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The Super Greens: Spirulina, Chlorella, and Young Barley Sprouts
by Dr. John H Maher, A.B.A.A.H.P.
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Super Greens are those chlorophyll saturated dark green plants that make up the very foundation of complex life on earth. By this statement I mean that such green foods make up the beginning of the plant food chain upon which the more complex animals all depend directly or indirectly. As such these dark green plants foods contain all the essential building block nutrients or precursors upon which all other life eventually depends.
In the oceans and great lakes these super foods are one-celled plants called spirulina and chlorella.
On land, these foods are the young spring time sprouts or shoots of the seed producing grasses and the green herbs. Examples are barley grass, wheat grass and alfalfa.
Spirulina
Spirulina is a primordial aquatic micro-blue green algae, which takes its energy directly from the sun and the minerals in water. It grows so fast that Spirulina accounts for up to one half of the oxygen on our planet!
Spirulina contains over 100 vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and phytonutrients ! Spirulina contains high levels of easily absorbed natural cell protectors (antioxidants) including chlorophyll, alpha and betacarotene and phycocyanin.
Doctors Sklar and Schwartz of Harvard School of Dental Medicine showed an extract of spirulina's antioxidants prevented cancer in animals. And phycocyanin is found exclusively in Spirulina! Indeed, according to A.Patterson, C.N.C., there has been more positive research on Spirulina algae than any other food source known to exhibit anticancer properties.
Spirulina is approximately 65 - 70% amino acid proteins, which is greater then beef steak by far! Spirulina is a natural treasure trove of organic vitamin B12, iron, chromium, selenium and essential fatty acids (GLA). Indeed, spirulina contains 50 times more blood building iron than spinach and 10 times more bone building calcium than milk.
Spirulina is the highest natural plant source of stamina building Vitamin B12, has more good fats (GLA /EFA) than evening primrose oil, and more Vitamin E than raw wheat germ!
Spirulina also contains growth factors that support and promote the growth of friendly intestinal flora. Such a food is called a prebiotic. This in distinction to fermented foods and clabbered dairy products that actually contain many millions of healthy microorganisms, all of which are called probiotics.
Spirulina, like all edible dark green plants, is also highly alkalizing, meaning that it helps restore the acid-base balance. In other words, Spirulina helps neutralize the acidity caused by eating excess meats, starches, sugars, soft drinks and preserved foods, excess stress, excess exercise, environmental pollutants, drugs, alcohol, coffee and tobacco.
Spirulina is rich in tetrapyrolle pigments which makes it a great heavy metal detoxifier.
Dr David Williams, the famous editor of Alternatives For The Health Conscious Individual says, " if I were forced to limit myself to only one supplement, Spirulina would definitely be my first choice!"
Cracked Cell Wall Chlorella
Chlorella is the number one selling health food supplement sold in Japan. Chlorella, a unique single-celled fresh water green algae, contains high concentrations of chlorophyll, nucleic acids, amino acids, enzymes, antioxidant carotenes, and vitamins and minerals, especially zinc. (The later often defecient in athletes and vegans.) Chlorella actually contains twice as much clorophyll as Spirulina. Chlorophyll, the phytonutrient that makes plants green, deodorizes, detoxifies and promotes the body's natural healing.
Chlorophyll has also been studied for its potential in stimulating tissue growth, and in stimulating red blood cell production. Perhaps most remarkable is the similarity between chlorophyll and the red pigment in blood. Indeed, chlorophyll is just a hemoglobin molecule with magnesium in the middle instead of iron!
According to an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Jan. 4, 1995), chlorophyll fed to laboratory animals reduces absorption of three dietary carcinogens: heterocyclic amines (found in cooked muscle meats), polycyclic hydrocarbons (found in smoked and barbecued foods), and aflatoxin (a mold on peanuts). The chlorophyll formed complex compounds with the carcinogens while they were still in the digestive tract, limiting their bio-availability.
Chlorophyll has also been found to reduce fecal, urinary, and body odor in geriatric patients.
