processed meat: it’s on my “never” list
If you’ve read my books, you know there are two foods I never eat and I don’t let my kids eat either. We are virtually 100% about good nutrition at home, but at a party or in a restaurant, we make good choices but aren’t perfect. The two “over my dead body” foods, though: One, [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →Young Thai coconuts
I watched the Youtube video on making Hot Pink Breakfast Smoothies (I am positively addicted, like you!!), and in the comments section, someone made a remark about how young Thai coconuts are dipped in formaldehyde to preserve them I guess, and if you go that route, you’d better scrub yourself down after touching them. I [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →raw food diet: why not raw meat?
Talking more about the raw food diet here.Most raw foodists don’t eat animal protein (supermodel Carol Alt is an exception).See my book review here of The China Study http://greensmoothiegirl.com/reviews.html or read the book for why.I won’t go into detail, since I often talk about that huge study in great detail on this site. But also, [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →Let’s talk about food and sex
No, this isn’t that episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza tried to combine the two in a feverish fantasy . . . and if you can’t handle some frank talk about an important part of your life, WARNING: hurry and get out of this blog and come back tomorrow. Did you know that what you [...]
10 Comments • Continue Reading →Storing green smoothies: BPA in plastics [part 2 of 2]
I was recently in a conversation where a 23-year old adult said, regarding this topic, “If I don’t drink bottled water, where will I get it?” She was totally serious. Back in the olden days (before water bottles but after the wheel was invented), we used to fill a reusable water bottle or [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →AstraZeneca . . . or a plant-based diet?
If you read this blog regularly, you’ve heard my opinion that the drug companies have to be watched closely because their motive is in direct conflict with public health interests. Don’t give your money to most “breast cancer research” campaigns, for instance, because it’s usually just the drug companies double dipping. That is, [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →BINGE EATING
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I definitely have a binge eating disorder. This has been going on since I’m 13; I’m now 50! My husband, also 50 is very overweight and my daughter, 20 and in college is very overweight. I’m very interested in getting my family on track. What can you tell me about binge eating? [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →stevia approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just granted approval to the natural herbal sweetener stevia. You may know that I endorse stevia as a sweetener I use because it is plant-based without altered (synthetic) molecules, it has no impact on blood sugar, and no adverse health effects have been reported from its use. [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →danger of aluminum in antiperspirants
How many of you are using commercial antiperspirants? Not much research has been published on what happens to our health as a consequence of using them. But they all contain aluminum, which I believe is one of the most toxic ingredients in personal-care products. (It is followed closely by sodium laureth sulfate [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Energy drinks: attention, parents of teens!
Visiting my best friend in San Francisco recently, I sat outside her high-end convenience/grocery store in the very affluent suburb of Piedmont grading papers. The high school kids arrived en masse, at lunch and after school. An amazing amount of candy and energy drinks walk out of that place–thousands of dollars’ worth daily. [...]
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