The Live Green Smoothie Diet

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 25, 2009: Fresh Juice Photos: Gorgeously Fuschia “Beetroot Lemonade”

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Super-delish — earthy, lemony, sweet…tastes a lot like a Sweet Tart.

I used 4 smallish beets (no tops), 2 large organic lemons (organic important, since I juice the whole fruit, including the rind), and 3 large golden Delicious apples.

Mmmmmm…

Freshly juiced pure beet juice. Psychedelically gorgeous. Just don't spill it!

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 23, 2009: Today’s Green Juice Photos: This One Is Chocolate-Brown and Deliciously Earthy!

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This afternoon’s fresh green juice proves that what we learned in art class is quite true: combine bright red with dark green and you’re gonna get… brown! I swear, it looks almost like espresso in those bottles. Fits right in with the Starbucks decor…

For this batch of green juice, I used up half of a gigantic bunch of red chard, plus this handful of tomatoes, a couple bunches of red grapes, and the last of the fennel lurking about. The results: a deliciously earthy juice, quite sweet, with very pleasant hints of tomato & fennel.

This stuff is so dang refreshing!

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 22, 2009: Introducing… Fresh Green Juice at Starbucks! If You Bring It Yourself, That Is

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I’ve envisioned for years being able to walk into Starbucks and order up an “organic microgreens smoothie, pleez…with mango and young coconut”, with a nice kale-red grape fresh-juice chaser.

So, okay… we’re not there yet. But I can bring my own until the real deal emerges.

This morning’s bottles to accompany me while I peck away on my son’s Macbook Pro in the back booth at my local Sbux, hopefully edging my way closer to finishing my Live Green Smoothie Diet book.

With kale, red grapes, celery, apple, and fresh turmeric root, this is a super-tasty juice. The turmeric root gave just the slightest aromatically herbal aftertaste, very nice!

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 20, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: It Ain’t Pretty But…It Sure Hit The Spot!

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Officially The Ugliest Fresh Juice I Ever Made…

But delicious all the same!

Made with an entire gigantic bunch of red chard, this juice is surely what fuels the Energizer Bunny. It gets its super-dark color from a the rich green leaves combined with the deep fuschia red of the stem and veins. To the red chard I added 4 celery stalks and 2 apples.

So heavily mineralized, it’s like soil in a glass…but it actually tastes great. With juices, definitely don’t judge by appearance. “Ugly” becomes a relative thing.

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Double-Stack Man Takes The Plunge With His First Taste Of Fresh Green Juice

I was very proud of a 20-year old young man, very dear to my heart, who was visiting while I was juicing this up. Proud of his McDonald’s-loving diet, he courageously ventured into taking a taste from my cup, and proclaimed it “Not bad…not bad at all!”

There’s hope for him, yet.

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 19, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: Chlorophyll, Chlorophyll, Chlorophyll!

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Gorgeous, Life-Giving Chlorophyll…Truly Liquid Sunshine!

I was juicing a large jug of fresh kale, parsley, celery, apple, and red grape juice earlier and decided to get a few photos of just the pure green juice, before the rest was added.

The chlorophyll-rich juice always looks to me like blood — truly, it contains the life force of the plant, and you can feel that life force penetrate into your own very quickly after drinking fresh green juices. The energy rush of caffeine, for example, is nothing compared to the clarifying, oxygenating sensation of a chlorophyll rush.

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The Live Green Juice & Smoothie Project…Normalize The Green!!!

I am seriously motivated by a vision of a society where green juice vendors are as prevalent as Starbucks, because I know our world would be utterly transformed if that were so. A planet of humans who are consuming fresh green juices on a daily basis would change the world and our future as we now presume it to be.

I know that the majority of people in our world still think it’s rather weird or unappealing to drink fresh green juice and Live Green Smoothies, which is in part why I post all these photos…to begin to normalize the appearance and presence of these beautiful foods.

Green juices and Live Green Smoothies come in so many beautiful shades of green, and my intention is to do whatever I can to help bring an appreciation of these into the mainstream, so that they lose any stigma they may have for being “on the fringe”.

