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It Isn’t Easy Being Green
Dr. Kimberly Balas
Why Green Foods Are So
Important
• The nutrients in greens support the activities of day-to-day
living
• Protect your cells from environmental damage and repair
any cellular damage
• Protein rebuilds injured tissue and promotes a healthy
immune system
• Both carbohydrates and fats fuel your body, while vitamins
and minerals function throughout your body in support of
your body’s processes
• Vitamins A, C and E, for example, act as antioxidants to
protect your cells against toxins, and B vitamins help you
extract energy from the foods you eat
• Calcium and phosphorus keep your bones strong
• Sodium and potassium help to transmit nerve signals
Green Building Blocks
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Vitamins (C, E, K, folic acid)
Minerals (Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc)
Fibre
Antioxidants (lutein, beta carotene)
Aminos
Chloropyll
The Power of Greens
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Low in calories
Boost immune
Complex carbohydrates
Regulate blood sugars
Detox
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-aging
Healthy cholesterol levels
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Inside Out
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Eliminate refined sugar and flour, processed foods,
energy drinks and hormone-laden meats
Add a variety of plant-based whole foods and clean
protein to your diet
These foods will flood your body with the vitamins,
minerals, cancer-fighting phytochemicals, antioxidants
and fibre it needs to recover from chronic inflammation
Enzymes drive biological processes necessary for
your body to build raw materials, circulate nutrients,
eliminate unwanted chemicals, and the myriad of other
biochemical processes including reducing inflammation
Importance of Magnesium
• Approximately 60 % of the magnesium is found in
the skeleton for bone formation.
• There are over 3700 magnesium binding sites
• The remainder is found in the intracellular
cytoplasm, affecting membrane permeability,
nerve impulses, muscle contraction, intracellular
fluid regulation, activation of enzyme systems
(Magnesium acts as a metallic cofactor in over
300 enzymatic reactions), regulates protein
synthesis, and blood viscosity.
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More on Magnesium
• Plays a key role in hormone regulation via insulin,
estrogen and thyroid hormones.
• Protein synthesis
• Nerve function
• Blood sugar control
• Blood pressure regulation
• Energy metabolism
• Production of glutathione
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GreenZone
• A whole food supplement
• Seeds (Amaranth, brown rice, flaxseed, quinoa, chia,
millet)
• Greens (kale, spirulina, alfalfa, spinach, chlorella)
• Vegetables (artichoke, broccoli, red beet, asparagus,
carrot)
• Fruits (papaya, acerola), fructooligosaccharides,
• Herbs (licorice root, parsley,
pau d’arco, lemon grass, horsetail)
• Sodium copper chlorophyllin
GreenZone
• Plant protein, greens, whole foods, herbs, enzymes, fatty
acids, vitamins and minerals
• GreenZone provides unsaturated omega-3 and omega-6
fatty acids. It also contains nutrient-rich greens such as
kale, broccoli, alfalfa, chlorophyll, artichoke, asparagus,
parsley, spinach and chlorella—plus carrots, beets, acerola
fruit, lemon bioflavonoids and flax hull lignans to help
supplement and alkalize the diet
• Is easily metabolized into energy and helps promote proper
bodily functions, including waste elimination and immune
capability.
GreenZone
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Contains protein-rich grains such as quinoa, amaranth seeds, brown rice,
millet and spirulina and chia
A study published in the "British Journal of Nutrition" showed that chia
seeds as a dietary fat source can lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels
while increasing HDL or "good" cholesterol. The study also found that
when substituting chia seeds for other fat sources, such as corn oil, the
ALA was able to prevent high triglyceride levels and reduce central
obesity.
Chia seeds can play an important role in regulating insulin levels. They
can reduce insulin resistance and decrease abnormally high levels of
insulin in the blood.
Two tablespoons of chia seeds contain 18 percent of the DRI for calcium,
35 percent for phosphorus, 24 percent for magnesium and about 50
percent for manganese. These nutrients help you prevent hypertension
and maintain a healthy weight, and are important for energy metabolism
and a part of DNA synthesis.
Minerals for the Genetic
Code
• We have not even
begun to understand the
role of trace minerals in
the function of the body
• It is likely that most of
the minerals in the
periodic table (with the
exception of the exotic
radioactive ones) have
roles to play in our
health
Other Trace Minerals
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Lutetium is used in the genetic code
Lanthanum is affiliated with
phenylalanine, which works with
silica to hold parts of the DNA
together
Telluriun gives garlic its smell and
taste, it helps selenium ward off
cancer and viral infection
Antimony is linked with leucine and
helps muscle function
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Yttrium (along with boron) helps the
heart regenerate, it acts as a stoptermination codon in the genetic
code, deficiency inhibits protein
synthesis, turmeric is high in boron
and yttrium, aluminum suppresses
yttrium
Strontium is important for bone
regeneration
Bromine deficiency is involved in
Parkinson’s disease
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Arsenic kills cancer cells, boy
babies need 10 times more arsenic
to prevent miscarriage
Cobalt assists irons entry into the
blood
Aluminum (+3) seeks out
phosphorus (-3), burns out silicon,
boron and yttrium, aluminum shows
up in brain tissue 4-7 minutes after
ingestion and does severe damage
to the brain
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Boron can absorb radiation, and
can protect against radiation
poisoning, it defends the heart,
ADHD, osteoporosis, memory loss
and fatigue may result from
deficiency
Lithium pairs with histidine and is
needed for emotional stability, it
also aids the spleen, brain cells and
stabilizes serotonin
Liquid Chlorophyll
Helps cellular hydration
Blood cleansing
Improves oxygen uptake
Antioxidant-type properties
Reduces inflammation
Liquid Chlorophyll
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Water soluble
Assimilates quickly
Works more in the blood and lymph
Creates electrical conductivity
Inhibits the ability of certain chemicals to cause
mutations in bacteria
• Helpful for bloating
• Body odour
Chlorophyll Caps
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Fat soluble
Rich in Magnesium
Helps with spastic colon
Cell regeneration and reproduction of healthy cells
Supports immune system
Protects lungs, liver, gallbladder
Vitamin K
Vitamin E
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Spirulina
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Protects against environmental chemicals
Binds toxins
Detoxifying
Cleanses liver, kidney and blood
Good support on high protein diets
Reduces fasting blood sugar levels
Balances pH
Inhibits the potency of viruses
Allergies
Anti-inflammatory
Parsley
• Parsley's volatile oils—particularly myristicin—
have been shown to inhibit tumour formation in
animal studies, and particularly, tumour formation
in the lungs.
• Myristicin has also been shown to activate the
enzyme glutathione-S-transferase
• The activity of parsley's volatile oils qualifies it as a
"chemoprotective" food, and in particular, a food
that can help neutralize particular types of
carcinogens (like the benzopyrenes that are part
of cigarette smoke and charcoal grill smoke).
Life expectancy
would grow by
leaps and bounds if
green vegetables
smelled as good as
bacon
Break Free and BE GREEN
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