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Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health Paperback – May 13, 2021
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Looking for a quick, flavorful and nutritious way to stay youthful and healthy? The Green Smoothies Diet provides the perfect solution! Green smoothies are the best way to power up your body and supercharge your health in just minutes a day. Packing a tasty, nutrient-filled punch in every sip, these ultrahealthy smoothies pair leafy green vegetables with delicious, antioxidant-rich fruits. Discover how green smoothies help you:
•Lose Weight
•Detoxify the Body
•Increase Energy
•Fight Heart Disease
•Prevent Diabetes & Certain Cancers
•Boost the Immune System
•Make Skin and Hair Beautiful
Features easy-to-make recipes like:
•Rad Raspberry Radicchio
•Black Kale Blackberry Brew
•Red Pepper Mint Julep
•Grapefruit Cilantro Booster
•Big Black Cabbage Cocktail
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 13, 2021
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10156975702X
- ISBN-13978-1569757024
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3 large collard leaves, including stems
1 cup water
½ cup ice
2 peaches
1 banana, frozen in chunks
¼ whole lemon (including peel)
½ tsp. stevia
Blend first two ingredients on high for 2 minutes in BlendTec, add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve with a mint sprig.
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Spinach Raspberry Medley
2 large handfuls spinach
1 cup water
½ cup ice
1 Tbsp. agave nectar
1 cup frozen mixed berries
1 banana, frozen in chunks
Blend spinach and ice until smooth in BlendTec, add other ingredients and blend 60 seconds. Serve in tall glasses with straws.
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Kale Concoction
3 large stalks of green or black (Lacinato) kale
1 cup water
2 pears
1” of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
1 cup water
1 banana, frozen in chunks
½ tsp. stevia
Blend kale and water in BlendTec until smooth, then add other ingredients and blend 90 seconds more.
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1 large handful spinach
1 large handful arugula
1 large handful leafy lettuce (romaine, green or red lettuce, anything but iceberg)
1 cup water
1 cup fresh pineapple, coarsely chopped
1 cup papaya
1 banana, frozen in chunks
1 Tbsp. honey
½ cup ice
Blend first four ingredients in BlendTec until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve in frosted glasses.
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Super-Antioxidant Chocolate Shake
1 large handful spinach or kale
1 cup coconut liquid (fresh or canned)
2 Tbsp. raw chocolate powder
1 cup ice
1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
1 banana, frozen in chunks
¼ cup raw or roasted almond butter (or organic peanut butter)
¼ cup dried goji berries, soaked 1 hr. and drained (optional)
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Blend all ingredients 2 minutes in BlendTec, adding extra ice for more shake-like consistency if necessary, and serve immediately with straws.
Product details
- Publisher : Ulysses Press; Original edition (May 13, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 156975702X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1569757024
- Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #476,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #314 in Juices & Smoothies (Books)
- #648 in Detox & Cleansing Diets
- #3,424 in Other Diet Books
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About the author

Robyn Openshaw is the author of 15 books, including bestsellers The Green Smoothies Diet and 12 Steps to Whole Foods. Her latest book, Vibe: Discover Your Energetic Frequency for Health, Love & Success, will be released by Simon & Schuster in October 2017.
She is a former psychotherapist, university professor, and lectured in over 450 cities in the 6 years after launching her popular site GreenSmoothieGirl.com in 2007. She's a single mom to four children who are now flying the coop. She skis and plays tennis competitively in Utah, and believes that everything is possible if you leverage the highest frequencies in the Universe.
You can find her podcast, Your High Vibration Life, on iTunes--also look for Green Smoothie Girl on Facebook, and visit her website GreenSmoothieGirl.com.
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Pros:
* This is a very easy, quick read book. It's got just enough science behind it that you aren't taking just her word for it, but it's watery. She mixes hard scientific "truths" around some elements with near internet rumors about benefits of others, and they come out very similar. Still, didn't read anything in here that is any any way dangerous, or not worth trying.