Chlorella is also by far the richest source of age fighting RNA and DNA, the very building blocks of life! Chlorella is the most researched "green product" resulting in proof of numerous health benefits including improved immune system function, heavy metal and pesticide detoxification, "anti-tumor activity", and, because of CGF, chlorella growth factor, enhanced white blood cell activity and quicker wound and ulcer healing! Please note that as Chlorella, unlike Spirulina, has a cellulose wall that humans cannot digest, it is important that "cracked cell wall" Chlorella be used.
Michael Rosenbaum, MD, MSC, noted medical doctor specializing in nutritional medicine, writing in the M.D.'s Nutritional Bulletin, Spring 2001, calls chlorella, "by far the best and most powerful of the nutraceuticals, foods that provide your body with the proper nutrition to heal itself--There is nothing better for finally helping you feel the way you want to feel!"
Young Barley Sprouts
Barley grass is considered the most nutritional of the green grasses. You are aware that when the great herds of the plains have survived the dry season or winter, nature provides them with the most nutritious of foods for themselves and there soon to be born young, young green sprouting grasses. Indeed green grasses are the only vegetation many herbivores eat and as such supply their sole nutritional support from birth to old age!
But before green grasses undergo the reproductive cycle that creates the grains, they are in the grass stage, and the grasses contain about the same vitamins and minerals as dark green vegetables!
When these grasses are harvested at a young age, they have a different chemical makeup from their adult counterparts. For example, wheat grass has 32 g of protein per 100 g, while wheat flour has only 13 g per 100 g. Wheat grass has about 23,000 International Units (IUs) of vitamin A per 100 g, while wheat flour has none. We can see then that the young grasses offer us much greater nutrition.
Barley Grass Juice Powder, low temperature spray dried from pure organic juice, not milled grass, is a green powerhouse that brings you a wide spectrum of natural nutrients in natural proportion, as well as chlorophyll, live enzymes, and a unique and powerful antioxidant: 2"-0-glycosylisovitexin, reported to have antioxidant activity equal to or superior to vitamin E.
Green barley leaves contain a multitude of the body's spark plugs, enzymes. Enzymes are the catalysts for the body's essential chemical reactions and are responsible for our digestive processes, for providing cellular energy, and for antioxidant effects.
Despite their importance, most people do not get the enzymes they need. This is because heat destroys enzymes, and most of our foods, whether cooked at home or processed, are heated and the enzymes destroyed. The world's greatest expert on green barely, Dr. Hagiwara, believes that there may be thousands of active enzymes in green barley, especially superoxide dismutase (SOD), a major detoxifying enzyme sometimes recommended in combating arthritis.
The young barley juice powder contains 13 times as much carotene as that of carrots, 55 times as much Vitamin C as that of apples and 5 times as much iron as that of spinach.
Its potassium content works to balance the sodium in salt and so many other processed foods. Many people note a diuretic effect like the "water pills", frequently followed by lowering of an elevated blood pressure!
Recently, research has unveiled many other possible benefits of green barley leaves. Extracted compounds may have cholesterol lowering effects, anti-inflammatory benifits, and anti-ulcer properties.
After studying green plants for decades, Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, said, "It was clear to me, then, that the leaves of the cereal grasses provide the nearest thing this planet offers to the perfect food. For reasons of palatability, higher nutrient content, and favorable harvesting features, green barley stands out as the best among these."
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The information here is offered to help in your research and investigation of possible ways to manage your own health care issues. Common sense as well as solid professional advice from your own trusted medical care specialist or personal holistic health care practitioner should always be part of managing your health care choices.
Dr. John H Maher, A.B.A.A.H.P.
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Doctors For Nutrition, Inc.
drjmaher@cts.com
Dr Maher has practiced alternative medicine for 25 years. In May of '99 he co-founded of Longevity Resources International. Since then he has functioned as Editor of the Longevity News and provided the text for the Wellness Resource Community web site.
Dr Maher holds a post graduate faculty position for the New York Academy of Anti-Aging which endeavors to prepare doctors and other professionals who need to qualify for their certification by the American Board of Anti-Aging Health Professionals (ABAAHP).
He is currently Vice President of Education and Programs for Doctors For Nutrition, Inc.(Doctors for Nutrition)
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