Snag The Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program For Extraordinary Health Authored By Robyn Openshaw Softcover

time my husband saw me reading this he would ask, "So is everything we eat going to kill us" Because that's what I told him I felt like after I'd read the first chapter.
While the author subscribes to a mostly raw, whole foods diet, and she certainly promotes that, this book is really focusing more on the benefits of her "green smoothies" and there is comfort in her encouragement that even just a pint to one quart a day of green smoothies can drastically improve health and nutrition.
My family and I had already been doing green smoothies for breakfast, but since reading the book I'm more adventurous in what I put in them, we've doubled the amount we drink we now have one with dinner as well, and have set aside two days a week for no meat and no sugar.
Surprisingly we made all those changes with very little complaint from anyone, While I cannot commit to a raw diet, I also cannot argue with the importance for adding more greens and less refined and modified foods to the standard american diet.
It's definitely improved some of my nutrition choices, It is also a quick read and very well outlined with good recipes, tips, and explanations, good recipes, informative. i've been drinking smoothies for more than six months, but this gave me some new ideas, I have mixed feelings about this book, On the one hand, I think she overstates the health benefits of green smoothies and uses the term "research" in a loose, sloppy way, I don't think a highlyraw diet with green smoothies will reverse aging or cancer, I also kind of cringe at the Utah pseudoalternativehealth/entrepreneurial fad aspect of it too, On the other hand, I think that it can't be a bad thing to include more fruits and vegetables in the American diet and she offers a simple and tasty way to

do that.
I like drinking green smoothies and am glad for her introduction to them, Robyn Openshaw was my Business Writing teacher at BYU, She's an amazing woman and I was impressed by how incredibly healthy she was, One night we had a test review at her house and she made green smoothies for our whole class, I loved them! I'd made a very fundamental green smoothie before, but it was extremely chunky, didn't taste the best, and it was hard to drink more than a few sips in one sitting.
I'm so glad Robyn published a book on the secret to her extraordinary health, This is a great read to learn how to easily lead and maintain a healthy lifestyle, Robyn's book has aroundgreattasting green smoothie recipes and I love making them! Openshaw educates the reader about the importance of eating healthy, You will learn precicesly what each variety of greens do for the human body and the benefits a person might derive, She explains simple and realistic ways of giving your body everything it requires to thrive without breaking the bank,

This book SO reminded me of the old testament story in Daniel chapter, Daniel and his companions were being taught to be leaders for King Nebuchadnezzar and were to be given the kings meat and wine to eat and drink.
Daniel convinces the head eunich to allow them to eat pulse seeds and grain fordays to see if their health improves over the other boys in training.
Afterdays their health is so much better that the head eunich decides to have all of the boys eat pulse from then on,

The only criticism I have for this book is that it felt like a sales pitch, You know the kind, where you are at the store, and someone is speaking to a small gathering of people and trying to sell you some new product.
A good portion of the book guides you to Openshaw's web site where you have more oportunity to pay more money for more green smoothie education, It also guides you to buy the blendtec blender which coincidentally if you buy from the manufacturer will give you her book, I have nothing against capitalism, but I would have preferred less sales pitch, and more smoothie recipes for thebook,
I think that the author may be overly enthusiastic about the benefits of a completely raw diet but it was interesting and an easy read, Although I do not think that eating green smoothies every day will prevent every illness and solve all problems they are a great way to get more fruits and vegetables into a diet.
I also really liked her suggestions for growing food at home and suggestions on how to get started on eating a healthy diet, Her smoothie recipe template is easy to follow and actually yields pretty tasty results! Not for me, Ironic, when I cook for myself, I cook in bulk and eat the same thing for a week or two, I just cant imagine making a smoothie more thanhours in advance, All these recipes are for bulk amounts and require one of the two very large blenders the author likes, I just got a nutribullet, so were not doing anything in bulk here! Lol, Im terrible at math, so wont attempt any of these because Id have to adjust numbers,

Also not a fan of the mild religious terms, even though I can easily understand how this could be somewhat similar to a religious experience.


Also, this book is probably best for the suburban/rural family, as she talks about how to grow your own garden and suggests you invest in a large freezer.


And lastly, she does keep writing as if she has some background in nutrition, but her bio says “nutrition enthusiast,” whatever that means, This book was okay. I don't really like her writing style since she just writes like she talks, Also, her only expertise is her experience and that's not enough for me, Plus, she makes a lot of claims in her book without ANY citation, She'll just mention a book she's read and that's it, I do agree with her that Americans need more greens, The vitamins and minerals we are missing out on is crucial, But I feel like her recipes were difficult and required buying expensive equipment that you can throw whole fruits, vegetables and aloe vera leaves into, So not too practical. I will be looking into other books on the same topic to see if there are other ones that appeal to me with recipes I can actually embrace.
great book I took a lot of notes, Gotta keep referring back to these ideas and change eating habits This book gives the how and the why to add green smoothies to your diet, It is the first step to incorporating more whole and raw food into what you are eating, I love how she puts it on a level anyone can do and includes her own story about why she started making green smoothies,

I attended a seminar by GreenSmoothieGirl almost three months ago and have been making green smoothies a little longer than that, I had recognized the need for more vegetables in my family's diet, but didn't have any idea how to do that, I felt we ate pretty healthy, but after attending her class, I have changed my views a bit, I bought a Blendtec, since the smoothies I made with my old blender had to be eaten with a spoon, I am loving it!

I don't do everything she suggests and have not done herSteps to Whole Foods, but I have tried to incorporate more whole foods into my family's diet.
I recognize that the Standard American Diet is killing us all, So much meat, processed food, and sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup cannot be good for us, I believe that God has given us what we need to take care of our bodies, but most of us ignore the whole foods and reach for the Twinkie.

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