Out of all the different types of fruits available, some of my favourites are the berries – all types – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mulberries, cranberries, goji berries, acai berries, and my all time number one out of all of them – raspberries. Berries are a great choice for those who don’t do well on fruits with
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green smoothie
I’m a big advocate of Green Smoothies, - I like to have one nearly every day and I regularly recommend them to people - however I always make sure I caution everyone to make sure they rotate their greens. By this, I mean don’t use the same type of green every time. It is easy to get into
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Every now and then I come across someone who uses the way they eat and live, to assert their superiority over others – and is never nice to witness. Recently I was reading a raw food blog where one of the people posting wrote some pretty harsh criticism of Victoria Boutenko (Green For Life) for being overweight and
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Continuing on with my “alphabet of healthy foods” which I haven’t posted for a while, next in the series is K for Kale. Kale is a green leafy plant belonging to the Brassica family, which also includes cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and collard greens. This is a family of vegetables that should be rotated through the
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This is exciting! I am doing a promotion in conjunction with Mrs. Flannery’s at Miami on the Gold Coast, and we have teamed up to give away a free retreat to one lucky shopper at their store! Mrs Flannery’s is a bulk organic store, featuring all types of organic produce and health foods – they
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OK, I confess, I am a closet Biggest Loser fan! Even though it is a dreadful reality TV show, I love watching the transformation of the people from the start to the end of the show. The weight loss, the change in the way they look, and in their attitude is quite astounding. There is
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Last night William and I went to the Gold Coast lecture by Victoria and Valya Boutenko. They have been very prominent in the Raw Food movement for many years and among their many books and DVD’s is Victoria’s book Green For Life which I have mentioned many times on this site and is where the
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After making the 18 minute video “The Green Smoothie Lesson” where I put together a Superfood Green Smoothie in my kitchen at home and speak about all the benefits of the smoothie; I have had lots of requests for the recipe and for information about the superfoods I used in it. So what I have
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A few days ago I posted my video on the “Green Smoothie Lesson” and since then it has travelled around the world and has been watched over a thousand times already!! Jim Carey, from www.chidiet.com, a raw food advocate and Ann Wigmore devotee, has posted it in his blog: Check it out! http://www.chidiet.com/blog/raw-food-talk/leisa-wheeler-nd.htm Leisa
I love green smoothies and have a “Superfood Smoothie” almost every day. At my Embracing Life! Retreats we do a Green Smoothie Lesson, very similar to the one I made here below. In this video, I take you through the making of a Superfood Green Smoothie, as well as talking about the health benefits and
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