Everyone wants to look good, feel better,
and have more energy. Yet we often overlook
simple dietary changes that can provide our
bodies with the nutrients they need to
achieve the goals we want. A large body of
scientific literature suggests that the
consumption of a diet of whole grains,
legumes, vegetables, nuts, and fruits along
with a regular exercise program is
consistently associated with lower blood
cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure and
less obesity and heart disease.Even with
the best of intentions, few of us eat the
recommended five to eight servings of fruits
and vegetables everyday. Even the most
sensible diet may still lack a number of
vital nutrients important to good health.
Also, the foods we eat impact the delicate
acid/alkaline balance of our bodies.
Factors, such as stress, can increase the
level of acidity within our bodies. By
contrast, most fruits, land and sea
vegetables, herbs and spices are alkalizing,
which can help to bring our systems back
into balance.
Your body needs Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s)
just like it needs other essential vitamins
and minerals. Essential fatty acids play a
role in everything from carbohydrate
metabolism and proper immune function, to
brain and cardiovascular health and energy
production. Essential fatty acids regulate a
large number of mechanisms including
increasing the fluidity of cell membranes
and improving their "gate-keeping"
abilities. These mechanisms help keep toxins
out and bring nutrients into your cells.
Essential fatty acids also influence the
activation of cell genes, act as second
messengers and produce good eicosanoids;
which help reduce inflammation in the body.
Studies underscore green foods well
established, health-enhancing effects,
including: elimination of toxins (such as
heavy metals), boosting of levels of good
bacteria (such as Lactobacilli) and boosting
of immunity. Green food concentrates such as
barley greens, alfalfa, buckwheat, spinach,
wheat grass and aloe vera help to balance
the body's pH level, offsetting the acidity
caused by many environmental factors. In
addition to its nutritional value, green
foods detoxify our bodies of unwanted metals
and impurities. Ounce for ounce sea
vegetables are higher in vitamins and
minerals than any other food group. They are
particularly high in vitamins A, C, E, B1,
B2, B6, and B12. Seaweed also contains
ergesterol, which converts to vitamin D in
the body. In addition to key nutrients,
seaweed provides us with carotene,
chlorophyll, enzymes, fiber and iodine.
Seaweed’s saltiness comes from sodium,
potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium,
iron, and a multitude of trace minerals
found in the ocean. Spirulina also has
phycocyanin, a powerful antioxidant.
Land vegetables are rich in vitamins,
minerals and phytonutrients and have
powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
properties. In the last few years,
phytonutrients have been getting greater
attention, as more and more research
uncovers just how powerful these nutrients
are for our health. They are potent in
antioxidants that can neutralize free
radical damage, and clinical trials are now
revealing that phytonutrients can enhance
the strength of the immune system.
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli,
cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale and
watercress are rich in glucosinolates,
compounds that break down into indoles and
isothiocyanates (ITCs). Of these
isothiocyanates, sulforaphane and sinigrin
are most commonly known. The unique
components of cruciferous vegetables assist
the body in detoxification and preventing
oxidative cell damage.
The Standardized Herbs in Vegetable
Greens work collectively to strengthen the
immune system, act as powerful antioxidants,
anti-inflammatories and energize the body.
The active ingredients in cranberry include
chemical compounds called proanthocyanidins;
potent antioxidants that decrease bacterial
adherence to the bladder epithelium cells.
Dandelion root has properties that can
detoxify the body and purify the blood.
Polysaccharides from Astragalus are used in
the enhancement of the immune system by the
use of glyconutrients. It is known to be an
immunostimulant, antibacterial, antiviral,
and anti-inflammatory agent.
Fiber acts as a broom, sweeping the
inside of the colon, taking with it all the
toxins and free radicals with it. Inulin,
along with other dietary fiber, has been
shown to promote regularity. Scientists have
suggested that inulin and other fibers have
potential health benefits that include
improving or maintaining colon health as a
prebiotic, increasing the absorption of
minerals, particularly calcium, and
improving immune function. As a dietary
fiber, apple pectin is helpful in
maintaining good digestive health. Apple
pectin also has been shown to help eliminate
heavy metals from the body.
Probiotics have been used for many years
to increase the proportion of protective
microflora and to prevent and treat many
health conditions. Fructooligosaccharides, a
prebiotic fiber, ferments in the lower
digestive tract, acting as a food source to
the beneficial microflora that reside there.
Prebiotics are critical to colon health and
the immune system. Besides improving
digestion and preventing gas, bloating, and
bad breath, probiotics are beneficial in
many other situations; for example
acidophilus may help boost immunity by
encouraging healthy bacteria growth while
suppressing invading
pathogens.
Enzymes promote absorption and
assimilation. The importance of digestive
enzymes resides in the fact that the human
body cannot absorb nutrients in food unless
digestive enzymes break them down. Black
pepper extract then enhances the absorption
of the nutrients through the intestine. This
ensures that we get the greatest possible
nutritional value from foods.
Ultimate Nutrition Vegetable Greens is a
scientifically formulated combination of
over 62 phytonutrients from herbal extracts,
prebiotics, probiotics, plant enzymes,
essential fatty acids (EFA’s), super green
foods, and land, sea and cruciferous
vegetables. Vegetable Greens is dairy-free
and is suitable for vegetarians. Vegetable
Greens contains no artificial flavors,
colors, or sweeteners, and has no hidden
ingredients. |
