In our household, we easily and daily consume dark, green leafy vegetables like kale, spinach, swiss chard, and the like. The darker the better! My own personal favorite is kale, which I didn’t eat while growing up.
Many people dislike the taste of dark, green leafy vegetables; others don’t understand the value of them. Many who eat (or try to eat, or want to eat, or think they should eat) them in large quantities, often want to camouflage the taste. I understand and have great compassion for that.
If you’re new to increasing your raw food consumption, I encourage you to find ways that help you to eat these nutrient-rich foods easily. If that involves camouflaging the chlorophyll taste, do it! If you don’t eat them, you won’t benefit from them. As long as you don’t cook these foods, the nutrients won’t be lost.
In our family, we rarely make juice from our vegetables and fruits any more because so much is lost in the juicing process. Instead, we make raw soups and raw smoothies in a blender. Any blender is suitable, although if you make smoothies regularly, you will prefer a high speed blender.
Do you have food cravings? The minerals in dark, leafy vegetables and other smoothie ingredients will stop the cravings quickly. Do have have digestive problems? Many people find that the enzymes in raw plant foods help rather quickly. Are you overweight? Give green smoothies a try and watch yourself get slim and strong!
Below are (1) a video with a demonstration making a green smoothie and (2) a recommended book, Green for Life.
Green Smoothie with
Victoria Boutenko and Adrienne Martin
| Victoria Boutenko and her family are well-known proponents of the raw food lifestyle. They lecture. They write. They appear on shows and videos. They inspire. |
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This book provides encouragement, recipes, and testimonials. She includes the science behind the choices she makes and suggests to readers. |
Thanks so much for the great information. As we get older I have found that it is very important to eat the right foods. The right foods do make a big difference in your engry level.
Thanks again,
Debbie
Debbie,
Yes, certainly age is a factor, especially if you have eaten cooked food for most of your life. Whole, raw foods have the appropriate enzymes in them to digest the food properly. If the food is cooked, then your own digestive enzymes (which are in limited supply) must be used. Once these are used up, digestive problems set in. This is one of the reasons that so many older people benefit so much by raw food to their eating.
Enjoy,
Joy
Fantastic video, that vibrant green smoothie looks wonderful – I must be chlorophyll deficient because I want to run to the store and get some kale to try my own!
We are pretty buried in snow around here but I was just fantasizing about starting a garden with my 4 year old come spring and she wants to plant spinach… a raw foodie in the making I think. 
What a wonderful response. Yes, for sure, yo have a raw foodie in the making. This video inspired me to add spinach (or other dark greens) to most of my smoothies, including my superfood smoothies.
Enjoy,
Joy
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I realy enjoyed this blog. Especially about the greens and the green smoothie. It looks delicious. I am a green vegetable eater any way but this looks like it will save me time by not having to cook these vegetables. I just chop them up with some fruit in the blender. Thanks for all the great information.
Thanks again,
Michael