Category: Whole Food Search for: Two Great Recipes and an Awesome New Ingredient! I recently gave a lecture in St. George, Utah and stayed with my longtime friends, vegan raw foodists Denley and Jan, whose kitchen and fridge contents always inspire me. Denley… How much weight should I gain in pregnancy, and should I shift to whole foods now? Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How much weight should I gain in my pregnancy? I want to eat whole foods—but should I do it while I’m pregnant? Video answer here: Watch this… “I need to gain some weight!” I have been studying a massive amount of information in the past few months about over 80,000 toxic chemicals and metals in our environment. Where they come from, what they… I Need to Gain Some Weight: Part 2 of 3 But some of the uber-thin are actually not digesting food and are quite unhealthy. They might be eating as much junk as the overweight people are, but because of chronic… I need to gain some weight! Part 1 of 3 Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I have a slight dilemma: we have been working toward a whole foods lifestyle and I have 12 Steps to Whole Foods. I have a supportive husband who… Nutrition is Usually a Gradual Process of Changes and Improvement! I think it’s important you know how gradual my health changes were. Because I don’t want you to be discouraged if you like how you feel eating whole foods, but… A Year Without Sugar It’s been 2 months since I bet Matthew Flinders $10,000 that I wouldn’t eat sugar for a year. Here, he and I talk about it. It’s just NO BIG DEAL!… Parenting and Nutrition: I Hate Being the Bad Guy (Part 3) Oprah always says, “When you know better, you do better.” I believe that. There’s a lag that frustrates many of us, between our behavior versus our knowledge. (You’ve educated yourself… Texas, Part 6 of 7: Kaye in Houston, Kaye in San Antonio Here’s a photo of me with Kaye Barnard, whom we also met in Houston. She eats almost 100% raw vegan, which she calls “God’s way,” and credits that lifestyle with… Texas Tour: Houston’s Stephanie Merchant–a Green Smoothie Transformation Stephanie was smack on the front row in Houston, a gorgeous tiny little mom who has lost 50 lbs. doing green smoothies. (Check out her before-and-after photos!) Her husband was… Beet Kvass I recently taught you how to make Rejuvelac. If, like me, you’re looking to increase lacto-fermented, probiotic foods in your diet, I’ve got another idea for you. (Try to get… What to do with my extra greens?? Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I bought some spinach at Costco and when I got home, I saw it was about to go bad. So I blended it up and froze it in…
