Below are a few Ingredients we
will take a closer look at
Barley Grass Juice Powder (certified organic)
Chlorella
Spirulina (certified organic)
Alfalfa Concentrace (certified organic)
All of the above contain some of the highest alkaline pH factors available in food. They also contain large amounts of natural chlorophyll and an antioxidant enzyme called superoxide dismutase.
Mechanically extracted SDG Flax Lignans
(secoisolariciresinol diglucoside)
Lignans are a group of phytonutrients (plant chemicals)
which are found in seeds and grains. Flax seed is by far nature’s richest source of plant lignans.
Other sources of lignans such as rye, buckwheat, millet, soya and barley, yield 2 to 6 micrograms of lignans per gram of grain.
Flax seed yields an extraordinary 800 micrograms. While the essential fatty acids are in the oil of the flax seed, the lignans are found in the fiber shell of the seed. The oil contains less than 2% of the flax seed lignans.
It takes nearly twenty five pounds of flax seed to produce
just 4 ounces of flax lignans. Until recently, SDG existed in such small concentrations that no one was fully aware of its miraculous qualities.
While the oil in the flaxseed is a big percentage of the seed, the SDG lignan is but a small fraction of the seed composition.
Modern extraction methods have brought to light the tremendous health benefits associated with lignans.
These amazing lignan compounds have shown such extraordinary potential that they have been studied by the National Cancer Institute for their cancer preventative properties.
The SDG lignan not only has anti-cancer properties, it also has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties. It has been shown to enhance immune system functioning, and is effective against many different diseases.
Since 1995 we have seen several health products with the word 'lignan' on the label. Names such as 'High Lignan Flax Seed Oil' or something similar. But when these products were tested by North Dakota University, they contained practically no lignans at all. That is expected since the lignans are not in the oil.
Other flax oil products state that they contain a certain percentage of lignan particulates, ex. '20% lignan particulates'.
This does not mean it contains 20% lignans. This means that 20% of the product is made up of pieces of the flax fiber shell which contain the lignans.
But since the fiber meal consists of about 1.6% lignans, such a product would contain only .35% lignans.
Other products say they have 'up to 30% more lignans than whole flax seed'. These are essentially products consisting mostly of the defatted flax fiber without the oil.
There is no concentration or extract of lignans. Such a product thus contains about 1.6% lignans.
Due to the tremendous health benefits lignans have to offer, many health companies have tried to capitalize by offering lignan products.
They were able to get the word lignan on the label, but little of it in the product.
The difficulty in offering flax lignans lies in the process of separating the SDG lignan from the flax seed hull, which adheres tightly to the embryo. We put over 200mg of flax lignans per serving in pure
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