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Heads Up, Dads: This superfruit juice might be what’s missing in your diet
In the Philippines, the average age of dads at childbirth ranges from late 20s to early 30s. This almost aligns with the time our body starts to show signs of aging—those visible in the skin, like wrinkles, and the invisible internal health changes.
An unhealthy lifestyle during this age, when the body’s nutrient absorption already starts to decrease, multiplies the effect. Reaching midlife (40-60) is even harder when the digestive shift is at its peak.
This is when eating a complete meal with fruits and vegetables has to be more often. Unfortunately, the busyness gives fathers little to no time to prioritize their wellness—barely any physical exercise, infrequent healthy meals, and more coffee intake than water.
Those who have no defined diet and rely only on what they can consume at the moment have to be innovative to keep their bodies healthy. The G3 Gac Superfruit Juice solves this problem just right.
DATEJUNE 07, 2026
AUTHORANGELA CLARE AGPAWA
READ10 Min
G3 Gac Superfruit Juice for a Healthy Diet
In today’s food market, healthy juices infused with fruits and vegetables have been gaining quite the popularity due to convenience and benefits. They contain the same nutrients as whole foods, but they do not require cooking and are readily available. Fruit juices made with citrus and berries are already flooding the market because of their high vitamin and antioxidant content, but one not as widely consumed yet is gac juice.
A study published in Oxford Academic’s Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (BBB) identified gac fruit as one of the richest known natural sources of carotenoids. Researchers specifically noted its unusually high lycopene, beta-carotene, and zeaxanthin content compared to many conventional fruits and vegetables.
Carotenoids are antioxidant compounds associated with cellular protection, immune support, eye health, and healthy aging. Carotenoids are what give certain fruits and vegetables their yellow, orange, and red colors. Red-colored fruits and veggies, especially tomatoes, get their vibrant hue primarily from lycopene.
Telehealth platform Hims lists three lycopene benefits for men, supporting that it helps reduce the risk of prostate cancer, improve cardiovascular health, and boost fertility.
On the other hand, the benefits of beta-carotene allow vitamin A conversion inside the body, providing antioxidants and rendering anti-inflammatory effects to help protect cells from damage. According to WebMD, beta-carotene provides about 50% of the vitamin A needed in the diet, supporting immunity and vision overall.
Zeaxanthin is highly relevant in health recommendations concerning eye strain and retinal protection. It acts as a natural sunblock and filter for harmful blue light, effectively reducing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts. This is especially important now that adults spend massive portions of the day looking at screens.
Antioxidant compounds found in NU Skin’s G3 Superfruit Juice are comparable to:
• Lycopene equal to 70 tomatoes
• Beta-carotene equal to 10 carrots
• Zeaxanthin equal to 40 ears of corn
Although gac is the centerpiece ingredient, G3 adds other superfruit sources associated with antioxidant and phytonutrient density. This includes:
• Chinese lycium
• Siberian pineapple
• Cili fruit
• Acerola
Chinese lycium is commonly associated with goji berries; it has long been studied for antioxidant compounds and immune-related benefits as well. Siberian pineapple is for added carotenoids, flavonoids, and vitamin C. Acerola, often called the "Barbados cherry" or "West Indian cherry,” is most famous for having one of the highest natural concentrations of vitamin C in the world, along with cili fruit.
With this combination of fruits, G3 is like a concentrated antioxidant beverage formulated around phytonutrient diversity.
Where does the gac fruit grow?
Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis) is a tropical vine natively grown across Southeast Asia and Northeastern Australia. It grows well in tropical and subtropical climates that mimic its native environment. Cultivation is most prominent in countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines, as well as southern China and Queensland.
Growing it requires specific conditions according to ECHO’s Seed Bank: warm temperatures between 20°C and 30°C, high annual rainfall (1,500 to 2,500 mm), eight months of warm growing season, full sun to partial shade (at least 6–8 hours of direct daily sunlight), sturdy elevated support systems like trellises, fences, or garden arches, and well-drained, loamy soil rich in organic matter with a pH near neutral (7.0).
Gac is not well-known in the Philippines the way mangoes, durian, or bananas are. They are not very well-credited either, like berries, lemons, and apples. But they are one of the healthiest fruits in the world. In parts of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the gac fruit has been traditionally consumed for generations and even used during celebrations and ceremonial meals.
In the Philippines, gac grows wild and in home gardens, especially in lowland thickets, secondary forests, and near riverbanks. It grows well in some parts of Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos, Benguet, Tarlac, and the Bicol region), Mindoro, Panay, Biliran, and Mindanao. Locals usually refer to it by regional names like sugod-sugod, parog-parog, or balbas-bakiro.
Benefits of Gac Fruit Juice During 30s
Modern living means spending most waking hours indoors, under artificial lighting, sitting for prolonged periods, consuming highly processed diets, and overall just consuming oxidative stress.
Years of this kind of lifestyle make it difficult to recover at a later age, despite intensity. Some things need prevention before they escalate to more serious matters.
During the 30s to 40s, symptoms of aging occur one by one:
• lower energy
• eye fatigue
• slower recovery
• weaker immunity
• skin dullness
• constant exhaustion
They build gradually through years of accumulated stress and nutritional imbalance, and once they reach a certain point, they only get either maintained or worse.
Healthy practices during this age, such as proper sleep, exercise, medical care, and balanced meals, are most important. When maintaining this is impossible, concentrated antioxidant intake is always relevant in lifestyles to achieve nutritional quality frequently.
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