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Jaben · 01-20-2008, 06:58 AM

Glad to see the greens are helping. I'm guessing all of your greens have probably been organic.

According to Rutgers University Study Comparing Organic versus Commercially Grown Foods organic produce is far superior to conventional in mineral content. For example spinach has twice as much calcium as conventional and 30 times as much iron.

FYI, Kale seems to be a pretty good source of protein. Look up the RDA of protein / KG of weight for an average adult and multiply each Essential amino acid by 70 (for a 70 KG adult) and compare to the USDA nutrient content for 1 pound of raw kale.

You get:
Essential Amino -- mg/day RDA for 70KG Adult <==> mg/ one lb raw kale
Histidine -- 560 <==> 313
Isoleucine -- 700 <==> 895
Leucine -- 980 <==> 1051
Lysine -- 840 <==> 895
Methionine + cystine -- 910 <==> 345
Phenylalanine +tyrosine -- 980 <==> 1298
Threonine -- 490 <==> 668
Tryptophan -- 245 <==> 182
Valine -- 700 <==> 820

The above references are from Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko.

01-20-2008, 06:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jaben Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 123	Greens Glad to see the greens are helping. I'm guessing all of your greens have probably been organic. According to Rutgers University Study Comparing Organic versus Commercially Grown Foods organic produce is far superior to conventional in mineral content. For example spinach has twice as much calcium as conventional and 30 times as much iron. FYI, Kale seems to be a pretty good source of protein. Look up the RDA of protein / KG of weight for an average adult and multiply each Essential amino acid by 70 (for a 70 KG adult) and compare to the USDA nutrient content for 1 pound of raw kale. You get: Essential Amino -- mg/day RDA for 70KG Adult <==> mg/ one lb raw kale Histidine -- 560 <==> 313 Isoleucine -- 700 <==> 895 Leucine -- 980 <==> 1051 Lysine -- 840 <==> 895 Methionine + cystine -- 910 <==> 345 Phenylalanine +tyrosine -- 980 <==> 1298 Threonine -- 490 <==> 668 Tryptophan -- 245 <==> 182 Valine -- 700 <==> 820 The above references are from Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko.