12 Steps to Whole Foods

Bye-Bye, Stimulants — Hello, Green Smoothies
• You can freeze pints or quarts of green smoothies to take them on a trip. I put them in a cooler for a road
trip, but I also take them on airplanes, frozen, packed well inside my suitcase. Most hotel rooms have
mini-fridges, and you can request a room with one or make sure to check for that amenity when
booking your hotel online. Thawed green smoothies don’t have a great texture; I just remind myself I
drink them for my health rather than for enjoyment.
Your Journal Entry
Use these next pages to record the health benefits you observe from following this first step for 30 days. This
will be important as you look back, later in your life, to determine whether to continue with this habit.
In my book The Green Smoothies Diet, I review my research of 175 participants who documented the changes
in their health after drinking at least a pint of green smoothie at least four times a week for 30 days. The top six
health benefits reported were higher energy, improved digestion, fewer cravings for sweets, a more positive
mood, improvements in skin tone, and weight loss. Other effects included elimination of PMS symptoms,
asthma, skin problems, insomnia, dandruff, depression, and blood sugar fluctuations. Others claimed a better
sex life.
You may wish to compare your own journal responses to questions asked of people in my study published in
The Green Smoothies Diet by taking the same questionnaire yourself below. You can also take the selfpopulating
poll online at GreenSmoothieGirl.com/poll.html to be a part of ongoing research.
GREEN SMOOTHIE QUESTIONNAIRE
Have you found that green smoothies have noticeably improved your health or quality of life? Yes / No
What health benefits have you noticed from drinking green smoothies? (Select all that apply.)
• Improved digestion (more regular and/or complete bowel movements, no straining, soft/formed stool,
etc.)
• Weight loss
• More energy
• Improved sleep (need less of it, decreased insomnia, more alert in the mornings, etc.)
• Decreased cravings for sweets and processed foods
• Fingernails grow faster and/or are stronger
• Decrease in PMS symptoms
• Improved libido (sex drive)
• Positive, stable mood
• Less stressed out
• Blood sugar stabilization
• Increased desire to exercise
• Improvement in skin tone and/or fewer blemishes
• People telling me I look better
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