Research on green smoothies: do you get sick less?
In my research I report on in detail, in The Green Smoothies Diet, I asked 175 regular green smoothie drinkers what health benefits they achieved. Because to participate, you had to be in the habit for only 30 days or less, I had one issue I wanted to explore that I wasn’t able to.
So I have a question for you now. This isn’t particularly scientific, but I would like to know from those of you who have gone through a winter with your green smoothie habit:
Aside from any initial “cleansing reaction” (diarrhea, headaches, etc. are experienced by 18.5% in my study, for up to 2 weeks after beginning a very healthy new habit) . . .
Did you notice getting sick less after beginning to drink green smoothies regularly?
I would like to hear about your experience here, if you’ve been down the path for a while. That is one of the greatest benefits for me and my family: before massively increasing our greens consumption, we used to get sick, and now we don’t.
Please tell us your experience.
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I’ve been drinking green smoothies every morning since 2006, mostly with kale, spinach, or collard greens. I haven’t been sick once since, and if I felt as if some bug might try to get me, I would eat raw garlic, and that would nip it in the bud. Green smoothies are the best thing for us to eat; there’s no doubt about it. Raw is great in every form!
Maria
I have been doing GS for about 3 years..Daily..sometimes twice a day. I have not been sick since. Give your body good food and it will return the favor. You are made to be healthy.
I have just recently added green smoothies to my diet, but the majority of my diet for the past 26 years has been raw leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. The first 34 years of my life were plagued many respiratory problems: colds, flu, bronchitis, and hay-fever. Once I realized that I was allergic to dairy products and changed over to a raw diet, my health problems were solved. Except for one bout of food poisoning in a New York airport, I haven’t been sick for 26 years. I also tan instead of burn, have much more energy, and I am more limber than I was in my 20’s. And here at 60 I’m still waiting for my hair to turn gray. For me, Green Smoothies have added new enthusiasm to my diet, but I’ve known for a long time that such a diet keeps me well.
I just bought the Blendtec blender and your book “Green Smoothies Diet” so I can not comment on the effects of green smoothies. However, I went from approximately 15 years of vegetarian diet to vegan diet about 4 or 5 years ago and don’t get colds or flue for last 3 to 4 years. My heyfeaver attacks are way less severe and practically don’t have nose congestion anymore.
I will post an update after “smoothing” for a while.
Robyn Ive been doing green smoothies since May . All the info I have read
from multiple sources Halleluah diet , Braggs diet , the Budwig diet and you all say the more raw fruits and vegatables you eat the less sick you will be .
The almost unbelievable disease reversals that people have had when switching from the S.A.D. diet to a raw fruit and vegetable diet is absolutly amazeing. I have a 40 oz smoothie every morning w/ 3tbs chia seeds and I’m not hungry till diner at 5or 6pm. Ive lost 25 lbs and I feel great. Thanks for all your insight I never would have tried spinach for breakfast or chia seeds to deal with the late night snack craving if you hadn’t mentioned it I put them on yogurt they are awesome! My sister and I are in your group buy for 100lbs of chia seeds Thanks again for all you are doing to help us get healthy!
I have been drinking green smoothies for 7 months. There has been several flues raging around my office. I am noticing that they are commenting that everyone is getting sick but me. Who would have thought that a green smoothie would help me survive cube hell.
Have been 100% raw-vegan for 2 years now, green smoothie every day, and green juices as well. Not even a sign of being sick! No colds, no sore throats, no time off work, nothing. Just the wonderful feeling of being alive. 🙂 Everything just “feels” better, easier somehow.
I remember back to how I used to feel on a daily basis before I incorporated green smoothies into my diet. I had already bought a Blendtec blender before I knew about Green Smoothie Girl (GSG). Then I came across GSG in my research to be overall more healthy. I started drinking green smoothies on a regular basis. I have not been sick since! If I start to feel run down, I drink a green smoothie, get some rest and I’m back full force the next day! Robyn, you have definitely taught me more than I have found from other resources. Your method, structure, and style of presenting the reasons why to drink green smoothies as well as eat whole, unprocessed health and vitality giving foods based on solid research is excellent!
I have been on the green drink discipline in addition to eating nearly 100% alkaline for 3 years. I make my own green drink mix with alkaline – ionized water only and no fruit only grass powder, clay, epsome salt and real salt . The only sweetening is stevia. I started three years ago drinking a rounded teaspoon powder in a 8 once cup 3 times a day for the first 2 years. The frequency of any sickness such as colds or flu have not occured but, more important for me is the quality of my base health. I have a totally different gauge of what I consider to be my optimum health than before. I believe that the cleansing process has continued over all three years I have been on this discipline. When I have symptoms of headache or virus, or other fever it isn’t for days on end it is now for a few hours.
I have proven for myself that diet and lifestyle are key in quality of life for health and healing.
In general, I do think the green smoothies help us stay well. We drink green smoothies nearly every day. We all have healthy constitutions and rarely got sick before green smoothies, but I love to find new and better ways to eat well so I am definitely sold on the smoothies. In an ironic twist of events, my 13-year-old son, who has probably never been sick before in his life, and who willingly drinks his green smoothie every morning, got the H1N1 flu, which was rampant at his school. He passed it on to his younger siblings, who also drink their smoothies. However, my sixteen-year-old, who refuses to drink the smoothies, never got the swine flu. This did not help my cause! But the flu was very short lived and all is well again.
I hardly ever get sick,,,,I exercise daily, eat smart, and drink a Green Smoothie daily,,,, keeps my weight under control also,,
Donna
Green smoothies are totally amazing. You will experience “Off the Charts Vitality”
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My answer is yes. I do not get sick while I am drinking Green smoothies.
I’m 85. Been on raw food for about 15 yrs., on GS for a few months. Have had no colds for all those yrs except this yr in april I got pneumonia because I tried a new diet I read about… big mistake! No sickness since being on GS…so thats what I’m going to stay on for the next 20 Yrs.
I’ve been drinking green smoothies for over three years now.
I went all through last winter drinking green smoothies and noticed, in retrospect, that I never got sick like most of my friends.
Unbelievable yet true!
Thank you for being you and best of luck to you,
Leah