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The Green Smoothie:

  • 10 Day Challenge
  • Leafy Green Food Group Campaign
  • Greens Information

Green Smoothies have enabled me to take my raw food health to the next level. I was inspired to start consuming green delicious smoothies by one of my favorite people Victoria Boutenko. She is great at finding answers to better and better health.

Vibrant Health with Delicious Green Smoothies, Victoria found, was the missing link in human nutrition. Through the research she found on wild chimpanzees, one of our closed human relative was their 40% green diet.

Chimps consume approx:

  • 50% Fruits
  • 40% Greens And Blossoms
  • 9% Pith, Bark, Seeds
  • 1% Insects And Animal (once in a while)

Standard American Human Diet consists of approx:

  • 60% Rice, Potato, Bread, And Pasta
  • 5% Greens
  • 5% Vegetables
  • 1% Fruits
  • 25% Animal Protein
  • 4% Oils

Typical Raw-Foodist Diet consists of approx:

  • 45% Fruit
  • 18% Vegetables
  • 16% Nuts And Seeds
  • 15% Avocados And Oils
  • 6% Greens

How Do You Get More Greens And Make Them Tasty?

When Victoria first told me of this back in 2005 I was not sure I could really enjoy green smoothies. Now I love greens so much I munch on the bottoms of kale and for me it is like pretzels.

Getting Over The Green Flavor And Look: I found one way I found to get more greens in my diet was to start with less greens and lots of sweet fruit in the beginning. Over time increase the amount of greens until you reach 60% sweet or non-sweet fruit base and 40% green base. Blueberries will mask the green look.

Importance of Blending: Victoria found that the nutrients within the greens plant are contained with outer cellulose. The Cellulose is extremely tough in order to survive. To release all the valuable nutrients from within the cells, the cell walls need to be ruptured.

Chewing greens until mush is the only way to release the nutrients of the green plant. Next, once the nutrients are released now your body must be able to digest the minerals and vitamins from the plant.

Due to our lack of chewing over time our teeth are week and we are not in the habit to chew enough. Our hydrochloric acid is also week due to our lack of nutrients with in our diet, including greens. What a cycle we are on as humans.

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That is when Victoria came up with the idea to "chew" her greens in the Vita Mix Blender.
Why Vita Mix Blender?:

  • High Speed Blender
  • Speeds up to 240 MPH!
  • Blade doesn't need to be sharp because of the motor.
  • Can chop wood it's that powerful.
  • Blends in seconds and breaks down the cellular wall of the green plant.
  • Will not burn out like other blenders.
  • Cost to buy $1.09 for the first year or .14 cents per day for 8 years.
  • 8 year Warranty, I mean "total take care of you" Warranty.
I only recommend products or people are genuine and priceless. Give yourself one gift this year and get a Vita Mix blender.

Getting Greens To Be Tasty: Add them to sweet or savory fruits. Our bodies crave sweets so give it sweet fruits, like ripe mango, banana, and melons. Our bodies would be best served if we craved greens. I think when I was little I did because I use to munch on the grass in our lawn. In order to get the greens back into our diet in abundance blend them with lots of fruit and they are so tasty!

Benefits Of Green And Fruit Smoothie

Delicious fresh organic green and fruit smoothies are packed with vitamins and minerals, which may assist your body in:

    Eliminating gray hair
  • Improve digestion
  • Weight loss
  • Focus
  • Improve skin tone
  • Stronger nails
  • Need less sleep
  • Come complete elimination
  • And MORE, you be the judge.

Join the "green wave" and myself for The Green Smoothie 30 Day Challenge. Over the next month while on the Green and Fruit Smoothie Challenge I will consume and document:

  • Smoothies with at least 60% fruit and 40% leafy greens.
  • 1 Gallon Of Water per day.
  • Exercise once per day for at least 20 minutes.
  • Sunshine for at least 30 minutes per day.
  • Breathing hopefully all the time with conscious deep breaths per hour.
  • Self Love, find at least one thing I love about myself per day.
  • Human Touch, conscious hugging and or massage.
  • Mental Awareness, how am I feeling mentally on green and fruit smoothies?
  • Nutritional Breakdown, what I am eating and what kind of nutrients does what I am eating have.

You can sit back, relax and enjoy reading the 30-Day green and fruit smoothie journey or you can join the "green wave"!

In addition find out lots of juicy information about fresh organic fruits, fresh organic leafy greens, green smoothie recipes, ideas and more. Remember fresh is always best and when possible organic or even wild, in nature, would be the top of the list.

Green Smoothie 10-Day Challenge