* This is a family focused book. It's clearly targeted towards the mother who wants to be healthy herself, but also provide health to her kids and to a lesser extent husband. Nothing wrong with this, and frankly the sections on getting kids to drink smoothies is the strongest part of the whole book and what sets it apart. And it's works just as well for dads that do the "cooking" too.
* Very focused on green smoothies as a "gateway" into just a better life of nutrition. I love my meat and dairy, so I'm not giving those up, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with any of her advice to ditch sugars, refined carbs, and go with organic, ideally home grown, leafy greens and fruits. This is just common sense. I'm still waiting for anyone to credibly argue that eating more vegetables and to a lesser extent fruit isn't about the healthiest change needed for the American diet.
Cons:
* She is paid by Blendtec, who sponsors her and gives her free blenders to give out at her classes, and she makes money selling their products. Nothing wrong with that. I wish she disclosed it a bit more clearly and upfront, however. I felt that the book does a very good job of laying out that you really need either a Blendtec or a Vitamix to effectively make smoothies long-term. Either work. I personally own a Vitamix, but would have no problem with a Blentec either. So all the other reviews of it being a long infomercial are bunk. Make smoothies for one week with your Oyster, then try it with a Vitamix/Blendtec, and you won't ever doubt that you need a high speed motor if green smoothies will be part of your life.
* Her personal faith is only thinly veiled throughout the book, and shines through. She's Mormon. If you hate that and can't stand anything that brings religion and nutrition together, then maybe pass on this book. But frankly, I'm not Mormon, and I didn't find it to be "too much" in any way. It surely isn't trying to in any way convert to the faith.
* As I said before, being a short read and meant to be easily digested, you kind of have to take a lot of her conclusions on faith, since she doesn't list her sources for those conclusions. She's not a nutritionist, and not a doctor. Still, other than maybe some of her statements about the benefits of some of the "out there" nutrient additives that are optional like bee pollen, are very well established nutritional truths.
Conclusion: I think it's a good book. It's an easy first step book, and doesn't come across as some wacky vegan conspiracy... suburban soccer moms and dads will find it's filled with common sense and an easy path to follow. If people bought this and introduced a green smoothie a day for themselves and their kids, we'd all be a healthier world. Green smoothies may be the easiest way to get your kids to eat spinach, ever invented! Trust me, I know. The book is cheap, interesting, has great starter recipes, and if you give it a try, you might permanently change your health for the better.
I really don't know why people don't like the color green. When I was a young girl, it was my favorite color. When people asked me why, I told them "Because green is the color of life." At that time I really didn't understand the science behind what I was saying, but did understand that the trees and the grass are green and that I loved to be outdoors. If you want to understand the science behind the green smoothie, Robyn explains it quite well. A quart consists of 15 full servings of raw greens and fruit and 12 or more grams of fiber depending on ingredients. That's 150% percent of the USRDA"s suggested daily fruit and vegetable intake! She tells us that we will get more live enzymes in blended green drinks than in any other food. Why do we need enzymes? Because they are catalysts in our bodily functions, including digestion. Now I for one can attest to that. My digestive system shaped up after a mere two days of smoothies.
The great thing about smoothies is that they help you detoxify, increase your energy, keep your skin and hair looking beautiful, and help you lose weight (if you can avoid all the processed foods that surrounds us these days). Robyn tells us which greens to eat, gives us tips for buying and storing greens and fruit, and tells how to grow our own. Some reviewers have criticized her, saying the book is an infomercial for Blendtec. I didn't find that the case at all. She actually recommends the Vitamix more highly, which I already own. If you try to make smoothies in a regular blender, you'll find out like I did ... you can't do it efficiently. So bite the bullet and buy yourself a Vitamix or a Blentec, and then use it like crazy. You will get your money's worth of good nutrition and better health. Emphasizing raw foods is the only way I've been able to lose weight, and the pounds will fall off pretty quickly. I do recommend this book ... it is full of helpful tips and information.







