GREEN DRINK

Barley Grass Concentrate (Hordeum leporinum): Barely Grass powder is an exceptionally nutritious food and a good blood builder. It contains an abundance of phytochemicals including antioxidants known to protect the body from free radical damage. Barley Grass offers a chlorophyll-rich whole food with a natural balance of beta-carotene, proteins, minerals, amino acids, active enzymes and vitamins C and E, B1, B2, B3 and B6 among others.

In addition, Barley Grass is said to help reduce inflammation and pain, benefit pregnant and lactating women, help protect against and to detoxify radiation in the body, heal wounds and promote bowel health and regularity.

Oat Grass Concentrate (Avena Sativa): Part of the cereal grass family, oat grass is an excellent source of beta-carotene, vitamin D, folic acid, calcium, iron, protein, and fiber, as well as a good source of Vitamin C and many of the B vitamins.

Wheat Grass Concentrate (Triticum aestivum): wheat grass is a specific food which can assist in fighting a whole range of chronic ailments from simple anemia to leukemia; from simple skin rashes to skin cancer, from worms to ulcers.

Wheat grass is almost like a blood transfusion. It is a wonderful cleanser and rejuvenator, which means it, helps your body throw out toxins that have built up over the years and helps it replace old dead cells with new cells. These are the two essential factors that cause disease in our bodies and which wheat grass sets right.

In chronic ailments including cancer, there may be an attempt by the body to throw out accumulated toxins, which could result in diarrhea or vomiting.

Wheat grass is one of the most potent green vegetables available. Wheat grass is an excellent source of natural vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. When grown properly, wheat grass is known to be highly alkalizing and helps detoxify the body.

Blue Grass Algae (Whole Aphanizomenon Flos-aquae): Blue grass Algae is highly alkalizing, meaning that it helps restore acid-base balance. In other words, blue green algae helps neutralizes the acidity caused by eating excess meats, starches, sugars, and preserved foods, excess exercise, environmental pollutants, drugs, alcohol, coffee and tobacco.

Chlorella (whole) (C. pyrenoidose): Chlorella aides in:

· Helping your body remove heavy metals and other pesticides in the body.

· Improving your digestive system, including, decreasing constipation.

· Focusing more clearly for greater duration.

· Balancing your body’s pH.

· Helping to eliminate bad breath.

Chlorella has high chlorophyll content. Chlorella contains more chlorophyll per gram than any other plant. Its tough cell walls also provide advantages, including an outstanding ability to eliminate toxins, pesticides and heavy metals from the body.

(Important Note: when the body detoxifies from heavy metals and other pollutants, you may experience a period of discomfort as these pollutants are “flushed” from your system. Because chlorella is such a powerful heavy metal detoxifier.

A clean bloodstream, with an abundance of red blood cells to carry oxygen, is necessary to a strong natural defense system. Chlorella cleansing action on the bowel and other elimination channels, as well as its protection of the liver, helps keep the blood clean. Clean blood insures that metabolic wastes are efficiently carried away from the tissues.

(Hemoglobin is the protein in our red blood cells, which binds with oxygen and gives blood its bright red color. Chlorophyll cells are nearly identical to hemoglobin, with one exception: Chlorophyll has a magnesium molecule at its center while hemoglobin has an iron molecule at the center of it.)

Noni (fruit, seed)(Morinda citrifolia): Noni fruit also known as Indian Mulberry, aides in many different ailments. Various parts of the fruit are used to contain fever and as a tonic; leaves, flowers, fruit and bark are used to treat eye problems, skin wounds and abscesses, gum and throat problems, respiratory ailments, constipation, fever, stomach pains and after delivery pains. Heated leaves applied to the chest relieved coughs, nausea, and colic. Juice of the leaves is taken for arthritis. The fruit is taken for lumbago, asthma and dysentery. Pounded unripe fruit is mixed with salt and applied to cuts and broken bones; ripe fruit is used to draw out pus from an infected boil; juices of over-ripe fruits are taken to regulate menstrual flow, easy urinary problems; fruits used to make shampoo and to treat head lice. Other exotic diseases treated with the plant include diabetes and venereal diseases.

Spirulina Powder: Spirulina the super food. Sprirulina is an excellent food and contains the highest concentration of nutrients known, including having 60-70% protein content. Spirulina is higher in protein than any other natural food. Spirulina is rich in vitamins and minerals and other nutrients. Because of spirulina powder’s extremely high concentration of nutrients, it is very satisfying, leaving one with little desire to continue eating after having some spirulina.

Nova Scotia Dulse (Palmaria palmate): Nova Scotia Dulse is a good source of your daily dietary requirements. A small amount of Dulse will provide more than 100% of the daily amount of Vitamin B6, 66% of Vitamin B12, a days supply of iron and fluoride(great for strong teeth), and it is relatively low in sodium and high in potassium. It contains:

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Nova Scotia Dulse is a sea vegetable that is a natural source of essential vitamins, ions, sea salt, iodine and roughage. Dulse is rich in non- animal protein.

