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Beyond Leafy Green Vegetables – The Power of “Green” Superfoods
While you’ve heard of broccoli, kale and spinach, you may be less familiar with grasses – the young grass stage of wheat, barley, alfalfa and oat plants.
Scientists have been studying U.S.-harvested grasses in their dehydrated, whole food form since 1925. They’ve discovered many nutrients:
- Phytopigments such as chlorophyll, phycocyanin and carotenoids
- The plant sterol ester, beta-sitosterol
- Antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase and beta-carotene
- Vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, pantothenic acid and folic acid
- Potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and magnesium
Organic greens such as young wheat, barley, oat and alfalfa grasses may offer an outstanding source of nutrients that you might not normally get in your everyday diet. They may also help balance out the acid-forming foods in your diet, such as commercially produced meats, eggs and dairy, processed foods, breads, cereals, sweetened foods and beverages like coffee, black tea, alcohol and soft drinks.
Artificial sweeteners, breads, and cereals are extremely acid forming, but all of these acid foods can affect your body’s ability to maintain its acid-base balance or pH within its optimal range.
All green plant foods can help maintain your body’s optimal pH. Some of the top alkaline-forming foods include the superfood grasses, broccoli, cabbage, kale, spinach and green tea.
Organic Fermented Greens – One Easy Way to Supplement Your Diet with Abundant Green Leafy Foods and More
After years of research and development, the Mercola team have come up with a green superfood supplement that can help you increase your daily intake when you can’t get enough of the recommended vegetables and green leafy foods.
Dr Mercola wanted a high-quality formula that would meet the following criteria:
- Contain a broad array of green foods that you might not otherwise get in your everyday diet
Be low in sugars - Have no strong, unpleasant “green” taste
- Contain no GMOs or genetically engineered ingredients
- Be easy to mix with shakes, smoothies and protein powder drinks
- Taste delicious on its own when mixed with just water
Mercola are pleased to say that they have found all of this in their Organic Fermented Greens. This unique product contains five special blends for a total of 23 botanicals:
- Fermented Grass Blend of four Certified Organic nutrient-dense grasses including wheatgrass, barley grass, alfalfa grass and oat grass
- Fermented Vegetable Blend of five Certified Organic vegetables including broccoli, kale, spinach, green cabbage and celery
- Fermented Sprout Blend of five Certified Organic sprouts, including alfalfa sprouts, cabbage sprouts, broccoli sprouts, cauliflower sprouts and kale sprouts
- Fermented Herb Blend of seven Certified Organic herbs, including moringa, matcha, Tulsi (holy basil), mate leaf extract, parsley, peppermint and rosemary
- Fermented Algae Blend of Certified Organic spirulina and chlorella
Virtual Nutrient Powerhouses, Fermented Sprouts Provide Valuable Bioavailable Plant Benefits
Sprouts are virtual nutrient powerhouses, packed with nutrients, including antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and enzymes that help to protect your body against free radical damage. With sprouts, a little go a long way… Sprouts allow you to get the most plant benefits in the most biologically concentrated and bioavailable form. These young plant gems can contain up to 100 times more enzymes than raw fruits and vegetables.
When you compare broccoli sprouts to whole broccoli, the sprouts can contain as much as 100 times the amount of a precursor to a valuable enzyme called sulforaphane; one of the most important nutritional benefits of eating broccoli.
Alfalfa sprouts contain saponins that support healthy normal cholesterol levels. Plus, they support your immune and bone health.
The alkalizing effect of sprouts, like other green foods, supports healthy cells and overall health.
Spirulina and Chlorella: Two of My Top Green Superfoods Found in Our Fermented Algae Blend
A few years back, a well-known organisation for retirees helped bring spirulina into the spotlight by naming it the No. 1 superfood. Even the World Health Organization calls it a “superfood.”
Mercola’s spirulina comes from a remote area, far from any polluting industrial or agricultural activity. Spirulina is an ancient food that was once a dietary staple of the Aztecs and other Mesoamericans. The nutritional benefits of this green superfood are well researched and documented.
Blue-green spirulina’s greatest gift may be its rainbow of pigments that harvest the sun’s energy at different wavelengths – green from chlorophyll, blue from phycocyanin, and yellow and orange from carotenoids.
Mercola’s Certified Organic spirulina comes from a quiet and remote area far away from any polluting industrial or agricultural activity. It’s guaranteed to be:
- Low in heavy metals, yeast and mold
- Grown without Chilean nitrate, manure or synthetic minerals
- Non-GMO and non-irradiated
- Free from herbicides, pesticides and ground water contamination
- Produced without harsh chemicals
- Grown with only herbal fertilizers and pure, artesian groundwater
Spirulina wasn’t the only “green” food we wanted in our algae blend… Chlorella is a remarkable whole green superfood that’s an excellent source of chlorophyll. Like spirulina, chlorella is an alkaline-forming food, so it may help your body maintain a healthy acid-alkaline balance.
Mercola only use broken cell wall chlorella that utilizes a unique process to break open the plant’s cell wall for optimal bioavailability.
Mercola’s spirulina and chlorella products are routinely tested for the presence of heavy metals, so you know they’re safe for you and your family.
What Makes Dr Mercola Organic Fermented Greens so Unique?
There’s no shortage of green food and fruit supplements on the market today, so the question becomes… Why choose Dr Mercola’s Fermented Organic Greens?
- Contains zero grams of sugars per serving so you can enjoy the taste and nutritional goodness of fruits and vegetables that you might otherwise limit or not get in your diet.
- All ingredients are Certified Organic so you don’t need to worry about herbicides and pesticides.
- No added fillers or inexpensive fiber sources to “bulk up” the formula.
- Includes hard-to-locate or prohibitively expensive fermented ingredients, like cabbage and kale sprouts, moringa, matcha and Tulsi.
- It tastes great, thanks to a light touch of non-caloric stevia leaf and monk fruit extracts, so you can simply mix with water and enjoy!
