green smoothies

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At Thu, 10 Mar 2005 it looks like tesser2u composed:

 

>

>

> Does anyone do much in the way of " green smoothies " ? Something I

> recently read recommends them. I am somewhat confused though because

> I understood that it was better to eat fruits by themselves because

> they digest so quickly. Would this not go against combining fruits

> with greens to make a green smoothy?

>

> Tesser

 

I personally add 1 tablespoon of spirulina to my smoothies

daily.

 

 

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I didn't mix veggies and fruits for a long (even when

I was cooked vegan) bc this was the first food combo

rules I ever learned. But I started making green

smoothies a couple of weeks ago and I have had no

digestive problems so far. In fact, I am very prone to

bloating/gas so I was pleasantly surprised at this. I

think maybe bc the food is broken down so much in the

blender that by the time it gets down to your stomach

the fruit and veggies equalize in terms of digestive

time/effort, I dunno.

 

swing

 

--- tesser2u <tesser2u wrote:

>

> Does anyone do much in the way of " green smoothies " ?

> Something I

> recently read recommends them. I am somewhat

> confused though because

> I understood that it was better to eat fruits by

> themselves because

> they digest so quickly. Would this not go against

> combining fruits

> with greens to make a green smoothy?

>

> Tesser

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I've been told that " greens " are somehow different from other vegetables. I'm

sure someone can elaborate on this. I'm sure Victoria, of all people, would be

aware of such concerns. I personally don't do well with mixing fruit and

vegetables in general, but have had no problems with the green smoothies - I

feel excellent! I've been doing them ever since Victoria's talk in Seattle

several months back. I did, however, go about a week without them and really

noticed a difference in my energy and clarity.

 

Jessa Zimmerman <jessaz wrote:Hi,

 

I've made some green smoothies and am loving them! But I have heard some

feedback about concerns about combining fruits and vegetables like that...some

people consider it a no-no. Does anyone have info about these concerns? How do

you feel about it?

 

Thanks,

Jessa

 

 

[Guest guest]

My understanding from what I've been reading Sheree,

is that greens are totally compatible with fruit.

Have you read this article from the Raw Family re green

smoothies.

It's an eye opener ......

We can't get mangoes in Australia at the moment (wrong

season) but we've been making this smoothie with just banana

and it's really good.

 

 

Raw Family's Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe:

>

> 1/2 pound of fresh lamb's quarters, or 1/2 bunch of fresh dinosaur

kale

> 2 ripe mangoes

> 2 very ripe bananas

> 1 quart water

> Blend thoroughly in a Vita-Mix blender.

> Yields 1/2 a gallon of delicious smoothie.

> The green smoothie will keep for at least 24 hours in the fridge

or

> cooler,

> stored in a glass or high quality plastic container.

>

 

 

> ©2005 Copyrighted material! Please reference this source when

sharing

> this

> information!

>

> by Victoria Boutenko

> www.rawfamily.com

> Green Smoothie,

> An Easy Way to Love Greens

>

>

> My husband, our two younger children and I have been on the raw

food diet

> for more than eleven years. We were able to heal all of our

incurable,

> life-threatening diseases. However, after several years of being

raw, each

> one of us began to feel like we had reached a plateau where our

healing

> process stopped and even somewhat began to go backwards. Since

then a

> burning question in my heart grew stronger every day. The question

was,

> " Is

> there anything missing in our diet? " The answer would come right

away:

> " Nope. Nothing could be better than a raw food diet. "

>

> Yet, however tiny, the unwanted signs of less than perfect health

kept

> surfacing, in minor but noticeable symptoms like a wart on a hand,

a gray

> hair, etc. that instantly brought doubts and questions about the

> completeness of the raw food diet. Finally when my children

complained

> about

> increased sensitivity in their teeth, I reached a state when I

couldn't

> think about anything else. I drove everybody around me crazy with

my

> constant discussion of what could possibly be missing.

>

> In my eager quest, I started looking at every single food that

exists for

> humans. As my grandmother used to say, Seek and ye shall find.

After many

> wrong guesses, I finally found the right one. Whew! I found one

food group

> that particularly matches ALL human nutritional needs: greens. The

truth

> is,

> we in my family were not eating enough greens. Moreover, we did

not like

> them. We knew that greens are important, but we never heard

anywhere

> exactly

> how much greens we need in our diet, just a vague recommendation

to eat as

> much as possible.

>

> In order to find out how much greens we need to eat, I decided to

study

> the

> eating habits of chimpanzees, since they are the closest creatures

to

> human

> beings. According to recent scientific research, they share 99.4 %

of the

> same genes with humans.1 I am not trying to say that humans

developed from

> chimpanzees. I am simply grateful for the reality that there is

another

> species in this world that closely resembles us. There are

thousands of

> chimpanzees living in Gombe Valley, Africa. The most remarkable

fact is

> that

> majority of those chimps of Gombe, as opposed to humans, have not

been

> touched by civilization. I went online and purchased $300 worth of

books

> and

> DVDs about chimpanzees and their diet and lifestyle. I wrote a

letter with

> my questions to the Jane Goodall University. I traveled to three

big zoos

> that have chimpanzees and spoke to many people who feed them and

take care

> of them every day. I discovered so much fascinating information

about

> chimpanzees that I totally changed my view of them. They became

one of my

> favorite beings. My research gave me a solid idea that humans are

supposed

> to eat a lot more greens than I would have guessed.

>

> Please look at this chart showing the average diet of the

chimpanzee in

> the

> wilderness, according to Jane Goodall:

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

As long as I can remember, in books and pictures I always saw

chimpanzees

> depicted with a banana or an orange in their hands. That

definitely misled

> me to the assumption that they eat only fruit. To know that greens

compose

> almost half of their diet became a revelation for me. As far as

root

> vegetables are concerned, the chimpanzees don't eat any of them

unless

> there

> is a famine and nothing green is left. Based on how much fruit we

consume

> in

> my family (about 4 or 5 pounds per day per person) I estimate that

we need

> to eat about two good sized bunches of dark leafy greens per

person per

> day,

> and probably reduce the consumption of nuts, seeds and roots.

