Thyroid—you might have a problem and not know it
All estimates I’ve read are that 25 to 50 percent or more of American women have significant thyroid issues. Possibly over half of women over 40. Most of these women are undiagnosed. If you have low thyroid, which is the most common thyroid problem, symptoms may be low energy, slow metabolism / weight gain, dry [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →Panic! Are cruciferous vegs killing my thyroid? I’m taking a stand on this issue.
A reader, Shawna, wrote us an email with tons of capitalized sentences and exclamation points, saying, “Hey! I’ve been doing green smoothies for a few years now! And I’m hypothyroid! Help–am I killing my thyroid?” My customer support wrote me that people constantly write us “freaking out” about a widely circulated article on the internet [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →Raw food weight loss
Raw food promotes weight loss in people who need to lose, and weight gain in people who are severely underweight from malnourishment. Remember that unless you’re being excessive with nuts and seeds, raw food inherently is lower in fat and starch, which are what lead to weight gain. To lose weight, following are a [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Green Smoothie Testimonials, Part 11
More Green Smoothie testimonials from my research: My husband and I have been enjoying green smoothies 6-7 times a week for the past 9 months. We are hooked! In fact, we went on vacation for a week and missed our BlendTec blender and green smoothie so much, we could hardly wait to get back home [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →group buy for locals only: whole-food ingredients for 12 Steps recipes
Locals only (pickup in Lindon, Utah)–sorry, out-of-towners, I’m working on shipping the granola ingredients at least and will let you know if I figure it out: This post kicks off a group buy for THREE WEEKS ONLY: great prices on many of the most popular whole-food ingredients in my 12 Steps to Whole Foods [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →What my research says about how green smoothies change lives!
I once blogged 20 different astonishing ways my health improved when I began drinking green smoothies and eating a whole-foods diet. Here it is: http://greensmoothiegirl.com/2008/10/02/what-changed-when-we-switched-to-whole-foods-part-2-of-2/ But I wanted to get more scientific when I wrote The Green Smoothies Diet, [BUY HERE] and find out precisely what a newbie can expect! The results of my [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →extra ingredients for green smoothies [part 1 of 7]
Many health food nuts like me have a mental list of ingredients they know are nutritional powerhouses, and we want to get them in our diet but often fail to do so, because we don’t know how or don’t fit it into the day’s menu. Green smoothies are the perfect way to do that–just toss [...]
24 Comments • Continue Reading →green smoothies and calories
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I am nursing my three-month old daughter and at the same time trying to lose the rest of my baby weight (I have about 43 pounds to lose…I gained 70 . . . oops!). I have been trying to incorporate the smoothies into my diet, but it seems that I do [...]
5 Comments • Continue Reading →the data on benefits of RAW FOOD . . . part 1 of 3
In the next few blogs, I’ll review for you research on the benefits of raw plant food I found in various sources. Unfortunately, science isn’t too interested in studying the effects of people eating raw food. Who would fund large-scale prevention studies to document what happens when we don’t tax our enzyme production [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →Manifesto 12 Questions
Okay… so now I’m freaking out. I have been 80% for 2 yrs and 100% vegan on and off during that two years. If it comes in a package I don’t buy it let alone eat it. I cycle 25-30mi 3 times a week and walk 4 miles a day when not on the bike. [...]
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