obesity conference
This is an email I got from a GSG reader. Dr. Larsen is a dentist who studies nutrition to help his patients and practices what he preaches. His observations at the obesity conference he recently attended parallel my own, as documented sometimes on this blog. What do you think? Robyn, I attended a seminar in [...]
14 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 →Groundbreaking Green Smoothie Research . . . be a part of it
I want you guys to be thinking about something. In about two days, I will have an interactive questionnaire posted on GSG. Be thinking about what the changes are you have experienced as a result of drinking GS regularly. The questionnaire will automatically generate tabulations for me to use as research, to be [...]
43 Comments • Continue Reading →Food combining for “perfect proteins”
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Do you have any information on what kinds of vegetables need to be eaten together to make a complete protein? Do they need to be eaten at the same time, or just within the same day, so many hours of each other, etc. Answer: This is an excerpt from Ch. 6 of [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →the best food dehydrator on the market . . . part 1 of 3
Today I’m telling you about one of my favorite tools for incorporating fantastic plant-food nutrition into your diet. This is my favorite appliance, second only to the BlendTec Total Blender. It’s the Excalibur dehydrator, my “oven,” the best rated food dehydrator in the world. See if the person who loves you most [...]
22 Comments • Continue Reading →what enzymes do to make food digestible . . . part 6
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Which enzyme supplement should I take? If you’re going to eat at least some of your meals that are partially or fully cooked or processed, please always take 1 or 2 capsules of digestive enzymes first. If you read my site, blog, or book, you know I am generally skeptical of [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →You don’t eat meat? Then where do you get your protein?
I know, I’ve blogged about this more than any other subject. But I’m going to say a few more things about it today, just in a slightly different way, because of that old statistic that people have to hear something 11 times before they believe it. And because that’s the question we plant [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 7 of 12
Today, good stats about the fact that Americans need EDUCATING on the subject of a plant-based, whole-foods diet. (You know GSG.com has an agenda to get YOU to help spread the word–and many of you already do so, brilliantly.) 98 percent of the wheat eaten in the U.S. is eaten as white flour. [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 6 of 12
Are plant sources of protein sufficient? Today, good stats about the need for protein: Protein in human mother’s breast milk: 5 percent of calories Minimum protein requirement according to the World Health Organization: 5 percent of calories U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adult protein intake: 10 percent of calories [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 4 of 12
Do certain diets prevent cancer? Today, good stats on health implications of eating meat: Risk of colon cancer for women who eat red meat daily, versus those who eat it less than once a month: 250 percent greater Risk of colon cancer for people who eat red meat once a week compared to [...]
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