>

> Another thing I noticed is that the chimpanzees really love

greens. I

> remember watching at the zoos, how excited they became when given

fresh

> acacia branches, young tender palm tree leaves or kale. I was so

inspired

> looking at them that I went to the nearby bushes and tried to eat

acacia

> leaves, but the truth was that the green leaves were not very

palateable

> for

> me and that presented another problem. To eat greens was always

more like

> a

> duty for me. I would think to myself, I have to have my greens.

Some days

> I

> would " cheat " by juicing my greens. I would quickly drink a cup of

green

> juice and consider myself good for a couple of days. Or I would

make a

> delicious raw dressing and sink my greens into that dressing. That

was

> another way for me to enjoy greens. But I could never imagine

sitting and

> eating two bunches of kale or spinach.

>

> The more I read about the nutritional content of greens. the more

I became

> convinced that greens are the most important food for humans. If I

could

> only find a way to enjoy them enough to consume the optimal

quantity

> needed

> to become perfectly healthy!

>

> I tried countless times to force myself to eat large amounts of

greens in

> the form of salad, or just by itself, only to discover that I was

not

> physically able to do that. After about two cups of shredded

greens I

> would

> have either heartburn or nausea. All along, I was aware that my

body was

> missing the nutrients that are available only from greens.

>

> One day, while reading a book on biology, I became intrigued by the

> amazingly tough composition of plants. Apparently cellulose, the

main

> constituent of plants, has one of the strongest molecular

structures on

> the

> planet, because it is one of the longest and most complex

carbohydrate

> molecules. From this I understood that in order to assimilate the

many

> needed nutrients from greens, the human body needs to be able to

break

> down

> these tough structures. However, cellulose is insoluble. That

means in

> order

> to get nutrients, its structure has to be broken into the tiniest

pieces,

> preferably down to the molecules. In simple words, we need to chew

our

> greens to a creamy consistency in order to get the benefits.

>

> Secondly, in order to digest the released minerals and vitamins,

> hydrochloric acid in the stomach has to be very strong, pH between

1 and

> 2.

>

> These two conditions are absolutely, vitally, necessary to the

> assimilation

> of nutrients from greens. Apparently, I did not chew my greens

well enough

> and possibly did not have a high enough level of hydrochloric acid

in my

> stomach.2 As a result, I experienced unpleasant signs of

indigestion,

> after

> pushing myself to eat greater quantities of greens. Hence, I

didn't like

> eating greens altogether!

>

> However, after more than a century of eating mostly heavily

proccessed

> foods, mordern people lost their ability to chew normally. Our

jaws became

> so narrow that even after extracting our wizdom teeth, we still

need to

> wear braces.3 Our jaw muscles became too weak to thoroughly chew

rough

> fiber. In addition to these compromizing conditions, many people

have lots

> of fillings, fake or missing teeth. These conditions make chewing

greens

> to

> a necessary consistency virtually impossible.

>

> That is why I decided to try to " chew " my greens in the Vitamix

blender. 4

> First I blended a bunch of kale with water. I was thinking, I will

just

> close my eyes and nose and drink it. But as soon as I opened the

lid, I

> closed it back again quickly because I felt queasy from the strong,

> wheatgrassy smell. That dark green, almost black mixture was

totally

> unconsumable. After some brainstorming, I added several bananas

and

> blended

> it again. And that was when the magic began! When I slowly and

with some

> trepidation removed the lid and sniffed the air, to my greatest

surprise

> this bright green concoction smelled very pleasant. I cautiously

tasted a

> sip and was exhilerated, because it was better than tasty! Not too

sweet,

> not too bitter, it was the most unusual taste I had ever tried,

and I

> could

> describe it in one word: freshness.

>

> In four hours I emptied all I blended, which was one bunch of

kale, four

> bananas and a quart of water. I felt wonderful and made more.

> Triumphantly,

> this evening I realized that this was the first time in my life

that I

> consumed two good-sized bunches of greens in one day. Plus, I ate

them

> without any oil and salt! And I enjoyed the whole experience.

>

> That was in August, 2004. The solution was so unexpectedly simple.

To

> consume greens in these way took so little time that naturally I

continued

> experimenting with blended greens and fruits day after day. At

first I

> didn't tell anybody. I didn't have any big health problems and I

didn't

> expect any dramatic changes, I just didn't want to age. However,

after

> about

> a month when a couple of my warts and moles peeled off my body and

when I

> definitely felt more energized than before, I started sharing my

> experience

> with my family and friends. The next thing I noticed was that

those little

> cravings I'd had once in a while for heavy foods like nuts or

crackers,

> especially in the evening, had totally disappeared. I noticed that

many of

> my wrinkles on my face went away and I began to hear compliments

from

> other

> people about my fresh look. Also my nails became stronger. Another

bonus I

> got was a wonderful taste in the mouth, all the time, even upon

waking in

> the morning. I hadn't had this pleasure since childhood.

>

> When my husband Igor saw the noticeable benefits in my health, he

joined

> me

> in drinking green smoothies. He started to ask for a cup of " that

green

> stuff " whenever I was making it. Let me point out that although I

didn't

> like greens, Igor simply couldn't tolerate them, which is pretty

typical

> of

> Russian men. Another two months later his mustache and his beard

started

> growing blacker, which made his face look a lot younger. Igor got

so

> excited

> about this that he became the green smoothie champion of my

family. He

> would

> wake up early and make two or three gallons of smoothie every day:

one for

> me, one for him, and one for Sergei and Valya to share. Both of

our

> children

> enjoyed including this tasty green drink in their daily menu and

even

> though

> they were already experiencing great health, noticed even more

benefits,

> like the ability to sleep less, more complete elimination,

stronger nails,

> and most of all the improvement in their teeth, which became less

> sensitive.

