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"But keep in mind that a typical smoothie from a commercial smoothie shop is 16 ounces and up. A 16-ounce smoothie would count as approximately two Flexes due to their high calorie count. A better choice would be to make your own smoothie using one of the recipes on pages 224 and 327 which would count as one Flex. If you do buy a commercial smoothie, exercise your healthy choice and stick to an 8-ounce portion. Ask them to serve you only this much, share a 16-ounce serving with a friend or you may have to sometimes discard the excess. Reaching your goal is worth it." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"The frozen fruits thicken the smoothie and make it very tasty. Adding ice cubes also helps thicken smoothies. Banana-Apple Smoothie 1 small banana V2 apple, peeled and sliced Vi cup plain soy yogurt lA cup orange juice or apple juice Vi cup frozen berries Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth—or chunky, if preferred. Fresh Peach and Apple Smoothie 2 peaches, peeled and diced 1 bag frozen strawberries Vi cup plain soy yogurt Vi cup apple juice Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Gradually work your way up to 1 or 2 cups per smoothie. PHASE 3 Decrease nuts to 1/8 cup. Throw in any veggies you want. ALL SMOOTHIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL Warning: Smoothies and Frappuccinos sold at the mall or your favorite coffee shop are high-calorie sugar bombs. Dr. G!a Koffi-Mocha Freeze PHASES 1-2, SERVES 1 Working with the fantastic owners of Koffi, the hippest and busiest coffee house in Palm Springs, I came up with this drink, which is not only delicious but also good for you." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"A 16-ounce smoothie would count as approximately two Flexes due to their high calorie count. A better choice would be to make your own smoothie using one of the recipes on pages 224 and 327 which would count as one Flex. If you do buy a commercial smoothie, exercise your healthy choice and stick to an 8-ounce portion. Ask them to serve you only this much, share a 16-ounce serving with a friend or you may have to sometimes discard the excess. Reaching your goal is worth it. cheese, bean dip, salsa, hummus, peanut butter, etc." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"SERVES1 Add one or two peeled seedless tangerines, such as Satsuma or Clementine, or one peeled navel orange with a l-inch piece of peel to the Nutty smoothie (page 193) mixture and eliminate the spices. PHASE 2 Gradually diminish the sweetener. Reduce the protein powder to 1 scoop; or replace the whey protein powder with rice or hemp protein powder. Gradually increase the berries to 1 cup. VARIATION Berry-Green Smoothie: Gradually add any "leaves" you have in the refrigerator to the basic mixture: start with lettuce, then spinach, broccoli florets, etc." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"FRUIT SMOOTHIE You can combine coconut milk with fruit to make a creamy and delicious fruit smoothie. Coconut milk is usually sold in 14-ounce cans; 10 ounces of coconut milk supplies 3 72 tablespoons of oil. Using an electric blender mix 10 ounces (FA cups) of coconut milk with 2 cups of frozen fruit. Most any type of fruit will work strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, bananas, peaches, apricots, etc. It's best to buy fresh fruit, cut it up, and freeze it until you're ready to make the smoothie. Using frozen fruit will give your smoothie the consistency of a milkshake." - Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara, The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil (Get the book.)

"Make a smoothie with vegetables. I regularly add green, leafy vegetables and baby carrots to my morning smoothie, and I skip the dairy. Experiment with breakfast, and you'll figure out what you like. You don't have to buy into the options the food industry relentlessly promotes. Q: How can we become more "immuno-competent" after age forty? A: You can make your immune system work better by following the Vitamin D Cure. Immuno-competent is just a fancy term for a healthy immune system." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Add slices of avocado to the blender mixture for the creamiest smoothie ever. Quick tip: Buy fresh baby spinach leaves, wash them, and freeze them in a large, sealed plastic bag. Once these are frozen, crush the leaves in the bag, and put them back in the freezer so you have handy frozen spinach flakes that you can add to smoothies or other dishes." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Creates one full Vita-Mix of smoothie. Serves 1 -2. Cinnamon Chia Smoothie 1 cup chia seeds 2-3 tablespoons cinnamon 1 tablespoon carob V* nutmeg, micro-planed 1 teaspoon cardamom Vi teaspoon Celtic or Himalayan salt Va teaspoon stevia, whole leaf, powder, or dropper of liquid 8 cups blessed water, or 7 cups blessed water plus 1 cup ice Toss all dry ingredients in, fill halfway with water (and ice, if using), and blend. Fill remaining space with water and blend completely. Serves 1 -2. Breakfast Grains Millet Breakfast Mix This is an alkaline grain." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Also, 2-4 cups of any fresh green can be added to make a super chia green smoothie. (Note: If adding greens, use less water.) Place seeds in blender, with any or all of the optional ingredients listed. Fill halfway with water, add ice, and blend to a creamy consistency. As machine is running, use the remaining water to top off container. Creates one full Vita-Mix of smoothie. Serves 1 -2." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Even in the winter, your whole family can enjoy the benefits of an energy- and antioxidant-packed smoothie. In your blender, combine a cup of organic soymilk, a broken-up banana, organic frozen berries (Cascadian Farm is a great choice), a tablespoon of flax oil or ground flax, and a little plain organic soy yogurt. You and the kids can drink the smoothies right before walking out the door—it's a great way to start your day. • Ezekiel live grain bread. Spread some organic almond butter or jam over the slice for a delicious morning treat. • Cantaloupe and strawberries." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"A better choice would be to make your own smoothie using one of the recipes on pages 224 and 327 which would count as one Flex. If you do buy a commercial smoothie, exercise your healthy choice and stick to an 8-ounce portion. Ask them to serve you only this much, share a 16-ounce serving with a friend or you may have to sometimes discard the excess. Reaching your goal is worth it. cheese, bean dip, salsa, hummus, peanut butter, etc.) Your FlexPlan portion should usually be about half of the "serving size" typically listed on the box or bag." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"My favorite way to consume medicinal herbs and whole foods is to blend them into a smoothie using a Vitamix blender. I often blend whole vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and various oils into a delicious smoothie drink. I will be publishing my favorite recipes soon in Superfood Smoothies, a recipe book from Truth Publishing. Acidosis / pH Regulation The health of your body rests on a delicate balance called pH. A healthy body is neither too acidic nor too alkaline, and a healthy blood pH level is just slightly alkaline at a pH between 7.3 and 7.45." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Keep your ground flax in the freezer to preserve its freshness, and add a tablespoon a day, if you can, by stirring it into your yogurt, cereal, smoothie, or stew. When baking, you can usually replace Va cup of every 1 cup of flour in recipes with ground flaxseed. This means that instead of 1 cup of flour, you could use Va cup flaxseed and 34 cup flour. 12. LEARN TO LOVE LOW-FAT DAIRY Dairy foods deliver a team of players that are all important for healthy bones (calcium, vitamin D, protein, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamins A and B6), some of which have synergy together." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"O Begin taking a multivitamin with your morning smoothie. O Do Spinal Reset (page 81) before heading off to work. SLEEP BEAT ? Try Chair-Supported Savasana for ten minutes. Chair-Supported Savasana For whatever reason, just looking at this picture makes me sigh and relax. I suspect it is because my legs and lower back know how good this feels?instant physical relief and release. There really isn't a better pose for someone with back pain. The support of the chair gently nudges the lower back to open up, broaden, and release. Simultaneously, the hips and groin release and soften the belly." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"For great smoothie recipes, see the Rainbow Green World Cuisine recipe section later in this chapter. FOUR: JUICING YOUR GREENS Green vegetable juice was covered in the Chapter 5 introduction to Juice Feasting. It is easy to juice a pound of leafy greens into a quart of juice, combined with celery, cucumber, lemon, Jerusalem artichoke, garlic, ginger, cayenne, curcumin, and many other low-glycemic delicious juiced ingredients." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"I regularly add green, leafy vegetables and baby carrots to my morning smoothie, and I skip the dairy. Experiment with breakfast, and you'll figure out what you like. You don't have to buy into the options the food industry relentlessly promotes. Q: How can we become more "immuno-competent" after age forty? A: You can make your immune system work better by following the Vitamin D Cure. Immuno-competent is just a fancy term for a healthy immune system." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "SOME 2 + 2 smoothie CHOICES Fruits Apple slices Bananas Blueberries Kiwi slices Orange wedges Pear slices Plum slices Strawberries Vegetables Baby carrots Broccoli florets Cabbage, chopped Celery, chopped Kale, chopped Peppers, chopped Spinach flakes Zucchini slices Vitamin D Cure Nutty Dates How do you make a dessert that's both delicious and healthy? Here's your answer. This tastes like a chocolate-nut-caramel candy bar, but it's actually healthy for you. You can change the nuts to any single nut or mixture of nuts." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Also, you may try combining two or more fruits for a merry taste medleyl Serve the Jam Formula a variety of ways: spread on lettuce or celery as a filling, scooped onto a sliced fruit as a garnish, poured over a fruit salad as a dressing, set into a dish as a dip, piled onto a banana ice cream sundae as a topping, blended into a fruit smoothie as a sweetener and so on! Victoria BidWell's Nut and Seed Butter Secrets Nut butters can be used in an endless array of recipes, but especially as thickeners in juices, soups, dressings, dips and sauces." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Students who drank a smoothie whipped to twice the volume with the same calories ate less for lunch 30 minutes later, and reported feeling fuller. Use small vessels. Drop your dinner plates and big glasses off at a charity, and buy smaller plates and tall, narrow glasses. You're likely to eat significantly less without even thinking about it. Make snacking a hassle. Avoid tempting foods. Put candy bowls, cookie jars, and other temptations out of sight. Hide them in the cupboard or pantry. Wrap tempting leftovers in an opaque container. Buy smaller packages." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"A great example is the blender smoothie made with the meal replacement formulas containing PGX and whey protein. The whey protein foams when vigorously blended. This effect nearly doubles the volume of the smoothie, giving you a lot of fullness with few calories, and it tastes great as well. could be substantial in that it allows the necessary time for important feedback mechanisms associated with satiety to reach the appetite control centers in the brain." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.)

