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"Walker's; his book Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices has an entire section dedicated to the benefits of carrot juice Carrot-Spinach - Intuitively, I feel that spinach is one of the best dark leafy greens we can juice. I drink spinach in my vegetable juices almost every day. • Extremely beneficial for optimal functioning of the digestive system • Provides Man with the organic nutrients needed for cleansing, rebuilding, and regeneration of the intestinal tract • "I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I juice me spinach!" Carrot-Spinach-Celery-Parsley • Rich in potassium." - Matt Monarch, Raw Success (Get the book.)

"Vegetable Soup* Slow-Cooked Chicken and Olives* Squash Buckler* Herbal tea Day 3 Recipes GREEN OMELET Serves 1 Vi cup spinach, chopped V2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1 egg plus 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons low-fat milk Vi cup tomatoes, chopped 3 tablespoons skim mozzarella cheese Steam the spinach and mushrooms. In a bowl, combine the eggs with the milk. Pour into a skillet that has been sprayed with olive oil. As the omelet cooks, place the spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, and mozzarella in the center. Fold the omelet in half and cook for 30 to 60 seconds. FIESTA BEAN SALAD Serves 4?" - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"It takes 80 cups of today's supermarket spinach to give you the same iron you'd get from just one cup of spinach grown 50 years ago. • According to a Rutgers University study, it now takes 19 ears of corn to equal the nutritional value of just one ear of corn grown in 1940. • There is less than half the protein in today's wheat as in the wheat our grandparents ate. • Much of our soil is so depleted that our farm crops depend entirely on the chemical fertilizers they are fed to grow. That means that most of the food we eat is devoid of virtually all the trace minerals we need for survival." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"The choices were corn, alfalfa sprouts, hot dogs, spinach, peaches, bananas, and milk chocolate.The most popular choice was bananas (42 percent), followed by spinach (27 percent), corn (12 percent), alfalfa sprouts (7 percent), peaches (5 percent), hot dogs (4 percent), and milk chocolate (3 percent). Only 7 percent of the participants chose one of the two foods that would in fact best support survival: hot dogs and milk chocolate. Evidently some of the wreckage of the lipid hypothesis has washed up on Rozin's desert island." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"I don't advocate avoiding these foods, but it is important to be aware that the oxalate contained in foods such as spinach and the phytates found in whole grains can inhibit calcium absorption. Foods high in calcium include kelp, Swiss and cheddar cheese, carob flour, dulse, collard greens, turnip greens, molasses, almonds, brewer's yeast, parsley, corn tortillas, dandelion greens, Brazil nuts, watercress, goat's milk, tofu, dried figs, buttermilk, sunflower seeds, yogurt, beet greens, wheat bran, whole milk, buckwheat, sesame seeds, olives, broccoli, walnuts, cottage cheese, and spinach." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Preparation time: 15 minutes 4 cups mesclun salad mix 2 cups spinach leaves 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced !4 cup Imus Ranch Honey-Dijon Dressing (see below) 1 cup fresh raspberries 1 mango, peeled and diced !4 cup Mr. Martin's Maple-Glazed Pecans (see page 236) Combine the mesclun and spinach in a large bowl. Add the avocados and dressing and toss gently to combine. Transfer to a serving dish and top with the raspberries, mango, and pecans. Serve with additional dressing on the side, if you like. Makes 4 servings." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"I drink spinach in my vegetable juices almost every day. • Extremely beneficial for optimal functioning of the digestive system • Provides Man with the organic nutrients needed for cleansing, rebuilding, and regeneration of the intestinal tract • "I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I juice me spinach!" Carrot-Spinach-Celery-Parsley • Rich in potassium. • Reduces excessive acidity in the stomach • *"There is probably no food more complete and perfect for the human organism. The organic minerals and salts in this combination embrace practically the entire range of those required by the body." - Matt Monarch, Raw Success (Get the book.)

