BINGE EATING
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I definitely have a binge eating disorder. This has been going on since I’m 13; I’m now 50! My husband, also 50 is very overweight and my daughter, 20 and in college is very overweight. I’m very interested in getting my family on track. What can you tell me about binge eating? [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →How much fat should I eat?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How much fats do you take in a day? From what I gathered from your book, it looks something like: 1 tablespoon flax oil in green smoothie, 2 tablespoons coconut oil on lips and skin, a handful of nut and seeds for snacks in the afternoon. Am I right? I [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →“cleanup” on group orders
I leave tonight on a redeye to Costa Rica for a week where I intend to get really brown and see some rain forest and butterfly farms and beaches and volcanoes. While I’m gone, I will magically continue to blog! Tomorrow 2,000 lbs. of raw almonds (again, sold only in 100 lb. increments) will [...]
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Merry Christmas!
Dear friends, thank you for your support of the GreenSmoothieGirl mission in the first full year of this web site’s operation. I am trying to post photos but it won’t work today, so I’ll try to troubleshoot later. I hope you have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful 2009! Here for you [...]
5 Comments • Continue Reading →is agave safe?
Recently GSG readers raised questions about agave nectar after some well publicized concerns surfaced on the internet. Agave is my favorite sweetener because it’s largely unprocessed and is a very low glycemic index product with a neutral flavor. Many of my recipes call for it, and I have found the human body reacts [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →stevia approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just granted approval to the natural herbal sweetener stevia. You may know that I endorse stevia as a sweetener I use because it is plant-based without altered (synthetic) molecules, it has no impact on blood sugar, and no adverse health effects have been reported from its use. [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →how do you have the time?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl.com: I’m a working single mom. I know you are, too. How do you make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for your family? Answer: I don’t spend a lot of time doing things that don’t matter. I’ve just learned the high-impact things that ARE worth my time. I also teach [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →healthy options eating out
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I know you make a green smoothie and take it to work in a quart jar. But what about when you get up late, don’t have time, and you’re out in town and STARVING? What do you eat? Answer: Here, locally (Utah County), my favorite thing to do is [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →dehydrator recipe . . . part 3 of 3
Sprouting (and dehydrating) is very frankly the most sophisticated nutrition principle I teach.For newbies, I start with lower level things: getting more fruits and vegetables in the diet, and eating whole grains, for instance.Most Americans are not prepared for the idea of sprouting and live foods.Some of my readers are so ambitious that they go [...]
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