"I routinely put at least four or five drops (4 mg to 5 mg) in a smoothie or fresh vegetable and fruit juice (the folic acid is tasteless!). One more thing: Government agencies don't recommend high levels of folic acid supplementation, but the reason has nothing to do with the safety of folic acid. Doses of up to 20 mg (20,000 meg!) have been used safely with humans, plus it's a water-soluble vitamin, which means you'll get rid of any you don't need. So the problem isn't with taking a lot of folic acid. The problem is that folic acid can mask the symptoms of B12 deficiency." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"It tastes wonderful in a smoothie. The enzymes in frozen foods low in water content, such as nuts and seeds, are more resistant to destruction. Thus it is not so bad to freeze them as it is fruit. Nuts and seeds contain almost no water. Unlike most other chemical compounds that contract when they freeze, water expands as it forms ice. The tiny ice crystals in all cells that contain water are like little bombs going off inside the food. These destroy enzymes, vitamins and all sorts of other molecules. That's why nuts, seeds and dehydrated foods are not much damaged by freezing." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"As a bridge and nutritional aid, try whipping up something that's easy to keep down, like a banana-rich juice smoothie or banana-and-yogurt shake. ost people are inclined to lie low when the flu strikes, although fast-moving blood and a strong circulation can help rid the body of contagions. One easy way to get your circulatory system moving is to plunge your feet in ice water for five minutes at a time. The cold will temporarily constrict the blood flow to your feet, but when you remove them from the water, blood will rush back in and give a sluggish circulation a helpful jump start." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Learning Factors Daily Nutrient Boost smoothie Mix provides a combination of thirty-five selected nutrients at optimal concentrations that support the brain, gastrointestinal tract, and immune system. This powdered, low-allergy-potential formula serves as the foundation for delicious blender smoothies. Learning Factors provides a quick and satisfying meal replacement or snack." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"Buy grapefruit segments or mandarin oranges in jars so all you have to do is spoon them out onto your spinach salad or into your blender for a smoothie. Here are some ways to spruce up your juice so you won't get bored with it. þMake a spritzer by adding seltzer water, club soda, or sparkling mineral water to your citrus juice. þMake a sunrise drink by pouring V3 cup cranberry juice into your glass with 2A cup orange juice. þBlend orange juice and grapefruit juices for a citrus blend. þMake a citrus freeze by popping juice and crushed ice into a blender. 11." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"BREAKFAST One of the following: salad, soup, green smoothie, or green vegetable juice Green superfood powders and blends, depending on your constitutional needs (A variety of these powders and blends are available in the marketplace.) Tea SNACK 1 pint green vegetable juice (if you need higher protein, add nuts and seeds, or 1-2 tablespoons of high-protein concentrates such as chlorella or spirulina, or a green superfood powder blend. (A variety are available in the marketplace." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Try mixing soft silken tofu into a smoothie instead of yogurt. Or dice some extra-firm tofu, toss with barbecue sauce, and bake until heated through for a delicious alternative to meat-based fare. Chapter 7 Putting Food Synergy into Action If you've read the book this far, is your head now swimming with all sorts of food synergy examples? Was it flaxseed that you are supposed to eat with soy-or was it citrus? And what were the fruits and vegetables that seemed to have the most food synergy going for them? Was it broccoli and tomatoes or citrus and blueberries?" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"For breakfast, I usually have a green smoothie with dehydrated wheat grass (available at www.livefoodfactor.com), fresh-squeezed orange juice, a tablespoon of raw coconut butter and a tablespoon of unhulled sesame seeds (for calcium). For lunch, I will have a salad with minimal or no dressing or other fat. Sometimes I will put a few olives or soaked and dehydrated sunflower seeds in it to spark up the taste. For dinner, I will have raw soup or whatever leftover gourmet dishes I have around from the weekend. I sometimes go out to eat, now that more places serve raw entrees." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "See Appendix C for more on her revolutionary raw green smoothie diet. 41. Gastric Cancer Risk Reduced on Raw Diet A study published by the Kaunas University of Medicine in Lithuania found that higher consumption of raw vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, garlic and broccoli, is linked to a decrease in the risk of stomach cancer. This study appeared in Medicina (Kaunas) 2005, 41 (9): pp. 733-740. 42. LDL Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels Found Favorable on Long-Term Raw Diet An article published in the October 2005 edition of 77?e Journal of Nutrition (135, Issue 10, pp." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

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