Can green smoothies “DEVASTATE” your health?
Sarah the Healthy Home Economist online recently posted an article about how green smoothies can “DEVASTATE” your health. The content was so unsubstantiated that at first I refused to respond to it. But Amanda said, “She has a big audience and people are freaking out about it.” Sarah cites the oxalates phenomenon, wherein a natural [...]
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Too Much of a Good Thing? Ken and Kaye’s testimonial
I got this letter from Ken: My wife and I saw you at the San Jose event in April. I was gung-ho to give the smoothie a try, mainly to drop some weight and begin to get back into shape for summer. I’m a logical thinker and all the points you made were clear and compelling. We started [...]
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Read Sarah’s inspiring story about a year of green smoothies!
Today I share a letter we got recently. As reply to this blog entry, tell me—what happened to you when you (a) started drinking green drinks daily, and/or (b) started following my program to shift to whole foods? (There’s more! Don’t stop with just green smoothies!) I think it’s important that people hear YOUR story, [...]
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Could you fit in the seat at Fenway Park?
Yesterday, a good friend confided in me that he’s recently had a heart attack and is struggling with asthma, acid reflux, allergies, and blood pressure over 170. He said, “I drink my green smoothie but then junk out the rest of the time.” This has always been my fear—that 90 percent of folks who read [...]
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Annette finds green smoothie ingredients for free
Check out this letter Kristin got from GSG reader Annette, who just installed a GreenSmoothieGirl.com window sticker on her car and sent us these hilarious photos. We’ve gotten green-smoothie mustache photos of dogs, horses, and bunnies—but the guinea pig, that’s new! We love getting this stuff, so please tell us about your family and the [...]
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The Feldman Kids Write Me about Green Smoothie Love
A letter I got recently that I love and thought you’d enjoy: Hello, we are the Feldmann kids! Mom started making green smoothies in Winter of 2009. We all thought she was crazy. Zane drank the heck out of them. Ashley (the oldest) enjoyed them as long as Mom made them. The two girls, Faith [...]
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A few prominent nutrition experts have made negative statements about green smoothies. Brian Clement, Caldwell Esselstyn, Colin Campbell, and a lesser name or two. They may not realize that it’s a practice busy people are embracing en masse, and that it’s helping many people. I tackled that subject in writing recently, HERE. But because we [...]
24 Comments • Continue Reading →My boy makes green smoothies to impress hot girls
Last night my 18-year old son had some hot girls from his school over to…..wait for it….do a green smoothie demo. I mocked him pretty hard. Since he has never made a green smoothie in his life. I guess the hot girl asked him point-blank if he would make her a GS. (Shameful, yes, that [...]
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Lily’s green mustache
Jan wrote me, “you are changing the lives of the next generation.” Actually SHE is! Moms who are preserving and extending the nearly lost tradition of eating green food. It’s enjoying a resurgence in the American diet, thanks to green smoothies.
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Let kids help—then green smoothies BELONG to them!
Thank you Julia for sending a photo of your grandson Michael—kids take ownership of good nutrition when they help with it!
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