12 Steps to Whole Foods

Bye-Bye, Stimulants — Hello, Green Smoothies
The Highest and Best Use of Your Kitchen Time: Green
Smoothies
When I’m asked, “What one thing should I do for good nutrition, if my time is limited?” my answer is always
to make your one new habit green smoothies!
Why? Because in just one quart of green smoothie—your daily goal for this month—you get 15 servings of
raw, enzyme-rich greens and fruits! That is literally 150% of the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance
(USRDA) of fruits and vegetables. Please don’t think you’re “overdosing” on greens, because you really can’t.
You can overdose on isolated, synthetic derivatives of the nutrients found in greens. But you aren’t likely to get
too much of any green, especially if you get a wide variety, as I teach you in this chapter.
The USRDA isn’t really targeting ideals: it’s considering the state of the modern diet and raising the bar from
there to what our government thinks the average person can reasonably do. Many indigenous peoples around
the world get more than the 5-10 fruits and vegetables our government recommends, especially when you
consider that the serving sizes recommended are tiny! One two-inch piece of a cucumber, or 10 berries, for
instance, counts as a “serving!”
With a green smoothie daily, you can do better than that. If you follow the 12 Steps all the way through, you’ll
be eating about two pounds of vegetables daily. And right now, with this first step, you’re already taking a huge
leap towards that goal.
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