Alfalfa: A Continued Interest in its Believed Health Properties
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Within the nutritional supplements and natural products industry, alfalfa is being made available to consumers for dietary and preventative health care more and more as health reporting over the internet increases and its benefits become widely appreciated. Though not backed up by hard clinical evidence in humans, alfalfa is said to reduce cholesterol and blood sugar levels, promote liver health, detoxify the body, relieve pain and stiffness of arthritis/bursitis, and even alleviate postmenopausal “hot flashes”.
Alfalfa Complex Deeply Rooted Nutrition: As a product and a plant, alfalfa has deep roots. Alfalfa Complex, developed in the 1950s, was one of Dr. Shaklee's original formulations. A half a century later, it continues to be among Shaklee's top sellers.
Named both the “King of Plants” and the "Queen of Forages", alfalfa is thought to be the oldest cultivated forage crop in the US, and one of the most nutritious. If cut before it blooms, alfalfa is low in fiber and high in energy. That is why, beyond its nutritional potential for humans, alfalfa is valued as a principal component in dairy cattle rations and as feed for horses, beef cattle, sheep, and milking goats. Moreover, the plant offers distinct ecological benefits because of its very high yield potential compared with other forage crops, and it serves as an integral component of many crop rotations because of its ability to improve soil structure and condition, and control weeds in subsequent crop rotations.
