Should I Take Vitamins? part 1 of 2
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Should I take multivitamins? If so, which kind? Answer: No. Whole foods, 60-80% raw, what I teach you, covers your nutritional needs. One of the tougher things to get from your diet is omega fatty acids, but a little bit of flaxseed, or flax oil, several times a week (or fish oils, a [...]
32 Comments • Continue Reading →Tomorrow is the last day of the U.S. group buy!
Please note that tomorrow our 2010 group buy ends. Here’s the description of the products. (We may open the buy to Canadians for a short time–stand by on that.) Of particular interest: You can get $11 off each protein powder (sprouted, brown rice, tastes wonderful) in our 3-packs, just in this buy You get $9 [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →Picky kids, followup post
A while back I wrote a sorta silly post about picky kids. http://greensmoothiegirl.com/2010/06/18/what-do-you-do-with-picky-kids/ Actually, I’ve written quite a few of them in the past 3 years, some more serious. http://greensmoothiegirl.com/2008/05/01/the-nutritionally-recalcitrant-spouse-part-one-of-four/ Reader Alice Osborn posted this response, which I think warrants front-page attention. A “reprint” of sorts: “Love all of this. My parents used to tell [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →Our new video, sign up for our class at the Zermatt
Here’s a teaser video for the holiday class Desiree and I are teaching at the five-star Zermatt Resort (Midway, Utah) on Dec. 9. It’s going to be a blast, and I invited superstar local author and plant-food-lover RAW MELISSA to teach with us! We’ve been kickin’ ideas around and all three of us are excited. [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →Gratitude, part 3 of 3
I want to express my gratitude for something else. I was sitting at the top of the high school bleachers recently, in the sunshine, watching my son Kincade play baseball. His athleticism astonishes me. I have two brothers who played college baseball, but still. Cade made a diving catch in right field, he had two [...]
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From Liz Gilbert’s book, Eat Pray Love: “I keep remembering one of my Guru’s teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you’re fortunate enough. But that’s not how happiness works. “Happiness is the [...]
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My good friend Matthew left formal religion as a non-believer. This was a big problem for his wife, who consequently dumped him, moved away with his kids, and remarried. He counseled me a lot as I was newly divorced. I sought that out, because his divorce was amicable and he refuses to be miserable. What [...]
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The best-named green smoothie kid EVER
This little green smoothie drinker lives in Idaho, and her real name is, first and last name–you won’t believe it but I swear I don’t make this stuff up– CLOVER GREEN Isn’t she darling? She begs her mom for her “shushie” every morning. Speaking of, have you ever wondered if clover greens (the plant in [...]
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Testimonial: green smoothies, whole foods, Crohn’s disease
I started drinking green smoothies everyday about a year and a half ago. My neighbor told me about them and I attended your class in Idaho Falls. My son was about 18 months old. He loves to drink them and has never had to go to the Dr. for a sick visit. During my second [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →two readers tell me how they feel, eating better
Just want to share two emails I got on the same day. Not just to show how fun my job is–hearing about how people are getting healthy and overcoming challenges–but also so that YOU, reading this, can feel the enthusiasm of Nina and Elise as they have begun to truly feel better by ramping up [...]
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