Green. Greener. Greenest.
When it comes to greens, choose the cleanest, greenest greens possible. RAW ORGANIC PERFECT FOOD ®
If you’ re intentional about getting enough greens in your diet, then you’ re outperforming nearly 91 percent of Americans— those who don’ t eat the recommended five-to-nine daily servings of fruits and veggies, including green ones. You’ ve made a wise choice, too, by going with greens to meet your quota because they can offer awesome health benefits. But not all green foods are created equal. There are green greens, greener greens and the greenest greens. Here’ s the lowdown on them.
GREEN GREENS
One of America’ s favorite lettuces is iceberg lettuce. In fact, Americans eat about 17 pounds of iceberg lettuce each year, but, generally, it contains a bunch of water and maybe a little vitamin K. So, nutritionally, it won’ t give you the best return on your“ greens” investment. Likewise, romaine lettuce is pretty low in all nutrients, except for a marginal amount of vitamin A.
Red leaf and green leaf lettuces are a step up with their vitamin A and vitamin K content. Butter lettuce— Bibb or Boston lettuce, for instance— is even better with some vitamin K, folate, iron, potassium and fiber.
But they’ re not the greens that can give you extraordinary health and nutrition. That’ s why you may want to look for greener greens— green superfoods— because they’ re super green foods!
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