Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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CAPTURE THE BENEFITS OF EARTH’S SUPERFOODS Looking for a quick, flavorful and nutritious way to stay youthful and healthy? The Green Smoothies Diet provides the perfect solution! Green smoothies are the best way to power up your body and supercharge your health in just minutes a day. Packing a tasty, nutrient-filled punch in every sip, these ultrahealthy smoothies pair leafy green vegetables with delicious, antioxidant-rich fruits. Discover how green smoothies help you: Lose Weight De
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Review by Nicola for Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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I was very much looking forward to receiving what I thought would be a comprehensive book of green smoothie recipes. Imagine my disappointment to find all of 30 pages of recipes in what amounts to a 226 page Blendtec blender informercial. Do I feel duped. There are two blenders on the market powerful enough to handle these types of smoothies on a regular basis. Both are described in the following Cooks Illustrated Review and are both up to the task of making these smoothies. I’m sure there are pros and cons to each. ([...]). This book, however, is little more than an informercial for one of the two blenders – the Blendtech Total Blender, while devoting a page to how terrible she considers the other blender (a Vita-Mix) to be. This author throws in the word Blendtech on page after page after page, sometimes throwing in Blendtech Total Blender just in case you forget the full name, singing its praises throughout, and even including a testimonial on the very last page that just happens to praise the Blendtech blender. I lost count of how many times she says Blendtech and stopped counting after a while. Oh, and she nonchalantly mentions that if you purchase the blender on the link through her website, you’ll get a free gift. Does she get a commission from Blendtech if the blenders are purchased through her website, by any chance? I’d like to know. If you want to sell a book on green smoothies, fabulous, we can all use more greens in our diet. But if you’re trying to hawk a product (in this case a blender) on the unwitting consumer, then have the decency to be upfront about it. I have never seen such egregious product placement ever, much less in a book. I just spent [...] on a 226 page commercial. Save your money.
June 22nd, 2010 at 6:56 am
Review by Rex Halbeisen for Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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I just read this book and highly recommend it, have lent my copy to a friend
already. You will finish it so pumped and empowered to start eating
healthier–Openshaw shows how it doesn’t have to be expensive, or time
consuming, or hard.
I was engrossed from the first page of the introduction, which is funny
because you wouldn’t think a nutrition book would be so interesting. The
author has a nurturing voice and helps you feel YOU CAN DO THIS.
She covers everything, right as I had the question, like 10 tips to get my
kids to buy into the ideas, what’s good about all the different greens
available, how to buy and store them, 10 reasons to start doing green
smoothies, what exactly to eat to detox or to lose weight. I’ve always
wanted to try the superfoods you read about, and now I know how to use them
all. I love Openshaw’s review of her research on what happens to people who
drink green smoothies regularly–no one could read that and not want to
start taking her suggestions TODAY. The book is very well written, too.
Love the frequently asked questions and all the testimonials at the end.
Her website [...] is amazing.
Can’t wait to try all the recipes. I have my blender cranked up! Usually I think of eating right as a drag, but today I’m feeling totally excited.
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:09 am
Review by Wendy Bentley for Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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Wow! I’ve been struggling for years to find a way as a mother of 5 to
eat a healthy diet on a consistent basis, and I beleive The Green
Smoothies Diet just showed me the way.
I’m a consumer of health books, I read everything, but have found it
hard to be consistent with all the chopping and dicing, especially
during any sports season –The Green Smoothies Diet showed me how easy
it is to consistently include the healthies ingredients in my
childrens diet on a daily basis with little fuss.
The book is entertaining, fun to read, full of valuable information
and research. It has just replaced several similar books in my recipe
cupboard.
This is a must read for mothers struggling in the jungle of junk foot
that can’t see the green for the twinkies!
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:30 am
Review by C. Evans for Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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Although this book does contain some useful information, it has a constant underlying thread of salesmanship. It constantly hints that you should go to Robyn Openshaw’s website and buy a Blendtec blender(after a lot of research I went with the VitaMix 5200 myself).
She also seems to have an almost catty dislike of Victoria Boutenko the author of Green For Life. After reading Ms Boutenko’s book I have to say she has far more quoted and referenced scientific research, and has obviously spent a lot of time backing up her conclusions with fact.
Although both books say essentially the same things. I personally can do without the sales pitch, evangelical bylines, and resentful snipes that appear in Ms Openshaw’s book.
June 22nd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Review by G. Recipient for Green Smoothies Diet: The Natural Program for Extraordinary Health
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I’ve enjoyed the author’s Green Smoothie Girl website – so much so, I even purchased a Blendtec from Costco during a demo. Love, love, love the Blendtec. That aside, this book was a bit disappointing.
As I read through, I found just as I was interested in a particular subject, she’d write that the subject is explored entirely in her other book – 12 Steps to Whole Foods. That was very annoying. My understanding was that this book would be able to stand alone without having to buy a another to aid in explanation. That is, it was not labeled as a part 1 of 2 volumes.
The parenting advice was also irritating. The suggestion that a child’s unfinished smoothie return at each meal until he/she finishes the smoothie, is a bit too “Mommie Dearest” for me. Plus, I don’t know anyone that presents healthy choices to a child next to pizza or candy – which she discusses on p.76.
Now for the positives – I really appreciated both on her site and in her book that she critiqued blenders. Since premium blenders are pricey, it was refreshing to have someone honestly review the product. I also like that she discusses the fact that processed junk is often considered acceptable nutrition for the under privileged.
I am glad I chose to purchase from Amazon instead of her site, as it is considerably cheaper on Amazon. Overall, I do not regret purchasing.
June 22nd, 2010 at 8:42 am