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Phytochemicals
| Green plants, especially green cereal grasses, are the perfect whole food. They are recognized as the basis of the food chain because they are the ultimate source of nutrition for both animals and humans.
Green plants are our principal source of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids).
They also provide a wealth of beneficial phytonutrients
including antioxidants, enzymes, and chlorophyll,
which help to protect and repair the tissues of the body. BarleyGreen is a phytonutrient rich complete food BarleyGreen is made from organic barley grass which contains an array of phytonutrients including three special types of phyochemicals that research has shown are important to our health: carotenoids, flavonoids, and chlorophyll. In addition, BarleyGreen contains active enzymes and their necessary co-factors as well as a variety of different types of antioxidants that act together synergistically for maximum protection against free radicals.
BarleyGreen is nature's biologically perfect multi-vitamin and mineral product since all essential nutrients are contained in a natural balance.
It is this natural combination of a nutrients and phytochemicals that produces a synergism of action.
In fact, studies have shown vitamins C and E obtained from whole foods like BarleyGreen are much more potent than when taken individually.
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