another daily food log from a plant eater
I got a bunch of emails from the “lurkers” who never write on this blog, saying they like food logs, and MORE, PLEASE. That’ll give me something to say if I ever have a day where I’m running low–but OMG I have so much to write about in the next month or two!! [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →What about OXALATES in spinach?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Some people think you should lightly cook your spinach and other greens before eating them. Is it safe to eat them raw? Answer: This is an excerpt from Ch. 1 of my e-book, 12 Steps to Whole Foods. It is both safe and good to eat spinach raw, which I have done [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Product review: best nutritious frozen dessert
I’m going to be reviewing my favorite products in the coming weeks, things people ask me about that I recommend–with links on where to get them, where possible. Today you just have to know about the BEST, HIGH-NUTRITION FROZEN NON-DAIRY DESSERT for ice cream lovers. I’ve been under a lot of stress lately because [...]
44 Comments • Continue Reading →What did you make, when did you eat it, and where?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl, what do you eat in a day? Not only what did you eat, but WHERE were you when you ate it (soccer field, etc.), and when did you make it, etc.? Answer: I logged three weekdays in a row, just for you. (I think this question was a nice [...]
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beet cake, and pink smoothie, here I come
Look what I pulled out of my garden! Tennyson is holding a beet, the size of a cantaloupe, now washed, peeled, and cut into chunks in my freezer. I love fall, when we can pull all the produce out of the garden and put it in jars (fermented) or in the freezer against [...]
13 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation? . . . LAST ONE! part 13
You know that my primary motive on GSG.com is to improve the health of human beings through a plant-based diet. But today we look at figures regarding the treatment of animals raised for food in America before I officially retire this series: Number of pigs in U.S. raised in total confinement factories where [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 12 of 12
Today, why you’re contributing to environmental damage if you eat high on the food chain: Gallons of oil spilled by the Exxon-Valdez: 12 million Gallons of putrefying hog urine and feces spilled in North Carolina in 1995 when a hog excrement dam broke: 25 million Fish killed as an immediate result: [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 11 of 12
Today, more info on world hunger and why you’re contributing to overconsumption of resources eating high on the food chain: Number of people whose food energy needs can be met by the food produced on 2.5 acres of land, if the land is producing . . . Cabbage [...]
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Today, stats about hunger in the world, and how this is related to a plant-based diet: Number of UNDERFED and malnourished people in the world: 1.2 billion Number of OVERFED and malnourished people in the world: 1.2 billion Both groups have high levels of sickness and disability and shortened life expectancies Weight of [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 9 of 12
Some stats on hormones and antibiotics in our meat supply, and Mad Cow disease: U.S. beef cattle that receive hormone implants: 90% (100% in larger feedlots) Independent European Union scientists’ report on the effect of hormones added to U.S. beef: they are “complete carcinogens” (able to cause and promote cancer by themselves) (hormone 17 [...]
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