>

> One of my fears was that I would get tired of green smoothie one

day, and

> I

> wouldn't want it any more. Yet, after three months of regular

consumption

> I

> was enjoying it more than ever. Now I couldn't imagine my life

without my

> green smoothies, as it has become 80% of my diet. In addition to

smoothies

> I

> eat flax crackers, salad, fruit and occasionally seeds or nuts. In

order

> to

> always have the opportunity to make fresh green smoothie for

myself I

> purchased an additional Vitamix blender for my office. Whenever

friends or

> customers came in, they saw a big green cup next to my computer

and I

> treated them to my new discovery. To my great satisfaction,

everybody

> loved

> it, despite their different dietary habits. Unexpectedly for me,

some of

> my

> friends and coworkers started to comment on their health

improvements just

> from the cup of green smoothie they were drinking in my office! No

> kidding!

> I can tell you their names. My web designer began to crave more

raw foods

> as

> a result of rather irregular helpings of smoothie and lost 15

pounds in a

> couple of months. The woman from the office across the road got

rid of her

> ecsema, drinking a cup of green smoothie almost every day. The UPS

guy

> likes

> it too.

>

> Inspired by the warm reception, I wrote an article " Ode to Green

Smoothie "

> and emailed it to my entire list. Almost instantly I began to

receive

> strong

> positive feedback and many detailed testimonials from my friends,

students

> and customers. While I felt compelled to do more research, it

looks like

> the

> multiple benefits of green smoothie became obvious to everybody

who tried

> them, and the number of people who are drinking green smoothie is

growing

> rapidly every day. This " green wave " makes me more excited than

ever! I am

> busily compiling all the information together with the research

into my

> new

> book, due out in a few weeks.

>

>

> 1 Source: Chimps belong in the Homo genus? by Michael Matthews and

Carl

> Wieland

> http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0521chimps.asp

>

> 2 http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0203cat/020305ppnf/PPNF.HTML

>

> 3 I would like to explain that the Vitamix is not just a simple

blender

> like the ones you can find at any department store. It is called a

high

> speed blender, because its speed goes up to 240 mph! That means

that its

> blades don't even have to be sharp; even if they were just dull

metal

> sticks

> they could still liquify something as hard as, for example, blocks

of

> wood.

> In order to reach such performance, the Vitamix has a 2+ peak

horsepower

> motor. Any simple blender will blend the tough cellulose of greens

only so

> long as its blades are sharp. Unfortunately, when the blades

become dull,

> they just move around pieces of banana and the blender very quickly

> overheats. Eleven years ago, after burning several blenders, I

finally

> bought myself a Vitamix at the country fair. It still works like

new.

>

> ©2005 Copyrighted material! Please reference this source when

sharing

> this

> information!

>

>

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> In order to inspire more green smoothie drinking, we offer a $25

discount

> off our already low price of $375 on Vita-Mix blender, if you

order before

> June 15th.

> This special discount does not apply to orders made via PayPal,

please

> call

> our office with your credit card (541) 488-8865, or send a check

to:

> Raw Family

> P. O. Box 172

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>

> If you would like to purchase more than one unit please call us

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> Update on Raw Family's research about green smoothies

> Currently we are sponsoring a study along with Dr. P. Feiber at a

local

> clinic in Oregon. The study's aim is to determine the health

benefits of

> regular consumption of Green Smoothies. Over the past month, we

have

> supplied 27 participants with one quart of freshly made green

smoothie

> daily, in addition to their regular diet.

> This experiment ended on May 29 and Dr. Fieber is presently

summarizing

> the

> data from the tests and surveys.

> Here is an excerpt from the testimony of one of our participants.

> " ...I drank smoothies and loved them. They made me want to eat raw

and so

> I

> am now 95% raw. I have not craved junk during this month. I am

sleeping

> well, I am positive, I lost 10 lbs, my dandruff healed. I have

great

> energy.

> I get up at 5 a.m. and feel rested and energetic. I have noticed

an

> increase

> in my sex drive.

> My whole family is hooked. Thank you so much. I think that green

smoothies

> are the most nutritious thing we can ingest. I have been telling

my family

> and friends about it. You have played a part in totally changing

my life! "

> A detailed analysis of this experiment will be included in

Victoria's

> up-coming book about greens. We are also currently in a process of

> studying

> the effect of drinking green smoothies on B-12 levels. We will

keep you

> posted about the results of these two experiments.

>

 

 

 

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<<< " greens are totally compatible with fruit. "

 

 

It depends on the kind of greens you're talking about. As a general rule,

celery, romaine, iceberg and the other watery lettuces combine well with

just about everything. Kale, on the other hand, is difficult to digest even

on its own because of its high cellulose content and may give a person

problems if combined with fruits of any kind, especially sweet fruits as in

the recipe below. By 'problems' I mean gastric unpleasantness in the form

of gas because the fruit will stay in the stomach longer than it should and

will ferment. The main thing is to just be cognizant of how you feel after

you eat/drink a certain combo, and be prepared to make changes if you suffer

ill effects.

Nora

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" toni vandyke " <tonivandyke

<RawSeattle >

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:00 AM

[RawSeattle] re: Green Smoothies

 

 

> My understanding from what I've been reading Sheree,

> is that greens are totally compatible with fruit.

> Have you read this article from the Raw Family re green

> smoothies.

> It's an eye opener ......

> We can't get mangoes in Australia at the moment (wrong

> season) but we've been making this smoothie with just banana

> and it's really good.

>

>

> Raw Family's Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe:

>>

>> 1/2 pound of fresh lamb's quarters, or 1/2 bunch of fresh dinosaur

> kale

>> 2 ripe mangoes

>> 2 very ripe bananas

>> 1 quart water

>> Blend thoroughly in a Vita-Mix blender.

>> Yields 1/2 a gallon of delicious smoothie.

>> The green smoothie will keep for at least 24 hours in the fridge

> or

>> cooler,

>> stored in a glass or high quality plastic container.

>>

>

>

>> ©2005 Copyrighted material! Please reference this source when

> sharing

>> this

>> information!

