Category: 12 Steps To Whole Food Search for: Dr. Mercola attacks the China Study: clash of the titans When Joe Mercola contradicts the basics of nutrition taught on GreenSmoothieGirl.com and in my books, we get hundreds of emails. Mercola’s newsletter yesterday supposedly exposes the “DARK SIDE” of the… 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… How do I convert resistant family members to eating right? If you know my writing, you know I’m always encouraging my readers to share with others what they’re learning that has changed their lives. One of my most common conversations… Too Many Almonds on Your Hands? A Holiday Idea for You! You want to get raw almonds in the Group Buy (because you can’t get TRULY RAW anywhere else, and the price is awesome), but you don’t know how MUCH to… Gluten Free Live Granola & Breakfast Jason, a 12 Steps to Whole Foods reader, shared the following recipes with us. They’re mostly raw, gluten free, and full of sprouted nutrition. He writes: When I first got the… raw food diet versus alkaline diet I was having this conversation on Facebook today with a reader, and since I’m sure not all of you are my facebook friends or check in there regularly, I thought… Preserving raw foods, two ways to make living the lifestyle CHEAP! If you’ve read my books, you know that I promote ways of making a whole-foods, high-raw, plant-based diet very affordable, especially the #1 and #2 highest-impact methods: Plant a garden… Raw Food: try this Rainbow Salad (way to use your zucchini and squash) Here’s a fun way (from Ch. 5 of 12 Steps) to use the zucchini coming out of your garden (or your neighbor’s). Thought I’d share it with you since… So you’re trying to get kids to eat right! You’re raising kids (or maybe helping with your grandkids)? You and me both, my friend! I’m raising four—two boys and two girls. They all have different personalities, interests, and temperaments…. 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,… 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… 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…