Rotating Your Greens

I just learned that it is important to rotate the greens you are using, not only in your salads, but in your smoothies as well. When we eat the same greens all the time (like I was used to only lettuce and spinach), your body will get the same nutrients and more importantly, each different green has certain amount of alkaloids built in, that when eaten at too high of quantities, acts like a poison.

This makes so much sense to me. No wonder that animals grazing are always moving around to different plants...they know that they can not eat too much of one type of green. Our bodies are the same way. I believe this is God's way of allowing the greens to replenish. If a certain type of greens were consumed depleted, they wouldn't be able to regenerate.

If you are like me, and just used to putting spinach in your smoothie, here are a few other greens to try. Some are certainly stronger than others, but usually taste fine when mixed with fruit and a little stevia. Here are some other greens to try!

Kale

Collard Greens

Swiss Chard

Mustard Greens

Sunflower Sprouts

Dandelion Greens