>>

>> by Victoria Boutenko

>> www.rawfamily.com

>> Green Smoothie,

>> An Easy Way to Love Greens

>>

>>

>> My husband, our two younger children and I have been on the raw

> food diet

>> for more than eleven years. We were able to heal all of our

> incurable,

>> life-threatening diseases. However, after several years of being

> raw, each

>> one of us began to feel like we had reached a plateau where our

> healing

>> process stopped and even somewhat began to go backwards. Since

> then a

>> burning question in my heart grew stronger every day. The question

> was,

>> " Is

>> there anything missing in our diet? " The answer would come right

> away:

>> " Nope. Nothing could be better than a raw food diet. "

>>

>> Yet, however tiny, the unwanted signs of less than perfect health

> kept

>> surfacing, in minor but noticeable symptoms like a wart on a hand,

> a gray

>> hair, etc. that instantly brought doubts and questions about the

>> completeness of the raw food diet. Finally when my children

> complained

>> about

>> increased sensitivity in their teeth, I reached a state when I

> couldn't

>> think about anything else. I drove everybody around me crazy with

> my

>> constant discussion of what could possibly be missing.

>>

>> In my eager quest, I started looking at every single food that

> exists for

>> humans. As my grandmother used to say, Seek and ye shall find.

> After many

>> wrong guesses, I finally found the right one. Whew! I found one

> food group

>> that particularly matches ALL human nutritional needs: greens. The

> truth

>> is,

>> we in my family were not eating enough greens. Moreover, we did

> not like

>> them. We knew that greens are important, but we never heard

> anywhere

>> exactly

>> how much greens we need in our diet, just a vague recommendation

> to eat as

>> much as possible.

>>

>> In order to find out how much greens we need to eat, I decided to

> study

>> the

>> eating habits of chimpanzees, since they are the closest creatures

> to

>> human

>> beings. According to recent scientific research, they share 99.4 %

> of the

>> same genes with humans.1 I am not trying to say that humans

> developed from

>> chimpanzees. I am simply grateful for the reality that there is

> another

>> species in this world that closely resembles us. There are

> thousands of

>> chimpanzees living in Gombe Valley, Africa. The most remarkable

> fact is

>> that

>> majority of those chimps of Gombe, as opposed to humans, have not

> been

>> touched by civilization. I went online and purchased $300 worth of

> books

>> and

>> DVDs about chimpanzees and their diet and lifestyle. I wrote a

> letter with

>> my questions to the Jane Goodall University. I traveled to three

> big zoos

>> that have chimpanzees and spoke to many people who feed them and

> take care

>> of them every day. I discovered so much fascinating information

> about

>> chimpanzees that I totally changed my view of them. They became

> one of my

>> favorite beings. My research gave me a solid idea that humans are

> supposed

>> to eat a lot more greens than I would have guessed.

>>

>> Please look at this chart showing the average diet of the

> chimpanzee in

>> the

>> wilderness, according to Jane Goodall:

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> As long as I can remember, in books and pictures I always saw

> chimpanzees

>> depicted with a banana or an orange in their hands. That

> definitely misled

>> me to the assumption that they eat only fruit. To know that greens

> compose

>> almost half of their diet became a revelation for me. As far as

> root

>> vegetables are concerned, the chimpanzees don't eat any of them

> unless

>> there

>> is a famine and nothing green is left. Based on how much fruit we

> consume

>> in

>> my family (about 4 or 5 pounds per day per person) I estimate that

> we need

>> to eat about two good sized bunches of dark leafy greens per

> person per

>> day,

>> and probably reduce the consumption of nuts, seeds and roots.

>>

>> Another thing I noticed is that the chimpanzees really love

> greens. I

>> remember watching at the zoos, how excited they became when given

> fresh

>> acacia branches, young tender palm tree leaves or kale. I was so

> inspired

>> looking at them that I went to the nearby bushes and tried to eat

> acacia

>> leaves, but the truth was that the green leaves were not very

> palateable

>> for

>> me and that presented another problem. To eat greens was always

> more like

>> a

>> duty for me. I would think to myself, I have to have my greens.

> Some days

>> I

>> would " cheat " by juicing my greens. I would quickly drink a cup of

> green

>> juice and consider myself good for a couple of days. Or I would

> make a

>> delicious raw dressing and sink my greens into that dressing. That

> was

>> another way for me to enjoy greens. But I could never imagine

> sitting and

>> eating two bunches of kale or spinach.

>>

>> The more I read about the nutritional content of greens. the more

> I became

>> convinced that greens are the most important food for humans. If I

> could

>> only find a way to enjoy them enough to consume the optimal

> quantity

>> needed

>> to become perfectly healthy!

>>

>> I tried countless times to force myself to eat large amounts of

> greens in

>> the form of salad, or just by itself, only to discover that I was

> not

>> physically able to do that. After about two cups of shredded

> greens I

>> would

>> have either heartburn or nausea. All along, I was aware that my

> body was

>> missing the nutrients that are available only from greens.

>>

>> One day, while reading a book on biology, I became intrigued by the

>> amazingly tough composition of plants. Apparently cellulose, the

> main

>> constituent of plants, has one of the strongest molecular

> structures on

>> the

>> planet, because it is one of the longest and most complex

> carbohydrate

>> molecules. From this I understood that in order to assimilate the

> many

>> needed nutrients from greens, the human body needs to be able to

> break

>> down

>> these tough structures. However, cellulose is insoluble. That

> means in

>> order

>> to get nutrients, its structure has to be broken into the tiniest

> pieces,

>> preferably down to the molecules. In simple words, we need to chew

> our

>> greens to a creamy consistency in order to get the benefits.

>>

>> Secondly, in order to digest the released minerals and vitamins,

>> hydrochloric acid in the stomach has to be very strong, pH between

> 1 and

>> 2.

>>

>> These two conditions are absolutely, vitally, necessary to the

>> assimilation

>> of nutrients from greens. Apparently, I did not chew my greens

> well enough

>> and possibly did not have a high enough level of hydrochloric acid

> in my

>> stomach.2 As a result, I experienced unpleasant signs of

> indigestion,

>> after

>> pushing myself to eat greater quantities of greens. Hence, I

> didn't like

>> eating greens altogether!

