rawfamily.com/articles.htm
This is a website for the Boutenko family. The article is 'Ode to a Green Smoothy'. They had whole family been raw for 10 years and recently found even greater health by adding lots of dark leafy greens to their smoothies. The book researches human nutrition from a new angle. She studies the eating habits of wild chimpanzee. And, lots other great stuff. It was the missing link for me as far as nutrition goes.
Here's my synopsis. We need more greens!!! If I could eat 2 bunches of greens a day, I could not chew them properly. So, by blending them with enough fruit to make them taste good, and a little water, I've been getting them in.
Then I started craving them. Even adding less fruit sometimes. We need bitter, dark, leafy greens! Juicing them I was throwing away the best part. The fiber keeps my pipes clean, carries away toxins, and is loaded with nutrients. I have been off and on raw foods for years and it has been hard for me. This is making it easy by giving me what I need in a form my body can assimilate easily. I feel amazing! It has been 5 months now of a smoothy almost everyday. And, now with spring coming on I'm craving them more and working up to a Green Smoothy Cleanse. I even send my boyfriend to work with one each morning, and if I can get him drink it it has to taste good. And, if I can get him to keep doing it it has to be making a difference. I said, ' if you don't change anything else drink this everyday', and it is making him feel great.
There are so many great things about blended whole foods.
Are there any other folks hip to the Green Smoothy majik?
What are you experiencing so far?
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The book is Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko