Nutrient Dense Greens
are Naturally Concentrated
and Complete
Nutrient dense greens are beginning to be recognized for thier superfood potential. The inner-knowing in each of us desperately craves the potent
phytonutrients
in these foods.
Could it be that our bodies intuitively recognize these nutrient dense green foods as naturally rich resources of powerful
antioxidants,
vitamins, minerals, and plant compounds?
Until the 1930's, barley, alfalfa
and wheat grasses, for example,
were sold commercially....
....in health food stores as
"vitamin" supplements.
Then, many pharmaceutical and nutritional companies discovered how to isolate individual vitamins
and synthesize them in the laboratory.
Thus....
The emergence of vitamins and minerals in a "pill" became immensely popular. For this reason, green foods fell out of vogue until the 1970's.
Today, many multiple vitamin and mineral formulas rely heavily on synthetic or isolated vitamins.
For example, much of the beta-carotene and vitamin E source material sold today is synthetic.
The fact is, our bodies sense these differences at the molecular level.
They simply do not metabolize synthetic vitamins as effectively as naturally sourced
nutrients.
Good News: Green food popularity is on the rise again.
Yes, naturally sourced vitamin and mineral supplements
are important to health in our modern world --
-- but green foods provide a wider array of nutrients and
anti-aging factors.
We are rediscovering that dark green leafy vegetables are
perhaps the most concentrated source of nutrition of any food.
Because......
......they are a rich source of minerals (including iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium) and vitamins, including vitamins K, C, E, and many of the B vitamins.
They also provide a variety of phytonutrients, including beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin, which protect our cells from
free radical damage
as well as our eyes from age-related problems.
Dark green leaves even contain small amounts of Omega-3 fats.
Blue-green algaes, such as spirulina, not only have abundant
vitamins and minerals, but, pound for pound, have more
protein than meat or soybeans.
Alfalfa, for example, actually contains all known vitamins.
With these super nutrient dense greens, perhaps only a teaspoon or tablespoon is required to gain the nutritional benefit; and we're only just starting to figure out the true health benefits of these superfoods.
There are thousands of unidentified beneficial molecules
in green foods that our
cells
require for optimal health.
While individual nutrient dense green foods (including algae, land vegetables, and sea-greens) contribute their own array of phytonutrients, nevertheless, a combination of all of these greens is desirable.
These are some of the reasons that consuming super greens and greens beverages every day is important to your health.
Besides that, green foods are so nutritionally concentrated and complete, they are great for appetite control and facilitating weight loss.
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