>>

>> However, after more than a century of eating mostly heavily

> proccessed

>> foods, mordern people lost their ability to chew normally. Our

> jaws became

>> so narrow that even after extracting our wizdom teeth, we still

> need to

>> wear braces.3 Our jaw muscles became too weak to thoroughly chew

> rough

>> fiber. In addition to these compromizing conditions, many people

> have lots

>> of fillings, fake or missing teeth. These conditions make chewing

> greens

>> to

>> a necessary consistency virtually impossible.

>>

>> That is why I decided to try to " chew " my greens in the Vitamix

> blender. 4

>> First I blended a bunch of kale with water. I was thinking, I will

> just

>> close my eyes and nose and drink it. But as soon as I opened the

> lid, I

>> closed it back again quickly because I felt queasy from the strong,

>> wheatgrassy smell. That dark green, almost black mixture was

> totally

>> unconsumable. After some brainstorming, I added several bananas

> and

>> blended

>> it again. And that was when the magic began! When I slowly and

> with some

>> trepidation removed the lid and sniffed the air, to my greatest

> surprise

>> this bright green concoction smelled very pleasant. I cautiously

> tasted a

>> sip and was exhilerated, because it was better than tasty! Not too

> sweet,

>> not too bitter, it was the most unusual taste I had ever tried,

> and I

>> could

>> describe it in one word: freshness.

>>

>> In four hours I emptied all I blended, which was one bunch of

> kale, four

>> bananas and a quart of water. I felt wonderful and made more.

>> Triumphantly,

>> this evening I realized that this was the first time in my life

> that I

>> consumed two good-sized bunches of greens in one day. Plus, I ate

> them

>> without any oil and salt! And I enjoyed the whole experience.

>>

>> That was in August, 2004. The solution was so unexpectedly simple.

> To

>> consume greens in these way took so little time that naturally I

> continued

>> experimenting with blended greens and fruits day after day. At

> first I

>> didn't tell anybody. I didn't have any big health problems and I

> didn't

>> expect any dramatic changes, I just didn't want to age. However,

> after

>> about

>> a month when a couple of my warts and moles peeled off my body and

> when I

>> definitely felt more energized than before, I started sharing my

>> experience

>> with my family and friends. The next thing I noticed was that

> those little

>> cravings I'd had once in a while for heavy foods like nuts or

> crackers,

>> especially in the evening, had totally disappeared. I noticed that

> many of

>> my wrinkles on my face went away and I began to hear compliments

> from

>> other

>> people about my fresh look. Also my nails became stronger. Another

> bonus I

>> got was a wonderful taste in the mouth, all the time, even upon

> waking in

>> the morning. I hadn't had this pleasure since childhood.

>>

>> When my husband Igor saw the noticeable benefits in my health, he

> joined

>> me

>> in drinking green smoothies. He started to ask for a cup of " that

> green

>> stuff " whenever I was making it. Let me point out that although I

> didn't

>> like greens, Igor simply couldn't tolerate them, which is pretty

> typical

>> of

>> Russian men. Another two months later his mustache and his beard

> started

>> growing blacker, which made his face look a lot younger. Igor got

> so

>> excited

>> about this that he became the green smoothie champion of my

> family. He

>> would

>> wake up early and make two or three gallons of smoothie every day:

> one for

>> me, one for him, and one for Sergei and Valya to share. Both of

> our

>> children

>> enjoyed including this tasty green drink in their daily menu and

> even

>> though

>> they were already experiencing great health, noticed even more

> benefits,

>> like the ability to sleep less, more complete elimination,

> stronger nails,

>> and most of all the improvement in their teeth, which became less

>> sensitive.

>>

>> One of my fears was that I would get tired of green smoothie one

> day, and

>> I

>> wouldn't want it any more. Yet, after three months of regular

> consumption

>> I

>> was enjoying it more than ever. Now I couldn't imagine my life

> without my

>> green smoothies, as it has become 80% of my diet. In addition to

> smoothies

>> I

>> eat flax crackers, salad, fruit and occasionally seeds or nuts. In

> order

>> to

>> always have the opportunity to make fresh green smoothie for

> myself I

>> purchased an additional Vitamix blender for my office. Whenever

> friends or

>> customers came in, they saw a big green cup next to my computer

> and I

>> treated them to my new discovery. To my great satisfaction,

> everybody

>> loved

>> it, despite their different dietary habits. Unexpectedly for me,

> some of

>> my

>> friends and coworkers started to comment on their health

> improvements just

>> from the cup of green smoothie they were drinking in my office! No

>> kidding!

>> I can tell you their names. My web designer began to crave more

> raw foods

>> as

>> a result of rather irregular helpings of smoothie and lost 15

> pounds in a

>> couple of months. The woman from the office across the road got

> rid of her

>> ecsema, drinking a cup of green smoothie almost every day. The UPS

> guy

>> likes

>> it too.

>>

>> Inspired by the warm reception, I wrote an article " Ode to Green

> Smoothie "

>> and emailed it to my entire list. Almost instantly I began to

> receive

>> strong

>> positive feedback and many detailed testimonials from my friends,

> students

>> and customers. While I felt compelled to do more research, it

> looks like

>> the

>> multiple benefits of green smoothie became obvious to everybody

> who tried

>> them, and the number of people who are drinking green smoothie is

> growing

>> rapidly every day. This " green wave " makes me more excited than

> ever! I am

>> busily compiling all the information together with the research

> into my

>> new

>> book, due out in a few weeks.

>>

>>

>> 1 Source: Chimps belong in the Homo genus? by Michael Matthews and

> Carl

>> Wieland

>> http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0521chimps.asp

>>

>> 2 http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0203cat/020305ppnf/PPNF.HTML

>>

>> 3 I would like to explain that the Vitamix is not just a simple

> blender

>> like the ones you can find at any department store. It is called a

> high

>> speed blender, because its speed goes up to 240 mph! That means

> that its

>> blades don't even have to be sharp; even if they were just dull

> metal

>> sticks

>> they could still liquify something as hard as, for example, blocks

> of

>> wood.

