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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.
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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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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106 of 109 people found the following review helpful
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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.
58 of 60 people found the following review helpful
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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.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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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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 11 days ago by Allison
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 1 month ago by A Virdi
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 4 months ago by Jodi-Hummingbird
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 7 months ago by J. M. Kent
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 10 months ago by Monica Kyek
True Greens
A well produced glossy-covered paperback with (to me) a wealth of interesting information.
The Boutenko story is told elsewhere. Read more
The Boutenko story is told elsewhere. Read more
Published 16 months ago by G. Best
amazing
This book not only gives you amazing research results into eating green smoothies but also gives you lovely recipes. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ms. L. KNOWLES
simply the best
This book is simply the best book in its field. It is inspiring, concise, clear, unpretentious, logical, useful, well-researched and coming from a place of integrity and an honest... Read more
Published 23 months ago by caroline
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I got this book few days ago i nearly finished it but its ok i got it as i read all the good review but i think there are much better book on the subject it kind of... Read more
I got this book few days ago i nearly finished it but its ok i got it as i read all the good review but i think there are much better book on the subject it kind of... Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by Cristina Bengala
Educational but not a recipe book
Great if you want the background to raw foods, and well written (if sometimes polarized her in viewpoint, but don't think of it as a recipe book because it is not (just a few... Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Nigel S. Cook
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