How to become a VEGETABLE ADDICT
You want to get your whole family addicted to raw vegetables? Even kids? I’ve got the secret key to that! Check out this video I did with Doug Holmes: You’re going to have a tough time shifting to a mostly plant-based diet unless you learn to make lots of salads you love. (Step 2 of [...]
49 Comments • Continue Reading →When Grandma Comes to Spoil the Kids, part 2 of 3
Momof3, I feel your pain. Been there. I could give you my usual responses, but I sense you’ve read the Intro to 12 Steps to Whole Foods, and my further comments on this topic, on this blog. You seem to know my ideas on this subject really well. What I hear is deep concern, anxiety [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →bowling and baby food
Caveat about this post (two days after I wrote it): I mean NO disrespect to any parent. Parents are just doing their best! My intent is always to expose the refined-foods industries and their products for what they are, to raise awareness and help others get educated earlier than I did. In about a week, [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →the rest of the Word of Wisdom
Here’s the rest of the body of scripture known as the Word of Wisdom. Tomorrow I’ll comment on my theory about why the scripture doesn’t talk about soft drinks, sugar, refined foods, etc. (beyond the obvious fact that the scripture predates the invention of those ”foods”). And I’ll comment on some of the [...]
12 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 →How much fat should I eat?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How much fats do you take in a day? From what I gathered from your book, it looks something like: 1 tablespoon flax oil in green smoothie, 2 tablespoons coconut oil on lips and skin, a handful of nut and seeds for snacks in the afternoon. Am I right? I [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →high-fructose corn syrup is a health food
I don’t know if you all noticed this comment to a blog entry a couple of weeks ago. Please inform us all of your opinon! –Robyn Hi my name is Liz and I work with the Corn Refiner’s Association. I wanted to share some infromation about High Fructose Corn Syrup. Both sugar and high [...]
37 Comments • Continue Reading →your body needs SULFUR . . . part 3 of 3 on thinning hair
Before I talk about sulfur, I belong to a Yahoo group called LDSRaw (for Mormon raw-food enthusiasts). One group member lost a lot of hair and did a bunch of online research to talk to other raw foodies. She said she mostly found, talking to others, that if they lost hair in a [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Foods that cause constipation . . . part 2 of 9 about ELIMINATION
Yesterday, pee. Today, poop. Green bowel movements are completely normal (that’s the plant fiber in all those greens you’re eating!). Take a look at the horse poo you see along the road, if you live where you can see horses. It’s indicative of what they eat (alfalfa, all plant foods). You [...]
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