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Publication Date: 1 Nov 2010
Everyone knows they need to eat more fruits and vegetables, but even consuming the minimum FDA-recommended five servings a day can be challenging. In Green for Life, raw foods pioneer Victoria Boutenko presents an overlooked powerhouse of nutrition in this equation: greens. For their bounty of minerals and nutrients, greens exceed other vegetables in value. Green for Life details the immense health benefits of greens and suggests an easy way to consume them in sufficient quantities: the green smoothie. This quick, simple drink benefits everyone, regardless of lifestyle, diet, or environment. Green smoothies eliminate toxins, correct nutritional deficiencies, and are delicious.

Green for Life includes the latest information on the abundance of protein in greens, the benefits of fiber, the role of greens in homeostasis, the significance of stomach acid, how greens make the body more alkaline, the healing power of chlorophyll, and more. Also included are the results of a pilot study demonstrating the effectiveness of adding just one quart of green smoothies a day to one’s diet, without changing anything else in dietary intake. Green smoothie testimonials and recipes give readers confidence and motivation in exploring green smoothies for themselves. Offering more in-depth nutritional and experiential information than Boutenko’s recently released Green Smoothie Revolution, Green for Life makes an ideal companion piece to its recipe-rich successor.

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  • Paperback: 196 pages
  • Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.; 1 edition (1 Nov 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 155643930X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556439308
  • Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 1.3 x 22.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Victoria Boutenko teaches classes on raw food and nutrition worldwide. The author of Green Smoothie Revolution, Raw Family Signature Dishes, 12 Steps to Raw Food, and Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening, her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her self-published Green for Life was a finalist for the 2006 Independent Publisher’s Award (IPPY) in health and medicine. Victoria and the Boutenko family, also known as The Raw Family, live in Ashland, OR.
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111 of 115 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Inspirational! 15 Mar 2006
By booklover 17
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I was attracted to read this book as over the last few months I have been reading about people eating a raw food diet. I am not yet on the diet, but have been thinking about trying it. I have read mainly good, but a small amount of negative stories of how people have found the diet. I think this book explains brilliantly what our diet should approximately be like. That of chimpanzees of course! It all makes sense. We have almost the same DNA as them, so why shouldn't we eat like them? Victoria conducted a lot of research into the chimps' diets and found that they eat a high percentage of greens - i.e. dark green vegetables. She found that her and her family's diet was lacking in greens despite them already being on a raw food diet, so they started to have green smoothies daily. The family noticed huge improvements in their health, and have continued to drink them everyday since. She decided to do a study of volunteers from a town who drank her green smoothies daily for 30 days - some of them on a standard cooked diet. It seems that most of them found huge health improvements including their general energy levels and quality of sleep. This is a truly inspirational book and has personally got me thinking that I will give eating raw foods a go, firstly by drinking a green smoothie a day. I would to like hear how other people's views too.
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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The way to healthy living 28 Oct 2007
By M. Caruso
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I used to do a lot of juicing in the past but it is very time consuming and really messy. My problem is over since I got Green for Life. Making smoothies is a great alternative to juicing. It is much faster, less messy, and you also get some fiber in addition to juice. In addition to great recipes for making smoothies the book is also a good source of information about proper nutrition, the importance of hydrochloric acid in the stomach and much more. Get this book!! Another great volume that you may not miss is Can We Live 150 Years. These two books together make a perfect gift of showing the way to healthy living just for anyone.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book! Inspirational reading. 9 April 2009
By Maya Spiritus
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This book is completely brilliant, well written and simple to understand and easy to follow. I love everything by Victora Boutenko anyway because she's so inspirational :-) ... If you haven't watched any of her DVDs, I highly recommend you do so.

It would surprise me if anyone reads this book completely and then doesn't adopt a green smoothie a day attitude! They really DO taste great and make you feel and look great!

Although I am high raw, this book would also be extremely useful for non raws and non vegans who want to improve their diet. A litre (3 glasses) of green smoothies would cover most of an adults nutritional needs for a day. I have 2 large glasses for breakfast and a glass mid afternoon - very energising. I am totally hooked!