>> In order to reach such performance, the Vitamix has a 2+ peak

> horsepower

>> motor. Any simple blender will blend the tough cellulose of greens

> only so

>> long as its blades are sharp. Unfortunately, when the blades

> become dull,

>> they just move around pieces of banana and the blender very quickly

>> overheats. Eleven years ago, after burning several blenders, I

> finally

>> bought myself a Vitamix at the country fair. It still works like

> new.

>>

>> ©2005 Copyrighted material! Please reference this source when

> sharing

>> this

>> information!

>>

>>

>> -

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>>

>> Special sale on Vita-Mix blenders

>> In order to inspire more green smoothie drinking, we offer a $25

> discount

>> off our already low price of $375 on Vita-Mix blender, if you

> order before

>> June 15th.

>> This special discount does not apply to orders made via PayPal,

> please

>> call

>> our office with your credit card (541) 488-8865, or send a check

> to:

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>> P. O. Box 172

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>>

>> If you would like to purchase more than one unit please call us

> for an

>> additional discounts.

>>

>> -

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>> ---------------------------

>>

>> Update on Raw Family's research about green smoothies

>> Currently we are sponsoring a study along with Dr. P. Feiber at a

> local

>> clinic in Oregon. The study's aim is to determine the health

> benefits of

>> regular consumption of Green Smoothies. Over the past month, we

> have

>> supplied 27 participants with one quart of freshly made green

> smoothie

>> daily, in addition to their regular diet.

>> This experiment ended on May 29 and Dr. Fieber is presently

> summarizing

>> the

>> data from the tests and surveys.

>> Here is an excerpt from the testimony of one of our participants.

>> " ...I drank smoothies and loved them. They made me want to eat raw

> and so

>> I

>> am now 95% raw. I have not craved junk during this month. I am

> sleeping

>> well, I am positive, I lost 10 lbs, my dandruff healed. I have

> great

>> energy.

>> I get up at 5 a.m. and feel rested and energetic. I have noticed

> an

>> increase

>> in my sex drive.

>> My whole family is hooked. Thank you so much. I think that green

> smoothies

>> are the most nutritious thing we can ingest. I have been telling

> my family

>> and friends about it. You have played a part in totally changing

> my life! "

>> A detailed analysis of this experiment will be included in

> Victoria's

>> up-coming book about greens. We are also currently in a process of

>> studying

>> the effect of drinking green smoothies on B-12 levels. We will

> keep you

>> posted about the results of these two experiments.

>>

>

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[Guest guest]

--- does any body have good wild green drink recipes? or more green

drink recipes?

[Guest guest]

From Nomi Shannon's The Raw Gourmet -

 

The Green Drink

 

1/2 tray sunflower sprouts

1/3 tray buckwheat sprouts

5-6 ounces (150 mm) green vegetable juice (see note)

garlic or ginger or onion or fresh herbs (optional)

 

The ultimate juice is made of fifty percent juice from sprouts and

fifty percent juice from green vegetables. In the beginning, if you

find this juice unpalatable, add a small amount of carrot juice

until your taste buds become accustomed to the flavour. Most people

enjoy this drink when it is made with fifty percent celery juice..

 

Soil-grown sprouts are commonly planted in cafeteria trays or

nursery flats.

 

In a heavy-duty juicer, using the juicing screen, juice the

sprouts. If the pulp is still wet. put it through again, or place

it in a linen bag and press. out the remaining juice. Yield should

be 5-6 ounces (150 mm) of sprout juice. Mix with an equivalent

amount of green vegetables juice and add garlic, ginger, onion or

fresh herbs if desired.

 

NOTE: Celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, cabbage, edible weeds or any

other dark green vegetable are all good juice choices.

 

 

 

From The Living Foods Lifestyle by Brenda Cobb

 

Kale-cucumber-celery-parsley juice

 

This refreshing juice, which contains chlorophyll, vitamins and

minerals, cleanses and helps rebuild the body at a cellular level

affecting organs, tissues, muscles and bones. It's full of

calcium. This is one of my favourite green juices - I can drink it

all day long. It is refreshing and drinking it makes me feel clean

and light.

 

1 bunch kale

1 to 2 cucumbers

1 to 2 stalks celery

1 bunch parsley

 

..Juice all ingredients, mix together and drink.

..If mixture is too green or not sweet enough, add an apple.

..Dilute with rejuvelac or water if mixture is too concentrated.

 

 

 

From Gabriel Cousens Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

 

Green Juice

 

cucumber

celery

kale

 

Juice all ingredients.

 

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[Guest guest]

Some of Victoria's recipes can be found on her web site:

http://www.rawfamily.com

Look under Articles for Ode to Green Smoothies

Some of these contain wild greens

 

I don't know how/where to find wild greens, other than dandelion.

 

Here's my current favorite green smoothie (learned from someone on

another list):

 

Coconut water from one young coconut

2 handfuls of spinach

1 orange

 

Blend the orange and spinach until smooth. Then add the coconut water.

 

I occasionally add a small Gala apple as well.

 

 

Annette

(Washington State)

 

 

 

RawSeattle , " andersonmaxwyatt "

<andersonmaxwyatt> wrote:

 

> --- does any body have good wild green drink recipes? or more green

> drink recipes?

[Guest guest]

Hi Heather,

 

Hope your new job is going great for you! Can you tell me, do I need a

Vitamixer to make a green smoothie or can I create them in my just plain

ordinary counter blender?

 

Thanks,

 

Cheryl

-

Heather Andersen<starrrie333

RawSeattle <RawSeattle >

Monday, June 20, 2005 4:06 PM

[RawSeattle] Green Smoothies

 

 

Hello all!

 

Due to interest in green smoothies on the list we have created a green

smoothie for purchase at Chaco Canyon Cafe! Made with sunflower sprouts,

parsley, bananas, celery and apple juices, it also includes mint to add a

refreshing and tasty green kick!

 

I look forward to meeting everyone at the cafe for the smoothies and the

special dinner night this Friday!

 

-Heather/starrrie

 

</>

 

[Guest guest]

We have non-vitamix blenders at work that work well. They are heavy duty,

though. I would think that a regular blender would work, but might not get the

greens as finely chopped as a higher powered blender.

