P.S. from Kascia in Texas
(Here’s a fun followup note Kascia sent my customer support team lead, Jenni. I’m showing you with this info, first, that it’s better to start when your kids are very young, and second, that kids WILL eat vegetables.) Jenni, One more thing, I don’t know if I’m getting carried away but I wanted to mention [...]
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Friends in Texas eating whole foods
Here’s a fun letter I got from Kascia in Texas. (Some may remember that I said in 2009 that San Antonio, Texas is officially the worst food, in terms of nutrition, of everywhere I’ve traveled in the past several years–which includes many states and over 20 countries.) I share this because you can go from [...]
6 Comments • Continue Reading →Does your heredity dictate whether you get cancer?
Ayna posted this on my blog, and my response follows: Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: “I have been a vegetarian for so many years I can’t count them. But my family women have a breast cancer gene. You can’t beat that, it does not matter what you do, it’s in the blood. I have lived through 2 breast [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →sugar replacement: possibly the best solution
You know I recommend only sparing use of any concentrated sweeteners. A while ago, I posted a recipe featuring COCONUT SUGAR. I’d been given a sample of it, and I was enjoying substituting it for Sucanat (my previous “standby” for baked goods). I didn’t realize how hard to find it was until y’all wrote me [...]
10 Comments • Continue Reading →My Cousin Quinn’s Russian Cream Breakfast Parfait
My beautiful cousin Quinn is the middle child of my uncle I speak of often, in my books and lectures. (My 32-year old Uncle Gerald chose the medical route when diagnosed with cancer, at the same time my grandmother chose a 100% raw diet.) Just three years ago, Quinn’s husband was diagnosed with cancer at [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →World-Wide Green Smoothie Detox starts Jan. 2!
How are you holding up against the gingerbread and butter tarts so far? What about those buttery mashed potatoes and gravy? Maybe you’ve been avoiding the bowls of salty, roasted cashews and chocolate-covered almonds, but MOST of us end up overeating during the holidays. Fortunately, January 1st comes quickly and is the ideal time to [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →Victoria Boutenko’s Green Smoothie Song–and me, giving her props
When my book The Green Smoothies Diet came out, last year, I got an email saying, “Who do you think you are? Victoria Boutenko invented the green smoothie! You owe her some credit!” In fact, I give V. Boutenko, one of my heroes, credit every single time I speak. (Back me up here, if you’ve [...]
6 Comments • Continue Reading →“I love my body,” part 4 of 4
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: “Should I do a cleanse, and what products should I use?” Answer: I think hardcore colon cleanses are something you should do only a few times in a lifetime. (They are invasive. Plan on a need to rebuild a healthy colonization of intestinal flora with a high-raw diet and lots of probiotic for [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →“I love my body,” part 3 of 4
My heart got broken earlier this year–-but that very same heart kept on beating. It pumps blood every second, to my brain, to every extremity, perfectly. Every minute of the past 43 years. When I sleep, my heart miraculously never skips a pulse. I should be on my knees thanking God every day for my [...]
27 Comments • Continue Reading →“I love my body,” part 2 of 4
I spent far more than my share of time hating my body. For 20 years, in fact, before I experienced a dramatic mental shift. Ask my best friend, Laura, who started in junior high school trying to get me to see myself differently. We spent a lot of time on beaches or in her backyard [...]
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