| Healthy bones need a variety of nutrients, | | | | to start.Green vegetables are the food most |
| including calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, boron, | | | | missing in modern diets. Learning to cook and eat |
| copper, manganese, zinc and many vitamins. The | | | | greens is essential to creating health. Nutritionally, |
| popular notion that bone health can be improved | | | | greens are very high in calcium, magnesium, iron, |
| simply by increasing calcium intake is false. In fact, | | | | potassium, phosphorous, zinc, and Vitamins A, C, |
| numerous studies demonstrate that countries with | | | | E and K. They are crammed with fiber, folic acid, |
| the highest intake of dairy, such as the U.S. and | | | | chlorophyll and many other micronutrients and |
| Holland, have the highest incidence of osteoporosis | | | | phyto-chemicals. In addition to keeping bones |
| and fractures, while countries with very low | | | | strong, greens offer you a whole host of benefits |
| calcium intake have the lowest rates of | | | | including: blood purification, improved circulation, |
| osteoporosis and fracture. Instead of focusing | | | | strengthened immune system, promotion of |
| simply on calcium, begin to think about strong | | | | healthy intestinal flora, subtle, light and flexible |
| bones as needing a strong and balanced diet to | | | | energy.But, the real reason to eat greens is that |
| stay healthy. Eating more greens is a great way | | | | they are really, and I mean really, delicious. |