Vegetarian Chlorophyll 300 Veggie Capsules

Product description: Copper chlorophyllin from mulberry leaf - a stable, water-soluble form of the green pigment of plants. Supports digestion and the everyday work of the gut. Alfalfa, Medicago sativa, comes as dried and ground plant material - a green food in its own right, not an extract. Leafy greens are meant to be on the plate every day, yet between the morning commute and the evening takeaway the green half of the plate is usually the part that goes missing. With this in mind, Swanson developed Vegetarian Chlorophyll 300 Veggie Capsules! Chlorophyll is the pigment that makes plants green - the molecule with which a leaf catches sunlight and turns it into sugar - and it is built around a flat ring of atoms with a single magnesium at its centre, a shape strikingly close to the heme of our own blood, which holds iron instead. In its natural state the pigment is fragile and dissolves only in fat, so this formula uses copper chlorophyllin: chlorophyll drawn from mulberry leaf, with the magnesium swapped for copper and the molecule made soluble in water, which is what keeps it stable in a capsule and lets it dissolve freely once swallowed. Alongside it comes alfalfa, Medicago sativa, dried and ground to a powder - a deep-rooted green crop whose Latin name still remembers Media, the Persian land it reached Greece from, and which carries its own chlorophyll in the leaf; that pairing is why the label calls the whole thing a green foods formula. It comes in a small veggie capsule that fits easily into a daily routine.First and foremost, chlorophyll supports digestion and the everyday work of the gut. Because chlorophyllin dissolves in water, it travels the digestive tract in solution instead of needing fat to carry it, and it is there, along the gut, that it does its work: the large, flat ring of the molecule readily latches onto other compounds it meets on the way, which is the same property that made chlorophyllin an internal deodoriser in the 1950s, when it went into toothpaste, chewing gum and deodorants by the dozen. The same ring gives up electrons easily, so in the chemical sense chlorophyllin behaves as an antioxidant - a fact about the molecule rather than a promise, and one of the reasons the green pigment is studied outside botany at all. Alfalfa brings the plant's own chlorophyll along with it, much as a serving of greens would. Taken daily, it arrives in a steady, measured amount.See for yourself what treasures nature has to offer - reach for Swanson Vegetarian Chlorophyll! Serving Information: Serving Size: 1 Veggie Capsule Amount Per Serving Alfalfa Powder (Medicago sativa) 410 mg Copper Chlorophyllin [from sodium copper chlorophyllin (from mulberry leaf)] 60 mg Other Ingredients: Hypromellose (vegetarian capsule), microcrystalline cellulose (plant fiber), calcium palmitate. Suggested Use: One veggie capsule daily, with water, after a meal. For adults only. WARNING: Consult your healthcare provider before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication or have a medical condition. Keep out of reach of children. Do not use if seal is broken. Store in a cool, dry place. Suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. A dietary supplement cannot be a substitute for a varied diet.