Green Smoothies, I LOVE YOU!

THE food for abundant life on our precious planet is chlorophyll, nourish your body with as much as possible and reap the benefits!

Chlorophyll is the fastest way for our bodies to absorb the supreme energy from the sun. Amazingly chlorophyll is very similar to the make up of human blood. The only real difference is that the central atom is magnesium and our blood's is iron. This fascinating green plant food has been proven to repair human tissue, neutralize pollution, carry oxygen to cells, neutralize free radicals, it has antimutagenic and anti-carcinogenic properties, plus adds a ton vitamins to our diet.

I am very interested in the work of Victoria Boutenko and especially in her book Green for Life. She questions why the human diet shouldn't be more like that of our closest relative in the animal kingdom, the primates. Boutenko even worked with Jane Goodall in her extensive research. The one problem with eating a diet like a chimp or gorilla is that they eat for more than six hours a day in order to digest enough calories from fruit and greens. Here is where the "green smoothie" was born. We can easily consume 2-3 cups of greens when they are blended with fruit into a delicious smoothie. Not only can we pack the nutrients in, but they taste fantastic.

I start my day off with a huge green smoothie and feel nourished and fulfilled! There are endless combinations of fruit and greens so they never get boring. I'll add seeds and super foods some days for protein and anti-oxidants. I make sure to have my evening meal by six p.m. and try not to snack after that. A person can lose ten extra pounds if they do nothing else but stop eating by six p.m. In the early morning I drink a few liters of water before and during my yoga and I'm not hungry for my smoothie until around 11:00, this way my body has plenty of time for proper digestion and detoxification.

I get so excited over the many varieties and possibilities of green smoothies. When I make a really good one it's almost an erotic experience for me! I like to keep the ingredients simple on most days. I love my Vitamix for blending them up super smooth, but if you don't have a high speed blender (add one to your vision board), just be sure to blend your ingredients well.
Here are a couple of my favorite blends:



Quick Fix
1 Banana
2 cups of Kale
1tsp. Sprulina
1tbl. Hemp seeds
1/2 cup Water



Deep Blue C
1 Orange
1 cup Wild Blueberries
2 cups Kale
2 tsp. Sprulina
1/2 cup water

I hope you'll have a green smoothie today and feel the love!

The Macro-Raw Way to Perfect Health

If you had seen life through my eyes, then we would be walking the same path.

No two people can walk along the very same path. Life experiences bring you to become the person you are today. I am so very grateful for the high and low experiences that have directed me here. In some other (very long) post some other day I will write about what has brought me to this supreme way of eating, but for this one I just want to explain what The Macro-Raw Way is.

The raw food diet is one of fresh, preferably organic, vegetables, fruits, sprouts, nuts and seeds. These foods contain living enzymes that help the body to optimally digest. Raw foods are also filled with life force energy and give the body a feeling of connectedness and clarity. Energy from the sun creates all life on this beautiful planet. Unfortunately our bodies are not able to take that energy directly from the source. Through photosynthesis plants can transform that energy into life. This means that when we eat living green foods, we are consuming that precious energy as close to the source as possible. As a young child I remember learning about photosynthesis in awe! The raw food diet can enable the body to heal, energize, and detoxify.

Macrobiotics is a diet based on whole grains, land and sea vegetables, legumes, and small portions of white fish and condiments. The word macrobiotics comes from the Greek words macro, meaning "large" and bios, meaning "life". Through traditional dietary principals and eating a seasonal balance of yin and yang foods macrobiotics has been proven to heal and bring great wellness and longevity.

Both Raw Foods and Macrobiotics are ways that embrace whole, organic foods along with lifestyle changes that encompass mind, body ,and spirit. Equally important is ones view of food to be of love, nourishment, honor, and respect. When we focus on preparing our meals with care and mindfulness the food will bring superior health to our bodies.

Recently many well known raw foodist have changed their 100% raw food diets to incorporate some lightly cooked vegetables and grains. As they have, I have found a fanatic diet to bring imbalance in health and spirit. Living 100% raw will give super high energy and I know it it the way to heal illness. However, I've found that incorporating about 25% macrobiotic meals to my diet has given me a more grounded and whole way.

I have combined what I love about the Raw Food diet and Macrobiotics to create an ideal way of eating. Through years of research and experimentation I have finally found a magical path to perfect health. With great excitement I will share my ideas and recipes here in the hopes to inspire you to find the joy of your best health!

For more information and details on the Raw Food way check out the works of my favorite raw foodist: Victoria Boutenko, Ani Phyo, David Wolfe, Frederic Patenaude, Cherie Soria

For information and details on Macrobiotic read books by Michio and Aveline Kushi.