Super greens are a type of greens that are very dense in both color and flavor. This is due to their high nutrient content– nutrients that keep your body healthy and ward off disease. Usually, super greens are extremely dark in color, such as kale, chard and broccoli, and can be eaten in their natural state or as a supplemental green powder. Benefits of super greens include that they are high in phytonutrients, are a good source of fiber, provide digestive enzymes and help to heal tissues.
Leading medical authorities, nutritionists, dietitians, and other known experts in the medical field recommend that we consume three to five servings of green leafy vegetables a day. No vitamin or medicine is a legitimate substitute. The healing elements that are found in green leafy vegetables are so powerful and synergistic, no combination of synthetic medicines or supplements could ever match their power.
Benefits of green foods are:
- Chlorophyl from the dark pigments of the greens
- Natural trace minerals– hard to find!
- Vegetable protein which is easier on our human bodies to assimilate than animal protein
- Powerful natural plant enzymes
- Alkalizing our bloodstream (helps eliminate inflammation)
- Cleansing detoxifying effects for major organs of our bodies
Chlorophyl:
Chlorophyl, a green plant pigment, is quite possibly the most powerful element that exists in the universe. Chlorophyl is one of the most intensely researched elements in history and has been used in the treatment of everything from periodontal disease, diabetes and low iron, to open wounds, ulcers and body odor.
Why is green juice good for you?
- Super green juice provides super energy! A few servings of organic green juice is a readily assimilated, easily digestible, unbelievably nutritious superfood, filled with more veggie goodness than you could possibly eat.
- Drinking green juice fills your body with living enzymes, vitamins, oxygen, and phytonutrients. Because of this, green juice feeds your cells the necessary nutrients, allowing your cells to uncover the body’s innate healing power, thereby boosting your body’s ability to fight infection and heal chronic diseases.
- Because the juicer eliminates the fiber that keeps you from being able to eat 3 pounds of green veggies in one sitting, green juice allows you to consume more veggies and provides your digestive tract with much needed rest.
- Since your body doesn’t have to break down the vegetables in order to absorb the nutrition, it allows the body to focus on repair, healing, detoxification, and renewal. And as long as you use organic produce, the nutrition you introduce to your body via green juice has very few, if any, of the chemicals and toxins we Americans usually put into our bodies.
- It adds enzymes to your body, and your body’s aging process is indicative of how many enzymes are in your body. So by adding green juice to your diet, you may even add years to your life.
- Green juice helps your body return itself to a state of healthy alkalinity. The pH of human blood has a very narrow window of safety, from about 7.35 to 7.45, as measured by an arterial blood gas. If it gets much above or below those levels, you are probably in the hospital– sick. Many foods in the typical American diet (like a grande caramel macchiato with an extra shot, a double bacon cheeseburger, and pasta with cheese sauce) are acidic (the opposite of alkaline) foods, meaning that the body has to work hard to neutralize the effects of these foods on your blood. If the body is working like mad to keep your blood pH stable, it has less energy to fight assaults like cancer, chronic disease, and other infections.
- Hello, glowing skin and improved digestion! The health benefits of juicing are truly unparalleled, which is why it’s one of the most popular healing, disease-curing modalities. Add fresh juice to your daily regimen and watch your body begin to sing! Though it works wonders on each and every internal system, personally, I see my results in radiant skin and high, sustained energy.
Suffice it to say that green juice is good for you.
Super Green Juice Recipe:
6-8 large kale leaves
1-2 cups of spinach
1-2 large broccoli stalks
1 cucumber
6-8 celery stalks
1 cup of parsley
1 cup of mint
1 green apple or pear
1 inch fresh ginger root
1 lime
Credit: livestrong.com, owningpink.com, drbenkim.com
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