Is a Green Smoothie Necessary for Health?




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Summary: <p class="p1">No- but it sure helps! </p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">The hierarchy in my mind to get, attain, and keep really good health is first to make sure your nutrition is good and wholesome, and this includes getting pure water.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This is the prime directive of animals the world over- get good nutrition! </p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">After that, surprisingly to most, is getting quality sleep.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Sleep is right up there with shelter- it does for your body and brain, spirit and outlook just what nutrition does- it enables you to stay alive, and to not only suffer along, barely making it day to day, but to <strong>thrive.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></strong>We are meant to thrive on this earth, and in a natural state we would, without the intrusions of governments and other rulers that control us and don’t allow us to run our own lives. </p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">So, since the food we take in is central to our health, we should strive for the <em>most nutritious food we can find.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></em><strong>Nutrient dense foods</strong>, foods that are so packed with the many vitamins, high quality protein, good fats, and plentiful anti-oxidants we need to be super healthy.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>And, right up there with super healthy foods such as pastured beef liver and wild caught sardines is a blender made smoothie!<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The state of the art blender to use is the long-running Vitamix, but there are others that will get the job done as well.</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">The advantage of a blended smoothie such as this is that all the vegetable and fruit used is in it- all the fiber, and all the nutrients as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Cooking can destroy some nutrients, although it can also make others more bioavailable.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>So you want raw veggies and berries, along with the cooked ones you also consume.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Both are valuable, and necessary!</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">How do you make such a smoothie?<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Here is a link to a post on <a href="http://www.paleojay.com">www.paleojay.com</a> that I did some time ago:</p><br> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.paleojay.com/search?q=paleo+smoothie">http://www.paleojay.com/search?q=paleo+smoothie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">   </span></p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">Not much has changed, although I make minor changes to the ingredients, which I list at this link:</p><br> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.paleojay.com/2011/07/paleo-quick-start-smoothie-ingredient.html">http://www.paleojay.com/2011/07/paleo-quick-start-smoothie-ingredient.html</a></p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">You can copy me exactly, or change up some of the ingredients to suit your own taste and goals.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>But the basics of making a quality blended smoothie never change- some healthy liquids like full fat kefir, green tea, and coconut milk, green veggies, a raw pastured egg or two, citrus and berries, spices like turmeric and ginger, and vitamin D liquid.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>It kind of depends on what you have on hand, and what agrees with you as an individual.</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">After you’ve fulfilled your nutritional needs in such a manner, you can add in some real foods you have prepared around your family table.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>And that takes care of your last needs, those of family and community!<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Your TRIBE.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Get toget</p>