Week 5: Chemistry class discussion

The class discussion we had about plant pigments and the colors they exhibit was my favorite chemistry discussion thus far. Getting a broad spectrum of pigments into your body on a weekly basis is a great way to feel good and also glow. I like to remind folks about three pigments which are not often discussed. They are melanin, phycocyanin and betalain. Melanin is obtained primarily from Chaga mushroom. I recommend folks read the David Wolfe book - Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms. 

Betalain is in beets primarily, but also in the prickly pear and in dragon fruit. And phycocyanin is in spirulina and in AFA blue-green algae. Phycocyanin is great for nourishing one's Jing.