Green Smoothies
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We love Green Smoothies! Easy to make and extremely delicious. Great for any digestive issues as well as being a great aid in weight loss.
What's a Green Smoothie? Fresh fruit like bananas and blueberries, juice, and a handful of leafy greens liquified in the blender. Doesn't get any easier than this!
Excellent book on the subject: Green for Life
Book description on Amazon:
"In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours. The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly more green leaves than humans. Victoria developed a series of greens smoothies that enable anyone to consume the necessary amount of greens in a very palatable way."
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[YEA] 09/10/2009: Annie from New York, Ny, Usa writes: "Green Smoothies Helps To Tightened Gums, Alleviates Constipation & Improve Skin Complexion
Drinking 16 to 32oz of green smoothies nearly every day helped tightened my gums within a month. Previously, my teeth were feeling loose and supplementing my diet with the blended fruits and leafy greens improved their condition. The ingredients used in making the green smoothies are nothing special because they are components of a good diet. Instead, it is the combination of the two with the sweetness from the fruits helps temper the bitterness of the leafy greens, making it more easier to consume their important nutrients.
Green smoothies has also helped with digestion. It has alleviated my mom's constipation and increased bowel movements and made them bulkier.
In addition, it has made my brother's skin complexion noticeably clearer."
EC: Thanks for the reminder! We've been meaning to add a new page on Green Smoothies for weeks now and kept forgetting!
09/11/2009: Carolyn from Hobbs, Nm replies: "How do you make the green smoothies? Thanks, Carolyn"
09/11/2009: Annie from New York, Ny, Usa replies: "The typical guidelines for making green smoothies is a 60:40 percent ratio of fruits and vegetables with enough water added to suit your tastes.
Personally, I use 5 fruits and 3-4 cups of leafy greens with 4 cups of water making 8 cups of green smoothie. Typically, I use 3 bananas and 2 apples with a type of leafy green. Victoria Boutenko advises to rotate the greens used on a weekly basis to maximize and diversify nutrients.
When you are starting out, it is advisable to start out with milder greens such as spinach and use only a handful or two. It is important to destem the greens with large stalks such as collards, kale, etc so it would not be as fibrous. Bananas make the smoothie creamier. Some people may be averse to the green color of the smoothie, so dark colored fruits such as blueberries could be added to make it a purplish color. There are also creative names that green smoothies are called by to encourage children to drink it."
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11/16/2009: Belladonna from Toronto, On writes: "My favorite smoothy
There are several posts regarding beet protocol, raw food, greens health benefits ...Maybe somebody will find my recipe useful :
Put in a blender:
*** 1 small beet cut into 1 inch pieces
*** 1 cup any greens
*** 1/2 cup frozen or fresh berries ( if you are using fresh berries add 2-3 ice cubes)
*** any sweet fruit ( I prefer banana)
*** cup of water
Blend all ingredients for 1 minute - Enjoy! You will surprised how tasteful the smoothy is."
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[YEA] 09/11/2009: Deirdre from Earth Clinic writes: "We've been making green smoothies since June, after reading Victoria Boutenko's book. Below is not a recipe from her book, we simply had these ingredients on hand at the beginning and started using them. This drink is so delicious, my husband and I have been making it just about every day, changing the type of fruit from time to time depending on what's in season at the market. Buy Victoria's book (it's excellent) or search online for more green smoothie recipes. I am sure there are hundreds of them!
Sorry, not exact measurements. Add more or less depending on how many people you are planning to serve. Because frozen ingredients drop my body temperature too much, I like to use ingredients that are either room temperature or refrigerated.
1 Banana
Strawberries (handful)
Blueberries (handful)
Organic Mixed Greens (handful)
Orange or Grape Juice - 1/2 cup or more (any juice works as long as it does not contain corn syrup, sugar or artificial sweeteners... naturally sweetened is best)
1 Tablespoon of Organic Flax Seed Oil (optional)
Blend the greens and juice first, then add the fruit. Liquefy and enjoy! You can store any extra in the fridge for a day if necessary.
Warning: be careful with the amount of greens you add to your drink for the first few days. Too much fiber and you can get a stomach ache!
Deirdre
P.S. You can freeze fresh bananas, strawberries and blueberries if they get too ripe. Bananas do great in the freezer if peeled and then wrapped in aluminum foil.
P.P.S You can try adding water instead of juice, but the two times I added water (without juice), I ended up with a mild case of acid reflux. Weird!"
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