How to Begin My Own Food Revolution-Using Smoothies

You don't need much, but these are important anyway.
First you need to keep organic fruits and vegetables on hand-always have the best food you can get.
A Good knife to cut your fruit and vegetables
Cutting board
A Strong Blender like a BlendTec or a Vita Mix
That's just about it.

If you don't have a strong blender, you will need to blend your greens and other produce with more water or liquid, and cut your produce into much smaller pieces to help your blender. That is so you don't burn the motor out.

If you have a strong blender, you may add less liquid, or none at all. And you won't have any trouble adding ice.

Ten Health Benefits of Green Smoothies
1. Green smoothies are very nutritious. The ratio in them is optimal for human consumption; about 60% ripe organic fruit mixed with about 40% organic greens.

2. Green smoothies are easy to digest. When blended well, most of the cells in the greens and fruits are ruptured, making the valuable nutrients easy for the body to assimilate. Green smoothies literally start to get absorbed in your mouth.

3. Green smoothies, as opposed to juices, are a complete food because they still have fiber. Consuming fiber is important for our elimination system.

4. Green smoothies belong to the most palatable dishes for all humans of all ages. With a ratio of fruits to veggies as 60:40 the fruit taste dominates the flavor, yet at the same time the greens balance out the sweetness of the fruit, adding a nice zest to it. People who eat a standard American diet enjoy the taste of green smoothies. They are usually quite surprised that something so green could taste so nice.

5. A molecule of chlorophyll closely resembles a molecule of human blood. According to teachings of Dr. Ann Wigmore, consuming chlorophyll is like receiving a healthy blood transfusion. Many people do not consume enough greens, even those who stay on a raw food diet. By drinking two or three cups of green smoothies daily you will consume enough greens for the day to nourish your body, and all of the beneficial nutrients will be well assimilated.

6. Green smoothies are easy to make, and quick to clean up after. In contrast, juicing greens is time consuming, messy, and expensive. Many people abandon drinking green juices on a regular basis for those reasons. To prepare a pitcher of green smoothie takes less than 5 minutes, including cleaning.

7. Green smoothies have proven to be loved by children of all ages, including babies of six or more months old. Of course you have to be careful and slowly increase the amount of smoothies to avoid food allergies.

8. When consuming your greens in the form of green smoothies, you are greatly reducing the consumption of oils and salt in your diet.

9. Regular consumption of green smoothies forms a good habit of eating greens. After a few weeks of drinking green smoothies, most people start to crave and enjoy eating more greens. Eating enough greens is often a problem with many people, especially children.

10. While fresh is always best, green smoothies will keep in cool temperatures for up to three days, which can be handy at work and while traveling.

From Victoria Boutenko - See her book Green for Life

Note from Carmel:

All of Victoria's guidelines are right on.

I just wanted to add something. As some of you have noticed in my article Raw-Organic-Vegetables-Cheap for the family, I spoke about the ease as well as low cost of sprouting. When making my smoothies I usually throw in at least a handful of sprouts. The sprouts can be mixed, alfalfa, or any type you like. If it isn't a lot, you won't even taste it. But, the nutritional value really skyrockets with the addition f sprouts.

Try it, and adjust it to your own taste.

Also, the Boutenko's suggest only using water, different types of greens and fruit-for the perfect smoothie. I do this first thing every day. I make a large blender full, and drink mine in the morning. Then I make other smoothies. Yes, they do have greens water and fruit in them, but, as you will see from some of my recipes I also use Glyco Slim low glycemic nutritional meal mix, and add my nutritional supplements into this mix. I make many different flavors, as I am able to use both the Chocolate flavor and the Vanilla, and you can make anything with those. I make ones I call a Berry Blast, Chocolate Cherry, Cherry Vanilla., Tropical Pineapple. Anything I dream up, I am able to make.

For my whole food nutrition supplements such as Glyco-Slim--Ambrotose and Osolean.

Smoothies can be nutritious, tantalizing, and a tongue tingling delight. Enjoy.

For more information from Virginia Boutenko click here Green for Life book and other publications.

Today's Morning Green Smoothie

1 ½ cups of spring water.(approximately)
handful of my own sprouts
1 ½ cups organic green lettuce
large handful of blackberries-frozen
½ of large apple-has good fiber with pectin

Blend on high until fully blended. No ice since my blackberries were frozen

Purple looking Green Smoothie
I froze some of the smoothie to make smoothie ice cubes for when I will be taking my smoothie with me this week-end.



I stopped today and bought some beautiful frozen cherries so, I made this for my supper:

Cherry Vanilla Smoothie

1 C. Spring water
2 tsp Vanilla Glyco-Slim
2 tsp Whey Protein
1 C frozen cherries
Handful of Sprouts
Few drops of liquid Stevia-optional
Few ice cubes

Mix dry ingredients
Then blend
Pour into lovely stemware-I enjoy the elegant
presentation

Yummy

This is wonderful for breakfast, as a meal replacement or a healthy snack

For additional Smoothie Recipes Click here: Delicious Smoothie Recipes

To get the delicious Low Glycemic, yet full of vitamins and minerals - Glyco Slim in chocolate or vanilla:
Go to whole food nutrition.

A green smoothie can be green, purple, blue, yellow or red, depending of the pigments of the ingredients in the smoothie. As long as they contain green leafy vegetables they are still considered green smoothies. Of course they should be delicious and nutritious-too. That is mandatory.

