Exactly Why Artificial Sweeteners Are Terrible (part 2)
Aspartame (or brand name Nutrasweet). Joe Mercola says it’s the most dangerous substance added to foods. I might quibble with that, because mono sodium glutamate is a neurotoxin every bit as deadly. And the nitrates and nitrites in cured meats are potently carcinogenic. I’d agree that aspartame is a TOP THREE worst things, to avoid [...]
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Recipes from CHI! Part 1 of 2
“Going off sugar” has always been hard for me, because the way I eat really healthy even in the face of temptation, is to tell myself, “I could have that if I wanted to. I choose not to.” (I list reasons in my head, if I’m tempted.) Or, occasionally, I say yes rather than no, [...]
12 Comments • Continue Reading →More garden recipes, and a bedside update….
Thanks for all your kind emails and Facebook messages. I’ve been sleeping 12 hours a night since my accident Saturday; still unable to walk or do much of anything without acute/stabbing pain in my lower back/hip, and I wonder if it’s nerve damage, as I landed approximately on my hip’s sciatic nerve. I am hoping [...]
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When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me
That’s a line from a Taylor Swift song, by the way. I think Tim McGraw has given up the “ninety-nine cent heart attack” he sings about. Somebody on the GSG fanpage says he quit smoking a few years ago. My goodness, he looks ridiculous. I heard he lost 30 lbs for his tour. Not the [...]
5 Comments • Continue Reading →Is agave a superfood or a poison?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Dr. Mercola says agave is going to kill me! Is he right? Answer: I have been inundated with emails about this. In every class I teach, someone brings it up. First of all, Dr. Mercola didn’t exactly say that, although he allowed it on his web site. Mercola is a brand, a big [...]
37 Comments • Continue Reading →Here’s the green smoothie recipe I almost always use!
Here’s my everyday green smoothie “template” recipe. It allows you to use virtually any green, and any fruit, maximizing the greens. Enjoy! Robyn’s Green Smoothie Template Recipe Makes 8 cups of 100% raw smoothie. Put 2 1/2 cups filtered water in the BlendTec Total Blender. Optionally, add: ½ tsp. stevia (herbal sweetener) or [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →PCOS and protein
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I have PCOS and I have battled weight for years. I am currently 275 lbs and 5’10″. I believe that what we eat does impact our health dramatically. I was on a green smoothie a day for over a month and started to feel better. Then I was told [...]
17 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 →High-nutrition items’ price points . . . part 1 of 2
I’ve been asked for a list of prices I pay for high-nutrition items you will want to buy regularly if you’re maximizing fresh produce and whole plant foods in your diet. These are my “staples” that you’ll notice are rather different from what’s in most pantries (or long-term food storage). Buying agave or [...]
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