12 Steps to Whole Foods

Achieving an Alkaline Inner Terrain
Should I Buy a Dehydrated Greens Product?
It would be hard to read this book without coming away with a clear picture that greens are critical for excellent
health. Ounce for ounce, green foods have the most powerfully healing properties of any food. Packed with
chlorophyll, they are the plant equivalent of hemoglobin in the human body’s red blood cells.
Countless studies document that green foods protect human beings against cholesterol, high blood pressure,
cancer, and much more. They strengthen our immune system, mop up free radicals, and neutralize odors and
bad breath. They’re the most alkaline, highest-micronutrient, lowest-calorie foods you can eat. Green foods are
the most critical components of our diet, and they are in scant supply in the modern diet.
The megahertz of energy in green foods can be found nowhere else. Dried, powdered greens can have up to 60
MHz of electrical energy, compared to chicken and beef’s energy of 2 MHz (which is the same measured
energy of a cancerous tumor, according to Dr. Young’s research). A really great greens-food product has so
much energy it literally jumps off the measuring spoon.
I think that adding organic, finely powdered greens to one’s daily drinking water (or taking it in capsule form
with water) is a fantastic and simple idea that will improve your goal of getting more alkalinity and more
greens into your diet.
Many companies now manufacture greens products, and I spent many hours looking at their ingredients and
comparing prices for my GreenSmoothieGirl.com readers. I bought and used many brands for years. I hoped to
clear the confusion for those wanting to (a) put more greens in their diet easily, and (b) store raw, power foods
against emergencies.
Many issues arose in my research. Many people complain that they hate the taste of greens products, especially
spirulina. Some products are not finely ground and therefore settle to the bottom of the water and cause you to
gag on them. Some products are very expensive (especially those that are network marketed). But my biggest
issue with almost all the products I tried was the quality and, in particular, the inexpensive “filler” additives
that add little or nothing nutritionally.
I wanted to recommend a product that does not taste unpleasant, is finely ground so it isn’t noticeable in water,
is affordably priced, is dehydrated at low temperatures, is bottled in amber glass with a long shelf life, and has
nothing in it but the very best ingredients. I wanted only young cereal grasses (wheat grass, barley, Kamut
grass, etc.), and freshwater algae and sea vegetables like high-protein, high-chlorophyll broken-cell-wall
chlorella and spirulina, as well as dulse and kelp that nourish depleted thyroids.
The last requirement—only the best ingredients—eliminated all but two products! I didn’t want sweeteners,
apple pectin, stevia, FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides, which is a sweetener that some like to say has health
benefits which I think are dubious), lecithin (a soy derivative), chia, or flax seeds. Chia and flax are nutritious,
but they cost pennies (unlike dehydrated greens), and they also go rancid quickly on the shelf.
My favorite greens product is in the GreenSmoothieGirl.com store. It has all pure, organic ingredients grown in
ormus-rich volcanic soil in Southern Utah. The ingredient list is simple, which I prefer to elaborate herb or
greens products as I think the body is confused and overwhelmed by complexity. Also, unlike another highquality
greens product I used for several years, I actually like the taste of Ormus Greens because it is very
lightly sweetened with stevia (an herb that has no impact on your blood sugar) and peppermint leaf extract.
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