The Power of Green Foods: Why They Are Essential for Your Health

1. It Isn’t Easy Being Green Dr. Kimberly Balas

2. 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

3. Green Building Blocks • Vitamins (C, E, K, folic acid) • Minerals (Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc) • Fibre • Antioxidants (lutein, beta carotene) • Aminos • Chloropyll

4. The Power of Greens • Low in calories • Boost immune • Complex carbohydrates • Regulate blood sugars • Detox • Anti-inflammatory • Anti-aging • Healthy cholesterol levels www.PresentationPro.com

5. Inside Out • 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

6. 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. www.PresentationPro.com

7. 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 www.PresentationPro.com

8. 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

9. 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.

10. GreenZone • 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.

11. 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

12. Other Trace Minerals • 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 • Yttrium (along with boron) helps the heart regenerate, it acts as a stop-termination 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

13. More Trace Minerals • 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 • 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

14. Liquid Chlorophyll Improves oxygen uptake Helps cellular hydration Antioxidant-type properties Blood cleansing Reduces inflammation

15. Liquid Chlorophyll • 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

16. Chlorophyll Caps • 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 www.PresentationPro.com

17. Spirulina • 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

18. 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).

19. Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon

20. Break Free and BE GREEN www.PresentationPro.com