Efficient Digestion for Weight Loss

Hi All - Here's the recipe!

The Green Smoothie delivers a load of vitamins and minerals because by blending vegetables and fruits you are essentially doing something called "pre-digestion" meaning the blending breaks down the cellular walls of the vegetables, releasing more of the nutrients that are then absorbed in your intestines. You would have to chew on vegetables for several hours to get the same amount of nutrients delivered in one smoothie.

Here's the recipe:

2 cups of water

Add one of the following:
-one head of romaine or equivalent amount of either:
-spinach
-kale
-swiss chard
-red or green lettuce (not iceberg)
*You'll want to switch up the main green every week or two (like one week all romaine, then all kale, then spinach, etc.)

Always add all these:
1/3 bunch of flat-leaf parsley
1/3 bunch of cilantro (draws out heavy metal toxins)
2 celery stalks

Add Fruit (you can use whatever fruit you like, just use about 3 fruits or if you use berries, 1 cup for each fruit):
1 apple
1 pear
1 banana

Add lemon juice from half a lemon.


All that will make a blender full or about 4, 12 oz drinks. I pour into glasses and cover with saran wrap and my husband and I each drink one every morning so that we only have to make the smoothies every other day. Use organic produce when possible to reduce the amount of pesticides and organic also contains 87% more nutrients.

The taste is actually pretty mild - kind of like eating a green applesauce. Since you're getting your nutrients from the smoothies instead of other, perhaps less healthful, sources, it really reduces cravings for sweet and salty things.

You can always adjust the recipe to your needs by adding more or fewer vegetables or fruit. Drink the smoothie slowly (no chugging) and allow 20 minutes before you decide to eat anything else.