Vegetables and vegans: benefits of green foods and medicinal fungi

Brad King, MS, MFS

Although raw food experts disagree on the exact amounts of green foods recommended each day, many recommend that about 30 percent of calories come from green vegetables. Some experts even go so far as to recommend one or two specific types of green foods that would make up a high percentage of the foods in a raw diet. For example, the famous Hallelujah diet, consists of 85% raw plant-based foods compared to 15% cooked foods, with barley grass making up a significant percentage of the recommended raw foods.

The problem for most people (vegetarians, vegans or otherwise) is that a diet consisting of 30% green foods is very unrealistic, which is why well-formulated green food powders are so important. For most vegetarians, and especially vegans, large amounts of green foods are essential. Aside from high levels of bioavailable minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc in wild green foods, these also contain incredibly high levels of natural vitamin K, necessary for cardiovascular and bone health; which may be compromised in some vegetarians and vegans, or even omnivores.

When looking to increase your green food intake, the easiest way is to take a good green food formula with water, for a nutrient-rich drink. Look for a green food formula containing a blend of highly alkaline raw wild greens with nutrient-rich wild herbs and organic medicinal mushrooms. This combination will give you incredible nutritional value and the maximum immune support of organic mushrooms.

As the saying goes, we may live in a Jetson's world, but we live with the bodies of Flintstones! In other words, we share the same internal machinery as the people who were here thousands of years ago and since they survived on the fruits of the earth, eating green foods in large quantities, it would be to our advantage to do the same.

Believe it or not, most of the edible weeds that we despise because they take over our gardens and yards are extremely nutrient-dense. They are among the hardiest plants, which is why they are so difficult to get rid of. Aside from the fact that weeds are very rich in minerals that we often lack, they are known for their superior healing abilities and nutritional content.

Exciting scientific discoveries over the past 30 years about medicinal mushrooms have confirmed what herbalists and traditional Chinese medicine doctors have been saying for centuries, that medicinal mushrooms do indeed contain miraculous, life-enhancing compounds that make them the most powerful immune boosters known on earth.

Whether you are interested in increasing your energy profile or protecting yourself from serious illnesses, medicinal mushrooms are among nature's most powerful weapons. While there are dozens of wild mushrooms that provide incredible health benefits for the body and mind, choose a formula that includes a blend of the most potent mushrooms: cordyceps, reishi, nin-chang-chih, himematsutake, hedgehog hydne, and maitake. Mushrooms should be 100% organic and grown on certified organic oats to ensure the best nutritional value possible.

Ultimate Vegan Wild Greens contains a rare, highly alkaline blend of wild botanicals. Ultimate Vegan Wild Greens is also the only green food formula to also contain a special blend of 100% organic medicinal mushrooms having powerful immune properties.