{"id":4917,"date":"2013-06-19T05:20:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T12:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2013-06-18T23:37:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T06:37:05","slug":"i-heart-green-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=4917","title":{"rendered":"I heart green juice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few weeks ago, I watched this documentary<\/a>, and it gave me much food for thought (no pun intended). \u00a0The film was about the astonishing results of an exclusively green juice diet for up to sixty days. So, feeling the greasy weight of the hamburgers and hotdogs and s’mores consumed on our recent camping trip in my gut, I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, albeit in small ways (I’m still eating food). I realize I’m not winning any points with the attractiveness of these images, but if you could bottle miracles into a beverage, this is it.<\/p>\n

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I’m completely on board with the whole concept and want to reap the physical health benefits of green juices and smoothies, of course, but what really nabbed me was the part where the narrator\/main green juice guru Joe Cross talks about his mind being so much clearer after his 60-day “reboot”<\/p>\n

I could use some mind clearing. In addition to spotty memory issues, I feel like things in my brain are on the whole cobwebby and dimly lit these days.<\/p>\n

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In an effort to go full hog on this green juice adventure, M and I decided to invest in a Vitamix, and wow, what a phenomenal appliance. In three seconds flat, solids are completely liquified. I researched a lot of juicers, but it sounds like the nutrients are better retained in the pulpy mass of this all-powerful blender compared to a juicer, and I’m thrilled with it. We got the basic model and because the cashier made a mistake when ringing me up (she entered the Canadian SKU by mistake, which nearly gave me a heart attack), she took an additional 10 percent off. Score. These things aren’t cheap and I expect it to last until my dying days.<\/p>\n

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What I also like is that not only can you make your super healthy and abundantly textured drink in seconds, but if you want, you could strain the pulpy mass, and end up with a lovely and very drinkable juice a la juicer. I’ve been trying a variety of vegetable\/fruit combinations and am loving them in both smoothie and juice form. I’ve been drinking about three glasses a day and eating significantly less.<\/p>\n

So far my favorite combination includes freshly picked lettuce from the garden, kale, cucumber, green pepper, carrot and frozen mango with a very generous splash of coconut water. So delicious.<\/p>\n

It’s only been day three, but I can already tell a huge difference. My energy level is off the charts and I actually couldn’t sleep at all the first night. I don’t think my body is used to having that many vitamins at one go! I wish I could take my blender with me to Michigan, I love it that much. But once I’m back from what is sure to be a glutton-fest, I think I’ll try the cleanse for a few days…have you ever tried it? If so, how did it go? I’m off to drink another big glass of green juice!<\/p>\n

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A few weeks ago, I watched this documentary, and it gave me much food for thought (no pun intended). \u00a0The film was about the astonishing results of an exclusively green juice diet for up to sixty days. So, feeling the greasy weight of the hamburgers and hotdogs and s’mores consumed on our recent camping trip in my gut, I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, albeit in small ways (I’m still eating food). I realize I’m not winning any points with the attractiveness of these images, but if you could bottle miracles into a beverage, this is it. I’m completely on board with the whole concept and want to reap the physical health benefits of green juices and smoothies, of course, but what really nabbed me was the part where the narrator\/main green juice guru Joe Cross talks about his mind being so much clearer after his 60-day “reboot” I could use some mind clearing. In addition to spotty memory issues, I feel like things in my brain are on the whole cobwebby and dimly lit these days. In an effort to go full hog on this green juice adventure, M and I decided to invest in a Vitamix, and wow, what a phenomenal appliance. In three seconds flat, solids are completely liquified. I researched a lot of juicers, but it sounds like the nutrients are better retained in the pulpy mass of this all-powerful blender compared to a juicer, and I’m thrilled with it. We got the basic model and because the cashier made a mistake when ringing me up (she entered the Canadian SKU by mistake, which nearly gave me a heart attack), she took an additional 10 percent off. Score. These things aren’t cheap and I expect it to last until my dying days. What I also like is that not only can you make your super healthy and abundantly textured drink in seconds, but if you want, you could strain the pulpy mass, and end up with a lovely and very drinkable juice a la juicer. I’ve been trying a variety of vegetable\/fruit combinations and am loving them in both smoothie and juice form. I’ve been drinking about three glasses a day and eating significantly less. So far my favorite combination includes freshly picked lettuce from the garden, kale, cucumber, green pepper, carrot and frozen mango with a very generous splash of coconut water. So delicious. It’s only been day three, but I can already tell a huge difference. My energy level is off the charts and I actually couldn’t sleep at all the first night. I don’t think my body is used to having that many vitamins at one go! I wish I could take my blender with me to Michigan, I love it that much. But once I’m back from what is sure to be a glutton-fest, I think I’ll try the cleanse for a few days…have you ever tried it? If so, how did it go? I’m off to drink another big glass of green juice!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cooking","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4917"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4929,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions\/4929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}