And when a practitioner recommends a particular supplement be
sure to ask them this question:
There are a number of herbal 'high-power' supplements, which give good levels of a wide spectrum of vitamins and minerals. The amounts of a particular vitamin and mineral are nothing like as high as in a VMS tablet or capsule - which are much more concentrated; but they are much more bio-available - more easily absorbed - because herbs are food! Eating a mild herbal supplement is little different from eating a salad - in a capsule! Three of these herbal supplements are: * Wheat grass * Spirulina * Nettles WHEAT GRASS Wheat grass can be very high in vitamins and minerals, especially if it is grown slowly, over a long period of time. Some wheat grass for example, is grown during winter over 200 days, during which time the roots are packing nutrients into the grass. If your diet is deficient in nutrients, supplementing it with wheat grass daily will benefit you tremendously. On the other hand, if you have a fantastic diet - supplementing it with wheat grass will help you keep up your great work! It is possible for you to grow your own grass - as did Ann
Wigmore (a wheat grass pioneer). This is time consuming, however,
and the resulting grass is not as high in nutrients as the kind
which is grown over winter. A good powdered or encapsulated type is
higher in most nutrients than 'growing your own'. Though you do
gain some enzymes by growing - and pressing - your own wheat
grass. [Next: Spirulina - superb 'multi-mineral/vitamin...]
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