consciouseating
natural healing (see GaryNull.com).
Among the fi rst to design a greenfood
supplement, his version contains a mix
of organically grown greens harvested
fresh, and then juiced and immediately
dehydrated at a low temperature
to preserve nutrients. The resulting
“superfood” powder can be easily added
green
to foods and beverages.
Most greenfood preparations include
immature, nutrient-rich grasses such as
oat, wheat or barley grass; microalgae
such as spirulina and chlorella; and
chlorophyll-rich vegetables like parsley, FOODS
broccoli and kale. Some formulas
include fruit for extra antioxidant value
A Natural
and fl avor. Greenfood preparations are
designed to meet more of the body’s
Nutrient Boost
nutritional needs than the single salad
and side serving of steamed vegetables
the average American tries to consume
each day.
Some greenfoods are even designed
by Dian Freeman
as whole food products for people
who don’t eat fi sh, eggs or meat,
because vegetarian diets are often
Which is better for our health: fresh greens
low in protein, essential fatty acids
and vitamin B
12
, all abundant in fl esh
or “greenfoods,” dehydrated vegetables
foods. Spirulina, or blue-green algae,
is a favorite of vegetarians, because it
in powder or pill form? It’s up to us, as
is high in protein. Many algae provide
the B
12
vitamin unavailable in other
individual consumers, to learn more about
vegetables and are also a rich source of
essential fatty acids.
the choices and make informed decisions.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, another national
health advisor, DrMercola.com, touts
chlorella, a natural green algae found
Dr. Andrew Weil, who offers many nutritional supplements on his website,
in many greenfood preparations. He
DrWeil.com, is a staunch proponent of eating fresh, green vegetables; he can
credits it with strengthening the im-
be seen on television picking veggies from his garden. “Dark, leafy greens and
mune system and providing enzymes
green vegetables are full of natural agents that can protect health,” Weil advises.
and intestinal fl ora that support diges-
“They’re a great source of vitamins, minerals and fi ber. Some—including spinach,
tion and elimination. Microalgae’s
collards, kale and broccoli—contain antioxidants that help protect aging eyes from
beta-carotene content also provides
developing cataracts and macular degeneration. They may also protect against
antioxidants. A paper he published in
clogging of the carotid arteries in the neck and help reduce the risk of cancer.”
the Journal of Nutritional and Environ-
Weil notes that researchers are fi nding that some important vitamins and mental Medicine further concluded
minerals protective against disease are required in amounts that may be diffi cult to that “Chlorella works to effectively
obtain through diet alone. Many Americans don’t have the option of picking fresh fi lter out toxins from your body.”
vegetables, although more of us are picking up the next best thing from the local Microalgae are high in chlorophyll,
farm stand. Instead, most families purchase “fresh” vegetables from a supermarket, a common ingredient in all greenfoods,
which typically stocks produce from distant, massive agribusinesses. Those veggies with chlorella offering the highest levels.
may have been harvested days or weeks prior to arriving at the store—and every Chlorophyll is chemically similar to
minute a vegetable is exposed to air and light after harvesting diminishes its human blood. Natural practitioners
enzyme and nutrient values. Foods from local farm stands retain more nutrients, through the ages have used it to help re-
but availability is seasonal and limited to regional crops. build human red blood cells, especially
Gary Null, Ph.D., believes a more realistic answer to the dearth of green after blood loss due to injury or child-
vegetables in the average American diet is greenfoods. This award-winning birth, and to freshen breath and bowels.
investigative journalist, documentary fi lmmaker, talk radio host and author of 70 Chlorophyll is considered an excellent
books, leverages his considerable expertise advocating alternative medicine and source of vitamins and minerals and is
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