactions, impulse transmissions, muscle contractions, oxygen transport, acid/base balance to keep the pH of the body neutral, as well as enzyme and hormone systems. In addition, dietary minerals make up 60 to 80% of all the inorganic (non-carbon containing) material in the body, and they fall into two categories: macrominerals and microminerals. There are seven macrominerals, also known as major or bulk minerals: calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and sulfur. They are present in virtually every cell in the body and at least 100 mg of each are needed daily just for normal functioning and well-being. Microminerals, commonly called trace minerals, are required in smaller quantities – typically less than 100 mg per day. Still, some are considered “essential” for good nutrition. Essential microminerals include chromium, copper, fluoride, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium and zinc. Unfortunately, dietary minerals have low bioavailability, which means in their natural state, they are not readily available for use in the body. This is because minerals are too big and bulky with high molecular weights, so they are unable to cross the intestinal membrane intact. To enable dietary minerals to pass through the intestinal wall where they can be absorbed into the blood stream, they are usually attached to a “carrier.” This is why minerals are found in various forms like magnesium aspartate and calcium citrate. Mineral chelates (pronounced KEY-lates) are minerals bound to special “carriers” like amino acids and are particularly effective in propelling nutrients into the blood stream. Few nutritional substances cross the intestinal wall as quickly and easily as amino acids, thanks to their unique active transport mechanism of absorption. By linking the two, the amino acid is able to transport the mineral across the intestinal lining into the body, so it can be put to use. However, to be transported intact, the mineral must have a stable bond to the amino acid. Simply mixing minerals with amino acids – a basic ionic and hydrogen bond – will not produce a stable product. Mineral “chelates” created in this manner often lose their integrity during digestion and compromise the nutrient’s availability. Albion Laboratories has developed a process that produces a stable, nutritionally functional mineral chelate, which provides reliable and effective mineral nutrition. Albion’s patented technology replicates the body’s natural chelation process, essentially turning inorganic minerals into small, highly bioavailable organic molecules (non-ionized). This process ensures that the mineral will remain stable throughout digestion and ultimately result in maximum absorption. About Bluebonnet Nutrition Nutrition to the Fifth Power The landscape of nutrition is changing rapidly. However, Bluebonnet Nutrition is not simply changing with it. They are leading the way. Since the 1991 launch of their company in Sugar Land, Texas, they have carefully sowed the seeds of success by their unwavering pledge to the five powers of Bluebonnet Nutrition. Now, their quality products are flourishing, and the
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- Size/Form 60 Chewable Tablet
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take one chewable tablet 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime or as directed by a healthcare practitioner. INGREDIENTS Bluebonnet Nutrition - EarthSweet Chewables Melatonin Natural Raspberry Flavor 3 mg. - 60 Chewable Tablets Supplement Facts Serving Size: 1 Tablet Servings Per Container: 60 Amount Per Serving %DV Calories 1 Total Carbohydrate <0.4 g <1 Sugars <0.4 g Melatonin 3 mg * *Daily Value Not Established. Other Ingredients: Natural raspberry flavor, natural strawberry flavor, EarthSweet [juice concentrates (wild blueberry, cranberry, prune, cherry, strawberry, grape, raspberry, and bilberry fruits, grape seed and raspberry seed extracts) and cane crystals], stearic acid, vegetable magnesium stearate. Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Also free of yeast, gluten, barley, rice and sodium. WARNINGS Not for long-term use or for children under 12 years of age. If you suffer fromchronic sleeplessness and/or are taking prescription medications, such as tranquilizers, sedatives, or antidepressants like MAO inhibitors, consult with your healthcare practitioner before use. Do not use this product if you are pregnant, trying to conceive or breastfeeding. Residual drowsiness may occur, so refrain from operating machinery or driving a vehicle when taking this product. Prop 65 Warning This product may contain one or more chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
