There is a great book called Green for Life that has lots of info on the many health benefits of eating significant amounts of leafy greens every day. Think kale, spinach, dandelion, chard etc. Not only are these plants full of micro-nutrients, chlorophyll and anti-oxidants, they also contain high amounts of amino-acids (protein) and fatty acids. Consider this, apes are enormous beasts that derive almost all of their protein from greens and fruit. Less than 5% of their diet comes from eating bugs. The trick? They spend several hours per day chewing. The cell walls of greens have to be ruptured in order for humans and apes to digest the nutrition contained inside.
Enter technology. High-speed blenders and juicers can be used to rupture cell walls, thus making protein and fat easily accessible to humans. Grass that cows eat can be juiced in a similar fashion, thus separating the undigestable fiber from the nutrient rich liquid. IMO leafy greens and grass are the easiest plants to grow. The whole plant can be eaten as opposed to a small seed or fruit body. I think this could be a (rediscovered) food source of the future.
Thoughts?
Enter technology. High-speed blenders and juicers can be used to rupture cell walls, thus making protein and fat easily accessible to humans. Grass that cows eat can be juiced in a similar fashion, thus separating the undigestable fiber from the nutrient rich liquid. IMO leafy greens and grass are the easiest plants to grow. The whole plant can be eaten as opposed to a small seed or fruit body. I think this could be a (rediscovered) food source of the future.
Thoughts?
If your intent is to get in as many greens as possible then for sure this seems like an optimal way of doing so. I just meant that if it's impossible or extremely impractical to eat that many raw greens without a Vitamix, that I don't think it is necessary for our bodies to consume that many greens. Nothing wrong with it