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Organic Superfood
Nutritional superfood is made solely from dried organic plant substances
that have a high nutritional value — rich in vitamins, minerals, amino
acids, trace elements, antioxidants, and more — and can be assimilated in
roughly fi fteen minutes. These powdered supplements can be easily
stirred into or blended with fruit juices, vegetables, or water. They
nourish at a highly potent level, and relatively small amounts go a long
way! They are targeted to give an all-round range of necessary nutrition
and to provide bedrock care at the deepest level, giving the body true
nourishment to which the varying chemistries found in medicinal plants
can be added. They are ideal for young growing bodies, the elderly, the
pregnant, or simply as a good beginning to the day for everyone. But they
are vital where primary feeding is essential, especially in all forms of
wasting diseases, including cancer and myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic
fatigue syndrome).
Superfood is good for convalescence of any kind, as it supports the
body and involves minimal digestion. It is also excellent for toddlers,
children, and teenagers, giving them the building blocks for healthy,
vibrant growth. For teenagers worried about weight yet needing
nutrition, this is the ideal food. For students, often away from home,
taking superfood makes a good daily addition to cafeteria food. Anybody
can use it as a quick meal substitute. Men and women who are prone to
low blood sugar levels, perhaps associated with candidiasis, fi nd it a good
food that is capable of supplying a calorie-free snack between meals. It is
ideal for supporting women premenstrually, helping to balance the liver,
hormones, blood sugar levels, and mood swings.
Key ingredients in quality superfoods include spirulina, blue-green
algae, chlorella, barley grass, alfalfa grass, wheat grass, purple dulse
seaweed, and nonactive yeast fl akes. Other highly benefi cial foods include
beets, spinach leaf, rose hips, orange peel, and lemon peel.
Spirulina and blue-green algae are indeed the most concentrated, nutri-
tious foods on the planet. They are the highest natural source of com-
plete protein known (75 percent).
Chlorella is second only to spirulina in food value. It is an extremely con-
centrated source of nutrition and complements spirulina well.
Barley grass, alfalfa grass, and wheat grass are wonderful healing grasses
and are bulging with highly assimilable vitamins, minerals, enzymes,
phytochemicals, and chlorophyll.
Purple dulse seaweed is an extremely rich source of assimilable minerals.
It contains most of the minerals and trace minerals known.
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