And now that I am sprouting, I also include some sprouts-of every kind in my smoothies. Be sure to rotate your foods, to get a variety. You especially need to rotate your greens, whereas you don't have to rotate your fruits as much, except for the much needed variety to suite your own taste.

Lately in doing my research I have learned about the Boutenko family.

They found their selves with very serious health issues, especially the son Sergie, who was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, which is very serious indeed.

Victoria, the mother took a very radical approach and went totally into whole raw foods.

She taught her family her new way of preparing food, and they have all worked on it together.

The journey is a very courageous one, and one that lots of people wouldn't do. Also, from what I understand, she cleaned house in one day, and threw out everything processed, to ensure they actually did it.

However you decide to do your own Food Revolution, and that is totally your choice, I feel that you will benefit from reading their story and their courageous journey. They are helping many people as they have helped their selves.

Sergie is pictured making smoothies for children
Image by Google Free images

* Prepare your green smoothie first thing in the morning in the amount that you usually consume in one day, one or two quarts (liters). Pour enough smoothie in a glass for your morning enjoyment and keep the rest in a refrigerator or another cold place.

*Sip your green smoothie slowly, mixing it with saliva. Sometimes I put my smoothie in a coffee mug with a lid and carry it with me to the car or to my office. That way I minimize a chance of spilling it and keep it private without distracting others.

* Don't add anything to your smoothie except greens, fruit and water. I don't recommend adding nuts, seeds, oils, supplements or other ingredients to your green smoothie. Most of these items slow down the assimilation of green smoothies in your digestive tract and may cause irritation and gas. Even though I provide recipes with more than basic ingredients in my books I encourage you to stick to the basic green smoothie recipe (fruit and greens) in your daily routine.

*Drink your smoothie by itself, and not as a part of a meal. Don't consume anything, even as little as a cracker or candy with it. You may eat anything you want approximately 40 minutes before or 40 minutes after you finished your smoothie. Your goal is to get the most nutritional benefit out of your green smoothie.

* Do not add starchy vegetables such as carrots, beets, broccoli stems, zucchini, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, egg plant, pumpkin, squash, okra, peas, corn, green beans, and others to your green smoothies. Starchy vegetables combine poorly with fruit and may produce what my children call "gas 4 less."

*Don't add too many ingredients into one smoothie, such as nine different fruits and a dozen different greens. Try to keep most of your recipes simple to maximize nutritional benefits and to keep it easy on your digestive system.

* Learn to prepare a really delicious green smoothie so that you are always looking forward to the next one. If your drink is not tasty, you will eventually discontinue consuming it. Keep your taste buds happy.

* Always rotate the green leaves that you add to your smoothies. Almost all greens in the world contain minute amounts of alkaloids. Tiny quantities of alkaloids cannot hurt you, and even strengthen the immune system. However, if you keep consuming kale, or spinach, or any other single green for many weeks without rotation, eventually the same type of alkaloids can accumulate in your body and cause unwanted symptoms of poisoning. Please note that you don't have to rotate the fruit in your green smoothies. Most commonly used fruit have very little or none of the alkaloids and cannot cause the same toxic reactions as greens. At the same time, rotating fruits will enhance the variety of flavor and nutrition in your smoothies.

*Choose organic produce whenever possible. The absence of pesticides and other toxic chemicals is only one of many benefits of organic food. The most important reason to consume organic food is the superior nutritional of organic fruits and vegetables in comparison to conventionally grown produce. We have been discussing earlier, how deficient most people are. The best way to nourish your body is to consume organic produce and whenever possible, locally grown. I consider it very important to get the fruit that was allowed to ripen on the vine because it is the best for nourishment. Tree-ripened fruit is several times more nutritious and when consumed shortly after picking retains significantly more nutrients.

Photo from Google Free Images

Thick Rich Chocolate Cherry Smoothie

1 cup water-w/1-2 handfuls of organic greens-blend first

In the meantime I mix my dry ingredients
½ to 1 Scoops Choc. GlycoSlim (whatever you need)
OsoLean
Ambrotose
Whey Protein
Chia seeds
Any additional supplements-
1 tsp Erythritol
1 pak stevia (or few drops of liquid in smoothie)
1 heaping tsp organic cocoa
mix dry ingredients

add to blender while blending
½-1 tsp vanilla-optional
then add frozen cherries-1/2 to 1 Cup
also a few frozen leftover cho. smoothie cubes, and a few berry or cherry ice cubes.

Blend until icy -- smooth, Fill glass or goblet.
Pour leftover in ice cube tray for next time.

Enjoy-as it is delicious!

Tip: if you enjoy your smoothie with cherry chunks in it, only throw your frozen cherries in at the last, and only blend until your cherries are left in the right size chunks--Again enjoy as this is fantastic!

Note: Every smoothie I make I fill up some ice cubes for later.
For the Ambrotose, Glyco-Slim and OsoLean go to whole food nutrition.

You don't need much, but what you do need are important.

First you need to keep organic fruits and vegetables (if possible) on hand-always have the best food you can get.

A Good knife to cut your fruit and vegetables
Cutting board
A Strong Blender like a BlendTec or a Vita Mix
That's just about it.

If you don't have a strong blender, you will need to blend your greens and other produce with more water or liquid, and cut your produce into much smaller pieces to help your blender. That is so you don't burn the motor out.

If you have a strong blender, you may add less liquid, or none at all. And you won't have any trouble adding ice.

Clean up is a snap. Just rinse blender, put a few drops of dish detergent in it, add water and blend for a few seconds and rinse. That's it!