Blog Search for: Is Agave Safe? Recently GSG readers raised questions about agave nectar after some well publicized concerns surfaced on the internet. Agave is my favorite sweetener because it’s largely unprocessed and is a… Dehydrator Recipe . . . part 3 of 3 Sprouting (and dehydrating) is very frankly the most sophisticated nutrition principle I teach. For newbies, I start with lower level things: getting more fruits and vegetables in the diet, and… benefits of drying food . . . part 2 of 3 So what are the benefits of drying food? Pressure cooking preserves food, too, but kills all the enzymes at 240 degrees. Canning also destroys water soluble vitamins. … 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… tribute to my “grama” I am in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington for the Thanksgiving weekend. The three of us here are 40, 60, and 80 year old women–me running my five… Is Agave Good Food? Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: What about the controversy surrounding agave? Answer: I have seen a couple of people with clout on the internet say that one should be careful with agave. … Defending That My Diet’s Not All Raw I read the raw foodists all the time (Patenaude, Wolfe, Boutenko, and lots more). I think their diet is fantastic. Sometimes I go all raw, for a few… The Essential GreenSmoothieGirl Library: Part 6 If you want to do a colon cleanse, here is one of my favorite books on that topic, with a link to Amazon to buy it. Bernard Jensen’s “Dr. Jensen’s Guide… The Essential GreenSmoothieGirl Library: Part 5 These are the last three of my general nutrition Top Shelf. (Then we go on to the best books about CLEANSING, the best books for PARENTS, and the best books… The Essential GreenSmoothieGirl Library: Part 4 Two more of my favorite books, with links to obtain them. As you can afford to own these books, you’re building your arsenal of tools to quit or massively… The Essential GreenSmoothieGirl Library: Part 2 Here are three more of my picks from my Top Shelf–the most pivotal books on health and nutrition: Dr. Robert O. Young and Shelley Young’s books and recipe books: … 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,…