Best bit is, they are so easy to make and don't cost much to create. This is the best health insurance for my money!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Green smoothies for life yes please! 10 April 2010
By Happyogabunny
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I had recently decided to be vegetarian, I was having fish and poultry in my diet but felt that I didn't want to include any meat in my diet anymore. That is how I came across this book as I was also interested in Raw Food for more available nutrients.

Wow.
This book is just what I was looking for at this time. I was concerned about how I would get enough variety of protien. Well look no further and you get protien and much much more.

I very much enjoyed reading about Victoria's journey with her family with Raw Food and eventually discovering the 'Green Smoothie'. The information regarding nutritional values of different dark greens and the benefits of buying organic where invaluable for me as a beginner. The discovery of the chimpanzee diet in comparisson to human diet was really interesting and makes sense. Also I found the testimonial's of interest as I could identify with some symptoms that others have experienced. I find it very inspiring.

And how have I found the 'Green Smoothies'...
Well, delicious! I love them and after only a few days I was already set in a routine of what time I had them and could not wait. I am drawn to more Raw Food too and this enables me to eat mostly Raw at lunch time and then I have a vegetarian cooked evening meal...however I am starting to desire Raw then too! I feel great, a little bloated at times but that passes. They are soooo filling and satisfying! Green Smoothies will be a daily treat from now on!

I feel so grateful to have found this book and thank Victoria for writing it.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book 22 Jun 2009
By Silky
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I loved this book. I actually bought it by mistake when I was buying some recipe books so it took me some time to get around to reading it. This convinced me to buy the vitamix and I have been drinking green smoothies everyday since. It really is a fascinating book. I am not a vegetarian and certainly not a raw foodist. I dont intend becoming either anytime soon, however this book has persuaded me to start drinking green smoothies which has had a profound effect. No hayfever for starters...
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars RAW this is good 22 Feb 2008
By Mr. D. L. Utton
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Ive been a personal trainer for a while now and ive always questioned our so called correct nutrition, when i read this it made more sense then any textbook ive read and so now ive incorporated it into my diet, im not fully raw yet but i plan to be by end of year.
great read and insightful.
give this a read and it might just open your eyes or at least start the process.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
Briefly - a really interesting book, bought because a friend recommended it. My hesitance about it lies in the science, which, when talking about monkey diet, I don't think is... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Mrs. V. Mogendorff
5.0 out of 5 stars Green for life
I have purchased a few copies of this for friends and relatives with varying degrees of health problems. It is easy to read and informative. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Elizabeth Ingram
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very interesting book.
Victoria Boutenko only eats raw foods but even if you do not want to do that but would like to get healthy anb have more energy this is a great book to read. Read more
Published 3 months ago by MariaM
5.0 out of 5 stars Changed my way of thinking about food
Purchased this as wanted to change my eating habits and sort out a health problem. It came highly recommended by a friend and I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Poppyfields
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading
Really great book. A pleasure to read as Victoria speaks from heart to heart.
Very interesting the HCL (Hidrochloric acid) explanation and how important it is. Read more
Published 12 months ago by anmator
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
This book really does what it claims........I have MS & I've been doing this for 3 weeks now and I honestly feel so much better, my walking is a bit easier and I feel more awake... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Allison
5.0 out of 5 stars EVERYONE Needs To Read This Book!
I've been suffering from full-body Eczema for around 4 years. Around 3 months ago, it got so bad that I couldn't just ignore it, so I began looking for answers to completely rid... Read more
Published 14 months ago by A Virdi
2.0 out of 5 stars Very good and also bad a bit
What I liked about this book was the concept of making green drinks - giving you a choice in-between just eating greens as they are and juicing them. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jodi-Hummingbird
5.0 out of 5 stars Life style changes
This book gives a real insight to the benefits of eating your greens. If we all took notice of Victoria Boetenko then there would be a dramatic drop in ill health. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jan kent
5.0 out of 5 stars The answers to all your health problems
I cannot stress enough how wonderful and simple to understand this book is. Some have stated her lack of knowledge in some areas of the book. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Monica Kyek
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