Category: Relationships Search for: 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… How did I discover the “green smoothie” that I named this site after? It’s a great story, really, how I happened upon the “green smoothie,” the attention-grabbing part of this site dedicated to helping you eat right. I was 27 years old, sitting… some thoughts on young mothers Thank you for all the emails, and I’m so sorry I haven’t had time to respond to them all. I have returned rather somberly from my cousin’s funeral in… Green Smoothie Testimonials, Part 10 More Green Smoothie testimonials from my research: Green smoothies are easy and quick to do and keep me full and alert way past lunch time. This past growing season I… I Have More Energy at 42 Than I Did at 22! Thanks again for signing up for my free newsletter. See, I was just like you might be. I found myself in a place I hated: sluggish, 15 pounds… National Study on Grocery Budgeting How much does the average family spend on groceries? Nationwide, according to the USDA, here it is: Two adults: $361 thrifty / $459 low-cost / $569 moderate /… Green Smoothie Testimonials: Part 3 I’m 44 years old. I’ve always had very regular menstrual cycles. For about one year prior to drinking green smoothies, my menstrual cycles had become very irregular. After about two… 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… 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… What Changed When We Switched to Whole Foods My publisher for The Green Smoothie Diet, to be released next spring, wants me to tell my “story” in the beginning of the book. I’ve been compiling a list… a very personal blog entry I promised recently that I’d tell you why I was stressed and my friends were dropping by with healthy treats. Like coconut-milk “ice cream” and whole-wheat pumpkin cookies and applesauce… another daily food log from a plant eater I got a bunch of emails from the “lurkers” who never write on this blog, saying they like food logs, and MORE, PLEASE. That’ll give me something to say…