DESCRIPTION
Green Food Complex Capsules, provided by
Nutrition Dynamics, Inc., is a concentrated,
all-natural blend of premium grass and
vegetable powders, botanical extracts, as
well as pre- and probiotics.
FUNCTIONS
Green Food Complex Capsules provide a wide
variety of vitamins, minerals, enzymes,
antioxidants, essential amino acids, and
other important phytonutrients. Gluten-free
grasses and several varieties of microalgae
supply chlorophyll, carotenes, B-vitamins,
and trace elements. Cruciferous vegetables,
broccoli and cauliflower, offer protective
sulforophane compounds known for their
ability to induce phase 2 detoxifying
enzymes. Dairy-free probiotic cultures
provide friendly bacteria for the
gastrointestinal tract and are nourished by
fructooligosaccharides that selectively feed
beneficial colonic microorganisms.
Flavonoid-rich plant extracts, lecithin, and
other nutrient-dense foods offer a variety
of additional benefits, including
antioxidant activity.
INDICATIONS
Green Food Complex Capsules may be a useful
dietary supplement for those who wish to
supplement their diet with this concentrated
Phytonutrient blend of grasses, vegetables,
botanicals, and probiotics.
FORMULA (#7704)
Nine capsules contain:
Green Food
Supplement................ 4,750. mg
Providing:
Wheat Grass Juice
Powder................ 200 mg
Barley Grass Juice
Powder................ 200 mg
Alfalfa Grass Juice
Powder................ 200 mg
Green
Papaya.................................. 200
mg
Blue Green Algae:
Spirulina.........................................
400 mg
Chlorella (cracked
cell)........... ......... 400 mg
Broccoli (freeze-dried
powder).......... 400 mg
Cauliflower (freeze-dried
powder)...... 400 mg
Lecithin
(Soya, with Phosphatidylcholine) ...1,000 mg
Wheat Sprout Powder
(gluten-free).... 200 mg
Acerola Berry Juice
Powder................ 150 mg
Beet Juice
Powder............................ 100. mg
Spinach/Octacosanol
Powder............ 250. mg
Dunaliella salina.................................
25 mg
Green Tea Extract (60%
catechins)...... 25 mg
Milk
Thistle.......................................
25. mg
(Silybum marianum
, 80% silymarin)
Ginkgo biloba.....................................20 mg
(24% ginkgoflavonglycosides,
6% terpenes)
Bilberry
(25% anthocyanidins).......................
20. mg
Proanthocyanidins...........................
.
20 mg
(as Grape Seed Extract OPC
85+
and Pine Bark
Extract OPC 85)
Probiotic Cultures (dairy
free).......... 5. billion C.F.U.
(as Lactobacillus
acidophilus [DDS-1Τ],
L. rhamnosus,
L. bifidus,
Bifidobacterium lactis,
B. longum,
B. bifidum and Streptococcus
thermophilus)
Fructooligosaccharides
(FOS)............ 500. mg
NutraFloraΤ
In a base of Apple Pectin,
Bromelain (flower stem, pineapple plants), Parsley,
Celery and Watercress
SUGGESTED USE
Adults take 3 capsules, 2 to
3 times daily or as directed by physician.
HOW SUPPLIED
Supplied in bottles of 90 and
270 capsules.
STORAGE
Store in a cool, dry place,
away from direct light. Keep out of reach of
children.
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