Citrus Bioflavonoid: Citrus bioflavonoids are natural substances found in plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, bark, and buckwheat. Citrus Bioflavonoids help protect capillaries, prevent bruising, and intensify the effect of Vitamin C in the body. In fact, Bioflavonoids are essential for total vitamin C effectiveness. Citrus Bioflavonoids provide natural antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy properties. In addition, certain bioflavonoids have also been used to help alleviate symptoms related to allergies and respiratory conditions. Citrus Bioflavonoids are sometimes considered vitamins because they possess the properties of a vitamin, and are sometimes referred to as vitamin P. They are found in several forms, including hesperidin, eriodictyl, quercitin, and rutin. They cannot be produced by the body, and therefore have to be taken as dietary supplements.

Daily use of Citrus Bioflavonoids can be helpful to those suffering from bruising, varicose veins, spider veins, arthritis, hemorrhage, phlebitis, high cholesterol levels, herpes, cataracts, general inflammation, bleeding gums, blood clots, scurvy, hemorrhoids, edema, and hypertension.

Suma (pfaffia paniculata): Rich in Amino Acids, electrolytes, trace minerals, pfaffic acids, Germanium; Sit sterol, Stigma sterol, Beta-ecdysone, and Saponins. Suma is a tonic and an adaptogen(herbal definition of adaptogen: a plant that increases the body’s resistance to adverse influences by a wide range of physical, chemical, and biochemical factors and has a normalizing or restorative effect on the body as a whole.)

Suma root is employed as a cellular oxygenator and taken to stimulate appetite and circulation, increase estrogen production, balance blood sugar levels, enhance the immune system, strengthen the muscular system, and enhance memory.

Suma is also used as an adaptogenic and regenerative tonic regulating many systems of the body. It is an immunostimulant to treat exhaustion and chronic fatigue, impotence, arthritis, anemia, diabetes, cancer, tumors, mononucleosis, high blood pressure, PMS, menopause, and hormonal disorders and many types of stress.

Herbal Properties and Actions

Main Actions Other Actions

Supports hormones Inhibits blood sickling

Adaptogenic Lowers Cholesterol

Relieves pain Calms nerves

Reduces inflammation Inhibits tumor growth

Kills Leukemia Cells Increases libido

Enhances immunity Oxygenates cells

Suma aides against hormonal disorders, sexual dysfunction, and sterility. Suma also aides arteriosclerosis, diabetes, circulatory and digestive disorders, rheumatism, and bronchitis. Suma is a “normalizer” for the cardiovascular system, the central nervous system, the reproductive system, and the digestive system.

Suma contains 19 different amino acids, a large number of electrolytes, trace minerals, iron, magnesium, zinc, vitamins A, B1, B2, E, K and pantothenic acid. Its high Germanium count probably accounts for its properties as an oxygenator at the cellular level.

Main Actions of Suma: Adaptogen, Tonic (tones, balances, strengthens), aphrodisiac, steroidal, immuno-stimulant

Main Uses of Suma:

1. As a general tonic (tones, balances, strengthens) for balancing, energizing, rejuvenating and muscle growth.

2. For hormonal disorders (menopause, PMS, etc.)

3. for Chronic fatigue and general tiredness

4. For sexual disorders (impotency, frigidity, low libido, etc.)

5. for sickle cell anemia

Alfalfa: Alfalfa is high in Chlorophyll and nutrients and has been used by the Chinese since the sixth century to treat kidney stones, and to relieve fluid retention and swelling.

The leaves of the alfalfa plant are rich in minerals and nutrients, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, and carotene (useful against both heart disease and cancer). Leaf tablets are also rich in protein, vitamins E and K. Alfalfa extract is used by food makers as a source of chlorophyll and carotene.

The leaves of this legume contain eight essential amino acids. Alfalfa is a good laxative and a natural diuretic. It is useful in the treatment of urinary tract infections, and kidney, bladder and prostrate disorders. Alkalizes and detoxifies the body, especially the liver. Promotes pituitary gland function and contains an anti-fungus agent.

Alfalfa Aides:

Arthritis, diabetes, asthma, hay fever, and is reputed to be an excellent appetite stimulant and overall tonic.

Camu Camu: Camu camu fruit has the highest recorded amount of natural Vitamin C known on the planet. Oranges provide 500-4,000 ppm (parts per million) vitamin C, or ascorbic acid; acerola has tested in the range of 16,000 to 172,000 ppm. Camu-camu provides up to 500,000 pp, or about 2 grams of vitamin C per 100 grams of fruit. In comparison to oranges, camu-camu provides thirty times more Vitamin C, ten times more iron, three times more niacin, twice as much riboflavin, and 50% more phosphorous. Camu-Camu is also a significant source of potassium, providing 711 mg per kg of fruit. It also has a full complement of minerals and amino acids that can aid in the absorption of vitamin C. Alpha-pinene and d-limonene (compounds known as terpenes) predominate as the volatile compounds in this fruit.

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