 

CHERYL D JONES <cctux wrote:Hi Heather,

 

Hope your new job is going great for you! Can you tell me, do I need a

Vitamixer to make a green smoothie or can I create them in my just plain

ordinary counter blender?

 

Thanks,

 

Cheryl

-

Heather Andersen<starrrie333

RawSeattle <RawSeattle >

Monday, June 20, 2005 4:06 PM

[RawSeattle] Green Smoothies

 

 

Hello all!

 

Due to interest in green smoothies on the list we have created a green

smoothie for purchase at Chaco Canyon Cafe! Made with sunflower sprouts,

parsley, bananas, celery and apple juices, it also includes mint to add a

refreshing and tasty green kick!

 

I look forward to meeting everyone at the cafe for the smoothies and the

special dinner night this Friday!

 

-Heather/starrrie

 

</>

 

[Guest guest]

Heather, Cheryl,

I've been making green smoothies for a while now with an Osterizer Blender.

It works OK but it's best to have something more powerful.

Nick

 

-

" Heather Andersen " <starrrie333

<RawSeattle >

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:47 AM

Re: [RawSeattle] Green Smoothies

 

 

> We have non-vitamix blenders at work that work well. They are heavy duty,

though. I would think that a regular blender would work, but might not get

the greens as finely chopped as a higher powered blender.

>

> CHERYL D JONES <cctux wrote:Hi Heather,

>

> Hope your new job is going great for you! Can you tell me, do I need a

Vitamixer to make a green smoothie or can I create them in my just plain

ordinary counter blender?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Cheryl

> -

> Heather Andersen<starrrie333

> RawSeattle <RawSeattle >

> Monday, June 20, 2005 4:06 PM

> [RawSeattle] Green Smoothies

>

>

> Hello all!

>

> Due to interest in green smoothies on the list we have created a green

smoothie for purchase at Chaco Canyon Cafe! Made with sunflower sprouts,

parsley, bananas, celery and apple juices, it also includes mint to add a

refreshing and tasty green kick!

>

> I look forward to meeting everyone at the cafe for the smoothies and the

special dinner night this Friday!

>

> -Heather/starrrie

>

>

>

>

> </>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Victoria Boutenko rights about this in her most recent newsletter:

 

" Some people try to keep a normal pH balance by taking supplements containing

dried greens. While this is certainly better than eating only French fries, I

strongly believe that to consume fresh greens is thousands of times better,

because supplements are processed food and their nutrition content is altered,

as a result of which some of the nutrients (like?) disappear, so that the ratios

of the nutrients change greatly. Also, when consumed in forms of capsules and

tablets, they enter our body in huge, concentrated doses, and any extra

nutrients create extra work for the elimination system. "

 

trschiavone <trschiavone wrote:

hello everyone,

 

reading about green smoothies and wondering about green powders with

juices and fruits instead of live green veggies?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, Louise. Don't forget the ripe bananas! I put at least three and

sometimes four in my smoothies!

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , Joyloulin wrote:

>

> <> I use ice occassionally to make the green smoothies a bit cool.

 

> The L'equip makes a smooth smoothie. :-) I have pureed apples,

> cucumbers, kale, spinach, papaya, mangos, parsley, mustard

> greens . . . . still experimenting. I have not tried nuts or seeds

> yet.>>

>

> raw ginger - touch of kale or bib lettuce - also 1/8 lemon with peal

(organic

> of course) - and raw honey are good with all the above or a few - I

always

> add the apple - it has the sweetness.

>

> Louise

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

 

If you are having a large salad everyday (or even every other day) you are

getting plenty of greens. Don't worry. If you really want to do green

smoothies you can add some really mild tender lettuces like romaine, green

leaf or red leaf lettuce to your fruit smoothies. You don't have to add a

lot, you can start out with a handful and see how you like it. You might

find that you'll want to add more later .

 

All the best,

 

Audrey

www.rawhealing.com

 

 

>Hank@MT <hank

>rawfood

>rawfood

>[Raw Food] green smoothies

>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:49:07 -0400

>

> From what I read in my books and this group, I am not eating nearly

>enough greens. I usually have a banana first thing in the morning (7

>a.m.) and then a fruit smoothie around 10:30 or 11. I eat zucchini

>humus on lettuce or not tuna pate (made with nuts and parsley) for an

>afternoon snack. At dinner time I eat a huge salad (about a 5 oz

>mixed salad greens with other raw veggies) and usually an apple with

>raw almond butter at night. Sometimes I eat approximately the same

>foods at different times of the day.

>

>I have tried green drinks in the morning, but the ones I have tried

>seem kind of thick and " green " and I just can't get them down. I find

>that even if the taste is ok after a few swallows I just can't fit

>anymore into my stomach. Does anyone have any mild green smoothie

>recipes?

>

>Are the green smoothies that important as long as I have variety? I am

>a litter concerned about the banana, carrot, date emails also. I eat a

>lot of bananas, carrots 2 or 3 times a week as snacks and I have made

>Judy's powerballs with the dates.

>

>There seems to be so much information out there and most of it does not

>agree.

>

>I am still suffering from the sinus-thing and now its in my chest but

>other than that (and the rashes on my arms) I am feeling pretty good

>with lots of energy.

>

>Thanks, again for all your help.

>

>Tammy

>

[Guest guest]

rawfood , Hank <hank wrote:

>

> From what I read in my books and this group, I am not eating nearly

> enough greens. I usually have a banana first thing in the morning

ter at night.

> Tammy

>

 

Hi Tammy, Sounds like you have a basic sweet tooth..(bananas and carrots)

Thats ok..so do I. Add a couple of bananas to you green smoothie, it

sweetens it up and REALLY helps the texture. Also, if it is the taste

of the greens in the smoothie that bothers you add some fresh lemon

juice. I the old days my basic food list was bread, milk, eggs, and

coffee..yuck. Now it is lettuse, greens, bananas,lemons and oranges.