"Folic acid and its food form, folate, were discovered by researchers who waded through four tons of spinach to isolate enough of it to study. You don't need to eat four tons of spinach to get all the folate you need in a day. If you have a yen for spinach, about four cups of the raw greens will provide the Daily Value of 400 micrograms. (Like your spinach cooked? You'll have to eat twice that amount, since up to half of the folate in foods is lost in cooking.) Or you can get a spinach-bowl's-worth of this nutrient in capsule form." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"It takes 80 cups of today's supermarket spinach to give you the same iron you'd get from just one cup of spinach grown 50 years ago. • According to a Rutgers University study, it now takes 19 ears of corn to equal the nutritional value of just one ear of corn grown in 1940. • There is less than half the protein in today's wheat as in the wheat our grandparents ate. • Much of our soil is so depleted that our farm crops depend entirely on the chemical fertilizers they are fed to grow. That means that most of the food we eat is devoid of virtually all the trace minerals we need for survival." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Spirulina, blue-green algae, chlorella, hemp seeds, olives, durian, all sprouts (including sprouted grains and beans), bee pollen, green vegetables (especially spinach, watercress, arugula, kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts, collard greens, and parsley), powdered grasses, and green super-food powders are examples of relatively high-protein live foods. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY IN FOODS Animals concentrate plant foods to form their tissues." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Coenzyme Qio is naturally found in foods, with the most significant dietary sources coming from vegetables such as broccoli, Chinese cabbage, and spinach; nuts; ocean fish and shellfish; and meats, notably pork, chicken, and beef. Although it is widely available in the foods we eat, only about 2-5 mg per day are consumed, an insufficient amount to produce any substantial clinical benefit. Coenzyme Qio is also synthesized in all the tissues in the body. Cellular biosynthesis is the dominant source of coenzyme Qio in humans." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Sumptuous Salad 3 cups cooked grains of choice (cooled) 1 cup cooked beans of choice (cooled) 2 cups diced vegetables of choice (colored bell peppers, celery, spinach, cucumber, tomato) 1 cup nuts or seeds, chopped % red onion (optional) one-half bunch minced herb of choice (cilantro, basil, oregano, thyme, parsley) 2 tablespoons olive oil (or other recommended oil to taste) 1 teaspoon salt 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon lemon or lime juice This is a great quick and easy salad and the beans are a great source of protein! This fast and healthy complete meal serves 4." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Aloe Vera Stringbean Soup 1 cup aloe vera, outside skin removed 1 cup stringbeans 2 cups greens (collards, kale, baby lettuces, spinach, or chard) 1 cup cilantro, chopped, loosely packed Va cup hemp oil or stone-ground cold-pressed olive oil 2-4 tablespoons lemon juice 2-4 tablespoons ginger juice 1 -3 teaspoon kelp powder or other green superfood powders dash black pepper, cayenne, and hing dash to Va teaspoon Celtic or Himalayan salt 1 cup blessed water to desired consistency Toss all ingredients into blender and blend on high speed. Serves 1 -2." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Velvety Red Lentil Soup 2 yellow onions, diced (optional) 2 cups red lentil (or any lentil desired) 6 cups water 2 cups chopped vegetables of choice (celery, red bell pepper, spinach, kale) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon ground pepper salt to taste In a pot, warm oil. Add the onions, and saute until golden brown. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 25 minutes. Remove from heat and ladle into a blender, and blend (only halfway full for each blending cycle). The blending is what makes this soup velvety smooth. Serves 4." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Add the spinach, pepper, peas, carrots, and corn; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the asparagus, cover and simmer 2 to 4 minutes, or until tender. SLOW-COOKED CHICKEN AND OLIVES Serves 4 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Vi cup red or white wine Vi cup olive oil 1 tablespoon oregano 2 bay leaves 6 cloves garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons capers Vi cup green olives Vi cup black olives Place chicken in the slow cooker. Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over the chicken. Cook on low for 6 to 7 hours." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"You need to get most of your magnesium from your diet. spinach, bok choy, kale, and Swiss chard will give you as much as five times more magnesium than supplements. Green, leafy vegetables are a real nutrition bargain because you get magnesium as well as calcium, potassium, trace minerals, antacids, vitamin K, polyphenols, antioxidants, and fiber. If you take blood thinners that are affected by the vitamin K in green, leafy vegetables, you'll need to take magnesium supplements." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Vi cup frozen green peas, thawed Vi cup carrots, shredded Vi cup frozen cut corn, thawed 1 cup fresh asparagus, cut Steam/saute the garlic in water in a heavy skillet for 1 minute. Add the broth and thyme and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the spinach, pepper, peas, carrots, and corn; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the asparagus, cover and simmer 2 to 4 minutes, or until tender." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Magnesium is found abundantly in nuts, seeds (especially coarse pumpkin seeds, as well as leafy green vegetables, especially kelp and spinach), beans, tofu, and fruits such as figs, apricots, and bananas. Remember, magnesium is involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body, and is crucial in any reaction requiring ATP enzymes. Taking magnesium supplements in combination with a healthy diet is the way to go. That recommendation is pretty justifiable based on the Honolulu Heart Program alone. Meanwhile, I'm not going to wait for another thirty-year finding." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"In examining the specific diets of those who stayed healthiest, researchers discovered that diets high in a variety of green leafy vegetables including spinach, kale, and collard greens—which, coincidentally, are most reminiscent of the diet of hunter-gatherers?appeared to offer the most neuroprotection. It is speculated that this protection is conferred because the green leafy vegetables contain high concentrations of n-3 fatty acids and antioxidants such as vitamin E." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "Foods highest in omega-3 fatty acids are: flax seeds, romaine lettuce, kale, mustard seeds, scallops, cloves, nuts, oregano, salmon, halibut, snapper, shrimp, tuna, cod, soybeans, cauliflower, tofu, squash, broccoli, spinach, collard greens, cabbage, and strawberries. Consequently, many have proposed that a lifelong diet highly protective against Alzheimer's will have a higher proportion of n-3 fatty acids relative to n-6." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Separately, combine spinach, cauliflower and brown rice. Transfer to covered baking pan, add the flour and beans, and bake for 15 minutes. Place avocado slices on top for garnish. Serves 2 Swiss Spaghetti Casserole_ 3-ounce spaghetti squash 3 ounces Swiss chard 3 ounces onion, chopped 3 ounces green pepper, chopped 1 1/2 ounces almonds, blanched and chopped 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 teaspoons thyme 1/2 teaspoon salt sesame oil Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a 4 x 8 baking pan with sesame oil. Cut squash in half, remove the seeds and discard them." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Serves 2 Hot Bean Soup_ 3 ounces kidney beans 6 ounces cauliflower flowerets, in bite-size pieces 6 ounces spinach, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon minced onion 3 tablespoons sunflower oil 1/2 teaspoon basil 1/2 teaspoon salt pinch of cayenne Soak beans overnight in water. In the morning, rinse well and add 32 ounces of fresh water. Bring beans to a boil and lower to medium heat. Place the cover on the pot. The beans should cook for about 2 hours. After 1 1/2 hours, add remaining ingredients and continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Omega-3 is found in fish and green leafy plants like spinach and in supplements you can buy like flaxseed oil and fish oil. You can't get them any other way. Most Americans do not eat enough fish and greens. If you look at other countries, you can predict the prevalence of depression in the population just by knowing the average annual fish consumption. In Germany, the average person eats just 20 pounds of fish per year and they have a very high rate of depression there." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Serves 1 Spicy Bulgur Marinade_ 3 ounces bulgur, cooked (chilled) 3 ounces alfalfa sprouts 3 ounces spinach, coarsely chopped 3 ounces marinated artichoke hearts, chopped to bite-size pieces 2 tablespoons sunflower oil 2 teaspoons cider vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon basil 1/4 teaspoon curry powder pinch of cayenne Combine all ingredients and mix well. Allow to set in refrigerator overnight for best taste. Serve chilled." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Try combining leafy greens such as spinach with a juicy green such as cucumber in a base of carrot juice. The addition of garlic or fresh ginger will enhance the therapeutic value (and taste) of your creation. At the end of your three-day juice fast, introduce solid foods gradually, starting with the lighter ones like nonstarchy vegetables or citrus fruit. By dinner on the first day following your fast, you may add back starches, but wait another day before adding heavy protein foods such as meat." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Food sources of vitamin K are liver, eggs, milk, and spinach. However, this vitamin can also be synthesized by bacteria in the GI tract. Administration of antibiotics eradicates intestinal bacteria and consequently may diminish de novo vitamin K production. Newborn infants, whose GI tracts are typically devoid of bacteria, may be given an injection of vitamin K at birth to counter deficiency until their vitamin K-producing bacteria are established [35]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Berry Fruits In our first study, we utilized fruits and vegetables identified as being high in antioxidant activity via the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity Assay (ORAC) [203-205] and showed that long-term (from age 6 to 15 months in F344 rats) feeding with a supplemented American Institute of Nutrition (AIN)-93 diet (strawberry extract or spinach extract [1% to 2% of the diet] or vitamin E [500 IUD]) retarded age-related decrements in cognitive or neuronal function. Results indicated that the supplemented diets could prevent the onset of age-related deficits in several indices (e.g." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Satiety effects of spinach in mixed meals: Comparison with other vegetables. Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr. 46, 327-334. 125. Holt, S. H. A., Delargy, H. J., Lawton, C. L., and Blundell, J. E. (1999). The effects of high-carbohydrate vs high-fat breakfasts on feelings of fullness and alertness, and subsequent food intake. Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr. 50, 13-28. 126. Krotkiewski, M. (1984). Effect of guar gum on body-weight, hunger ratings and metabolism in obese subjects. Br. J. Nutr. 52, 97-105. 127. Latner, J. D., and Schwartz, M. (1999)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Place a piece of cooked chicken on a bed of fresh baby spinach leaves and spoon sauce over chicken. Garnish with fresh cilantro and serve. Vitamin D Cure Baked Salmon with Bell Pepper Salsa Serves 4. lA cup red bell pepper, chopped lA cup yellow bell pepper, chopped XA cup orange bell pepper, chopped lA cup sweet yellow onion, chopped xh lemon, sliced 2 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped 1 cup tomato, chopped 1 tablespoon white wine 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced 1 large fresh wild-caught salmon fillet 1." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Look for fresh lemons, dark green lettuce, broccoli, spinach, blueberries, cantaloupe, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, and celery. When in season, choose eggplant and red and green peppers. • Choose skinless, boneless chicken breasts and turkey breasts. And try to buy free-range and antibiotic/hormone-free poultry. • Fresh fish tastes best. Avoid farm-raised fish because they contain antibiotics (used to protect them from disease in overcrowded pens), as well as disturbing concentrations of pesticides and mercury." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

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