Collard Greens are usually as a bunch of leaves. Choose the leaves that are slightly smaller. Try to avoid buying Collard Greens which are yellow looking or withered.

Due to the fact that Collard Greens are a green juice, you will find it beneficial to have no more than about ¼ of your juice consisting of green juice.

Collard greens are high in oxalic acid and should be avoided by those who suffer from or are at risk for kidney stones, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and those whose stomach is easily irritated. Read my notes on oxalic acid for more information.

Greens are very nutritious foods. Greens are generally speaking harder to digest when you eat them raw due to cellulose walls. When you juice the greens, you extract the nutrients thus bypassing the cellulose walls.

Collard greens are a really good source of calcium while being low in phosphorus. Take a look at the nutritional analysis to see how much calcium is in collard greens.

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