I start my day with a green drink, half greens and half fruit. At

first I had to make my self drink them, now I look forward to my

smoothie. I think part of it is the change in my taste, going from a

real junk food diet, to about 80% raw, and half is I am learning to

make some pretty good combinations of greens and fruit.

Romain is a good green to start with, mixed with pinapple, mangos,

bananas, oranges.....OK now I have to mix a another batch...made my

self hungery again:)

mary

[Guest guest]

Tammy:

 

Some people need more greens then others. I know some rawfood people who eat

nothing until 10 am or noon and then have a large green juice (just the juice

of celery, leafy greens and a small amount of veggies or fruit like apple).

Then they have a fudge (green powder and green juice in a thick paste) then

they have a big salad.

 

I tried it and it worked well for me but I had trouble keeping it up for more

then two months. One thing I noticed is that they took turns making the food

and they constantly shared ideas and opinions and labor with each other.

Right now I live alone and have no local dietary support.

 

Fred Bisci says greens are especially important for older people who go raw.

He does consulting and so do two of his friends Paul Nison and Matt Monarch.

 

We are all different and our bodies will tell us what works if we just try

things for awhile (sometimes it takes a week or two for a breakthrough,

sometimes longer)

 

Hope it helps you.

 

I think I'll juice today for my " break " -my-fast.

 

Bill

Vancouver WA

 

From what I read in my books and this group, I am not eating nearly

enough greens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My new favorite is kale/blueberrie/banana.

 

Recipe:

1 1/2 cups water

4-5 kale leaves (depends on size)

2 bananas

I take two, two handed scoops of blueberries (make sense)

 

Blend. Just make sure, if it's going to be a while before drinking you either

add more water or take a spoon! Blueberries in smoothies make dandy pudding if

left to sit for any length of time. Still good, just not in a drinkable way.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

we don't seem to have kale here in Australia, (if we do, I am yet to find it

under another

name).

Just wondering if raw silverbeet and spinach are all right to put in smoothies,

especially for

children? Can we add too much green veges for children? Silverbeet is a dark

green and

normally cooked, but can be eaten raw, although I am not sure if large amounts

are ok?

Still yet to research this, so thought I would ask the experts>

Hinarera

 

 

 

 

 

rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote:

>

> My new favorite is kale/blueberrie/banana.

>

> Recipe:

> 1 1/2 cups water

> 4-5 kale leaves (depends on size)

> 2 bananas

> I take two, two handed scoops of blueberries (make sense)

>

> Blend. Just make sure, if it's going to be a while before drinking you either

add more

water or take a spoon! Blueberries in smoothies make dandy pudding if left to

sit for any

length of time. Still good, just not in a drinkable way.

>

> Shari

>

>

[Guest guest]

That sounds great Shari!

Thanks for the advice Re: black t omatoes, honestly I was a little nervous

to try them , I thought if I had the trays too close together,maybe I had

created a black mol. YUK!

Thanks Again!

--

Sharie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I second the green smoothies! I had to use a solid cup and drink my first few

in the dark because the color freaked me out. Now I'm fine with it. My BF who

runs from vegetables even loves them. If you use spinach or romaine, you

basically just taste the fruit. For two people in the morning I use a head of

spinach, 2-3 apples or pears (or an equal amount of whatever is in season), 2

bananas, a handful of blueberries, and a cup of water. I freeze the bananas and

the blueberries ahead of time. Sometimes I throw in a few ice cubes to make it

more icey.

 

Kathi

 

 

Yes, it is very good. You don't know how hesitant I was to try a " green "

smoothie, what the heck?....... .. When I finally tasted it, the taste was

wonderful. It's the color that puts some folks off. Try putting it in a solid

mug or cup so you can't see it the first time you try to drink it. At least

that's something I think might work. Or close your eyes to drink the first

couple times.

 

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[Guest guest]

The other night I was making a green smoothie for myself for dinner.

 

My 7 yo said to me " what's for dinner " and I said " green smoothies " . I was

actually kidding - I didn't expect the kids to drink them because they tend

to be pretty picky.

 

He seemed to get excited and watched me making it. I put pears, frozen

raspberries and kale. Mixed 'er up and had him taste it. He said it was

good but needed to be a bit more sweet.

 

So, I added a banana and he thought it was delish. He had a big glass of

green smoothie for dinner!

 

My 9 yo daughter thought it was toxic waste and made horrible faces and only

tasted hers under duress, and declared it inedible. My son love it though

and drank all of his

 

I was very scared to try them too, but now I love them and do crave them.

 

Carol Ann

 

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[Guest guest]

Mark,

 

Thanks so much for sharing this video! I tried a smoothie this

morning and loved it (substituting 6 Romaine leaves for the

collards/kale, as that was what I have in the fridge at the moment).

I have been wanting to try green smoothies for a while as I know I

do not eat enough greens, and was intrigued by the recent thread a

few days ago about getting over the appearance of them. I was more

worried about the taste, as I could not imagine slugging down a

mouthful of greens in smoothie form. I think you saying it tasted

like a banana smoothie was what finally made me try it.

 

Thanks again from a raw-food newbie...

 

Jolene

 

 

 

rawfood , " mstrong56 " <mstrong wrote:

>

> I made a simple video on how to make a green smoothie, posted it

on

> google and even got a fan note from Victoria herself !!! Now I

think

> I'll re-do it with better lighting. Check it out:

>

> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-

> 1901042707877571178 & q=green+smoothie & hl=en

>

> Or go to Google, then click video, then enter green smoothie, then

> click the box showing the bright green leaves.

>

> Mark

>

> > Have you read " Green for Life " by Victoria Boutenko? It's all

about

> the green smoothie.

> >

> > Shari

>

[Guest guest]

I had 1/2# of spinach, 2 large overripe persimmons, and a few grapes with water.

You need water with persimmons as they tend to become green pudding! Good, but

I want to drink mine not spoon it.

 

SHari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Jolene, I was too for I thought about the looks and the taste but

found out it is quite good and does not taste bad. I have make 2 of

them so far and when I'm home I will have 1 meal a day out of them.

You get more greens than when you make and eat a salad.

 

Theresa \o/

[Guest guest]

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