obesity conference
This is an email I got from a GSG reader. Dr. Larsen is a dentist who studies nutrition to help his patients and practices what he preaches. His observations at the obesity conference he recently attended parallel my own, as documented sometimes on this blog. What do you think? Robyn, I attended a seminar in [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →is a green smoothie a license to eat a boatload of junk food?
I was at a family party last night. My youngest brother and his wife (I have six brothers) just built a new home and hosted a game night. (Actually we mostly just watched the Olympics where Apolo Anton Ohno got juked out of a medal by a bad DQ call. According to Ohno, by a [...]
15 Comments • Continue Reading →Dr. Punger’s foreword, part 2 of 2
[continued from yesterday, Dr. Punger's foreword to my 12 Steps to Whole Foods course] The mystery of making tasty, healthy meals out of whole foods was unraveled. I needed all the information she posts on the web, but the organized, sequential course is essential. I wish I had it when I first found out I [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →foreword to 12 Steps to Whole Foods, part 1 of 2
Just want to share the foreword in the just-published printed manual for 12 Steps to Whole Foods, and I’d like to thank Dr. Denise Punger for writing it! Foreword by family physician Denise Punger, M.D. Robyn Openshaw’s 12 Steps to Whole Foods is like having a personal nutrition coach in the kitchen with me, guiding [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Let’s Start an Office Green Smoothie Revolution
So here’s what you do. You send your office mates to GreenSmoothieGirl.com, or have them watch my 3-minute YouTube vid. Together you chip in on a BlendTec or VitaMix for the office. Here’s my review on both machines to help you weigh the pros and cons: http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/robyn-recommendations/blenders/best-blender/ Then you make a plan to take turns [...]
30 Comments • Continue Reading →Surgery
I am having surgery in a week and a half to repair a labral tear in my hip. Is there anything I can take to prepare my body and also to help it recover? I never take any medications, so this will be new to be taking “drugs.” Thank you! Meghan
10 Comments • Continue Reading →sprinkles
Heard a fun tip for using chia seed from an attendee of my class last night: Tell the kids they’re “sprinkles” and they’ll put them on everything. Have a shaker full, to use them on cereal, treats, soup, anything. I love stuff like that. Chia is extremely high in protein and iron, an incredible and [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →Flax seed crackers
I was wondering if instead of leaving the flax seeds whole, will the recipe still work if you soak the flax and then blend it? I am concerned with the flax getting stuck in my intestines. I have heard this can be a problem for some. Would love to know if anyone [...]
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Hey, somebody made me a facebook fan page, so here it is if you want to keep up with my occasional foray over there! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Smoothie-Girl/98314728087 I also have a regular facebook page under my name. See you there. And, locals, hope to see you at my green smoothie clinic and book signing tomorrow night! (Scroll [...]
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