It happens, eventually. I remember years back what it was like when I’d order an Americano coffee (half espresso, half water). Although it was normal for me it was considered weirdness amidst the general coffee community, even at little boutique coffee bars. And now…I see regular Joes off the street (business men, construction workers) come into Starbucks and order up Americanos all the time.

Change happens. It’s just a matter of exposure…and appeal!

Here’s my jug of fresh green juice made from a huge pile of kale & parsley, with several small tomatoes, a handful of red grapes, and two Delicious apples. I enjoy seeing the pretty layers created in the juice and foam by the various fruits & vedge, so these shots are before everything was mixed up.

And here, these photos are after I gave a good stir to the juice.

What lovely greenness…now vibrating happily in my bloodstream.

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 18, 2009: Today’s Fresh Green Juice Photos: Whoops…Spilled Half My Kale-Parsley-Apple-Red Grape Jug!

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Dang…lost half my juice due to precariously leaning my too-big jug under the juicing spout! Ah well…thank goodness I’ve got more where that came from!

A large handful each of kale and parsley, a giant bunch of red grapes, and a Delicious apple…wow, whatta pretty sight! And as fresh as a spring mornin’ goin’ down!

This stuff is seriously addicting, folks.

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Evidence of a Green Massacre

The rags (after they’ve been rinsed out!) used to clean up the pools of green juice that threatened to take over my kitchen after the spillage. Looks like some kind of alien carnage occurred in my home.

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 18, 2009: Dave the Trucker: Raw Food Weight Loss of 178 pounds in 13 months!

Check out this more recent video about Dave…he’s now lost 200 pounds! Dan McDonald (”The Life Regenerator”) has been following Dave’s progress all along. Be sure you check out Dan’s youtube channel… he’s an awesome resource and a very cool dude.

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This guy is just so awesome…I’m in love with him.

Whoever thinks that raw & living foods are just for kitten-kissing, long-haired hippies making love-beads on some commune…think again! Here’s a truck-driving “regular guy” who’s discovered the power of it…and is reinventing his life, his body, and his health in the most inspiring way!

Here he is introducing his story — he had stage II colon cancer, kidney disease and other serious health challenges, and he was 411 pounds and on 19 prescription medications. He’s now off all 19 meds, cancer-free (documented with his doctor) and he’s changed to the raw foods lifestyle. Don’t miss this interview!

If this doesn’t inspire you to change your life and your health the way you would like, I’m not sure what will!

(These interviews are done by wonderfully passionate Dan McDonald, “the life regenerator” — check out his You Tube channel here! to see more video interviews of Dave the Trucker!)

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Here he’s talking about the nutritional energy “zing” of “juice feasting” on live barley powder, as well as the power of colonics, and how amazingly resilient his skin has been despite having lost 178 pounds in just 13 months (16 months by the time this vid was shot)!

There’s are three months between the first video and the second one. Look at how much more of a “raw glow” Dave has in that second vid! Raw & living foods really do make a demonstrable difference, one you can both feel and see!

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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 17, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: Seriously Green & Sweet

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Parsley, Spinach, Red Grape, and Apple

An entire large bunch of parsley…1/2 a container baby spinach…one giant bunch of red grapes…and one Delicous apple.

One thing I love about juicing parsley is that it gels up in the glass. If you do pure parsley, it’s like a shot of jello! And when it breaks up, it gives a pleasant bit of texture to the juice.

Mebbe later today I’ll do some fresh parsley lemonade…that’s some good stuff!

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 16, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: Basil, Cabbage, Kale, Celery, & Apple

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Some leftover savoy cabbage, a few stalks of kale, three stems of fresh basil cut off my terrace potted plant, several stalks of celery and two golden delicious apples…mmmmmmmm! Whatta way to start the day!

I’m majorly green-vibing now!

The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on September 15, 2009: Today’s Fresh Juice Photos: Cuke, Zuke, and Apples

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One cucumber, one baby zucchini, and two apples…made this creamy, super-refreshing jug of deliciousness!