Blog Search for: Birthday parties with whole foods! Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: What do you do for birthdays? So it’s my kids’ birthdays (yes, all of them–within three weeks of each other–go ahead and make your jokes about me and… It’s a Long and Winding Road to Good Nutrition! In my first newsletters, I told you a little about the rocky path to health that my family and I traversed. It’s not very often clear and linear, that path,… raw food diet: why not raw meat? Talking more about the raw food diet here.Most raw foodists don’t eat animal protein (supermodel Carol Alt is an exception).See my book review here of The China Study https://greensmoothiegirl.com/reviews.html or… raw food diet: isn’t steaming good? and, my kids come back sick Update: Yep.All four of my kids puked their guts up at their dad’s family reunion.Just like always.Poor little guys. (Well, one of them is 6’2″, not that little, huh?)Back to… the raw food diet and swine flu I hope you’re undertaking a raw food diet while it’s in season?This is the time of year your body wants to cleanse.If you do, you have much lower risk of… the raw food diet I’m going to be talking for a while about the raw food diet.That’s the only “diet” I approve of (the very word is annoying, isn’t it?).Why?First, because it’s the biggest… Have Any of You Seen “Food, Inc.” Yet? Have any of you seen Food, Inc. yet? I haven’t, but plan to. Here’s a review in the Deseret News for those of us here on the Wasatch Front. It’s… Naturally Leavened Bread Made with Kamut 12 Stepper Darlene in Canada sent me these gorgeous photos of the whole-grain, 100% naturally leavened bread she made with Kamut rather than wheat, for her gluten-intolerant daughter. Hope this… I’m having this overpowering craving It’s late at night and I am having this huge craving . . . for arugula. Yeah. Arugula. It’s one of my favorite foods. If I type the… Milk Substitutes? Hi! my name is Dina, I’m 27 y/o from Tel Aviv, Israel. I’m new to Robyn’s website and find it a treasure of information. I guess one could define me… I’m not the only one saying the BMI is a bunch of voodoo Here’s an email I got today by alert GSG reader Jessica C. with a link to an NPR story. It’s about the subject I get the most angry email… Why does a green smoothie come FIRST as I change what I eat? I teach classes to people who are beginners in nutrition, eating the Standard American Diet. I teach intermediate classes to those who are more savvy, and even advanced classes…