Green Superfoods to Cleanse

Green superfoods should always be part of a cleansing regimen. These are dried, nutritionally dense grasses and herbs such as barley grass, wheat grass, spirulina and chlorella. They are packed with nutrition and high in protein.

Cleansing

You need high quality nutrition so your body can do both of the above jobs efficiently. It takes extra work for the body to break down mucoid plaque while at the same time continuing its normal every-day digestion and elimination. In addition, as you break down the old, your body will (as it does every day of your life) manufacture new cells to replace the old.

It is best to get extra nutrition while putting the least burden on your digestion. The green superfoods will help you do this. They are, pound for pound, more nutritionally dense than any other fruit or vegetable. 1 part (i.e. ounce) of a green superfood can have the same nutritional value as 33 parts (i.e. ounce) of broccoli.

These superfoods are best taken as a powder mixed with juice or water. They are usually dried at low temperatures to keep the enzymes active. This means the vitamins, minerals and proteins can be absorbed and utilized by the body more efficiently than other sources, such as animal protein. The green superfoods also will not have the uric acid in the protein, which is the contributing factor to arthritis, gout and premature aging, among other things.

What About My Vitamin Pill?

First of all, your vitamin pill is supposed to be taken with food. There needs to be a proper balance with all the vitamins, minerals and trace minerals in order for you to be able to absorb and use them to manufacture new cells. In fact this balance is so complicated and there are so many types of minerals that it could never be replicated in the laboratory. But if you think taking it with food is the answer, read on.

Consider this; vitamin A is manufactured by our bodies from beta-carotene - the thing that makes carrots orange. If you drink too much carrot juice, and your body has enough vitamin A, it will stop transforming the beta-carotene. You’ll eliminate the unused in your urine. However, if you take a Vitamin A supplement, and your body has enough vitamin A, the excess vitamin becomes very toxic, even dangerous to your body. The side effects could be headache, nausea and vomiting. Sounds like a drug, right?

Here’s another example. MSG, otherwise known as monosodium glutamate, is known to be toxic to many people. It actually comes from a seaweed, which when eaten by itself is very healthy. It’s only when we take this seaweed into the lab and mess with nature that it becomes toxic. Once in the lab, MSG was isolated and used, and now we have the well-known toxin that causes shakiness, drowsiness, nausea and headaches.

RDA

Scientists and laboratories know that your body doesn’t like and probably will not absorb much of the vitamins or minerals in your supplement. The RDA (recommended dietary allowance) is an allowance set for vitamins and minerals, use to measure how much of a manufactured or lab-altered nutrient is added into your food or supplement. It is set high in hopes that you absorb at least some of it.

You will not see an RDA set for whole or real foods because it is well known that nature provides them. The nutrients are already in balance so you need not worry if your body will absorb it. Your job, then, is to make sure your digestion is in order, which puts us back to colon cleansing……..

Final Argument

The above reasons are why many people including health practitioners, naturopaths, and nutritional counselors will utilize a whole food supplement such as the green superfoods into a healing regimen.

The green superfoods should be included in a colon cleanse to add the extra nutrition required by the body. At the same time, the chlorophyll will absorb toxins that may be loosened and moved around during a cleanse.

There are many good green superfoods on the market. One of my favorite brands is Vitamineral Green. It is raw, organic and has a good flavor. I also like the Miracle greens which can be found in stores, but it doesn't seem as potent so I use this in between cleansing. I also like one that can usually be only found through mail order or the internet. Barley Green is what I used when I was healing from Hep C. It is also potent but the flavor is not very nice.

These statments have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure disease.

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