Grow, cook and drink more greens

We also love green powders. These are blends of powdered grasses, fruits, and vegetables which pack a huge punch when it comes to meeting your daily recommended targets of micronutrients. You can add green powders to healthy smoothies or just consume as a healthy green drink with water.

But you can also add green powders to hundreds of different recipes. From green eggs to dark chocolate mousse. And everything in between including salad dressings, houmous, pestos, stews, and meat dishes. You can catch all these green food ideas on further Green’s pages and blogs.

Of course, green food as in green fruits and vegetables are also a focus of our green-loving blog. Green foods are green because they contain chlorophyll. This compound is what allows plants to photosynthesise. The natural compound is also present in foods such as algae.

Green food containing chlorophyll is considered to be uber good for you as the fat-soluble compounds have antioxidant properties. Studies are still underway, but in rats it was found that chlorophyll is able to form bonds with carcinogenic chemicals called aflatoxin. It is then more difficult for the aflatoxins to be absorbed and therefore can help stop cancer. It is thought that chlorophyll has many other benefits such as:

Skin healing – It is thought that chlorophyll can support wound healing and reduce inflammation

Weight loss – The jury is still out but studies indicate chlorophyll may support weight loss

Blood builder – Studies have reported that chlorophyll may improve the quality of red blood cells

Reduce Bad cholesterol – It is thought that chlorophyll can reduce cholesterol levels thus supporting heart health