Robyn’s Blog
Xylitol as a sugar alternative, banana bread recipe, part 2 of 2
Here’s an example of a recipe using XyloSweet, a brand name for xylitol available at health food stores that does not use chemicals to extract the sweetener from corn cobs, birch trees, or coconut shells. You can substitute this ingredient for sugar, 1:1 or use slightly less xylitol, in any recipe. Xylitol has 40% fewer [...]
Xylitol as a sugar alternative—GIVEAWAY today! part 1 of 2
The average American eats 152 lbs. of sugar annually, compared to 20 lbs. a century ago. That’s 750 calories daily, from refined sugar–which is half an adult woman’s daily calorie requirements! Some doctors have predicted that since Americans are eating 100 times more sugar than the human pancreas can process, in 20 years, every single [...]
A story about Marlena in Redding
The folks at Blendtec are a blessing to me, and to lots of others, too. They give me a $435 blender to give to one lucky attendee at each of my classes. Once, to an audience of 400 in Dallas, I said: “This amazing machine is a game-changer for your health. I really wish I [...]
A Story About Maureen in Orlando
Such cool stuff happens at my nationwide traveling green smoothie class. I love visiting a city near you and telling stories and research and giving you ideas and incentives to add simple but life-changing habits to your routine. In Orlando and Tampa, a lady named Maureen volunteered, to my staff, to make the green smoothie [...]
Contest for Prizes: What’s in MY fridge, and YOURS!
My 17-yo daughter Emma was examining the contents of our fridges and said, “Mom, you should take a photo of what we eat, because it’s so pretty.” (Update: Emma is going to college on a full-ride soccer scholarship! She’s a 6-year vegetarian, and erstwhile vegan, with a goal of being a career humanitarian, running a [...]
Can Easter be Sugar-Free?
As it turns out, you CAN do Easter without sugar. I love to make my kids baskets of gifts on Valentine’s Day and Easter. There are plastic eggs in these baskets, which I filled with treats, but no candy with refined sugar or corn syrup. I get them in bulk at the health food store: [...]
My friend Bonnie, a cancer patient, comes back from Paracelsus with this report
As you know, I’m taking some GreenSmoothieGirl readers with me to the Paracelsus al Ronc clinic in the Southern Swiss Alps, May 5-19. Read more HERE. There are a few rooms left, if you’re thinking about coming. I thought you would enjoy this letter I got from my dear friend Bonnie, a Stage 1 breast [...]
Don’t eat GMO’s, part 3 of 3
Check out this Natural News cartoon. Don’t count on our grocery-store foods having labels like “heart-disease spread” and “diabetes drink” or “colon cancer dogs” anytime soon. Coach Jeanette’s a more fiery person than me. (She’s our GSG-certified health coach in So Cal and Florida.) After a day of listening to Expo West sales staff [...]
Don’t feed baby Cheerios, part 2 of 3
Listen below to John Roulac explain what genetically modified organisms are, and what companies to watch out for, and what you can do about it. The biggest thing is, be aware, read labels, and vote with your dollars. When we stop buy frankenfoods, they’ll stop making them. It’s going to take millions of people voting [...]
Stand up to GMO Frankenfoods (no Cheerios for babies!), part 1 of 3
John Roulac and I met at Expo West this year. He’s the founder of Nutiva, and also has the web site GMOInside.org. It’s a great site to get educated, and get involved. John is fighting a battle to inform people that General Mills, Hershey, Kashi and many others are putting lots of genetically modified ingredients [...]