Green Smoothie Cleanse

[MShoulerUK]

In a few days I hope to be starting a Green Smoothie Cleanse. I've been building up to transistion to a 100% raw diet, and I thought a Green Smoothie Cleanse would be the best way to start. Anyone else fancy in joining me ?

 

Here's more information from Frederic...

 

*More About the Green Cleanse*

 

The purpose of this cleanse is to give your body a chance to

heal and rejuvenate.

 

During this cleanse, you eat nothing but fruits and green

smoothies, and you do that for 5 to 7 days or longer.

 

Generally, the benefits that people get from this cleanse

are:

 

- Clearer skin and brighter eyes: your friends will notice a

difference in how you look!

 

- Releasing a few pounds and getting closer to your ideal

physique.

 

- Powerful energy: at the end of the 7 days, you should be

feeling 'unstoppable' and jumping out of bed with energy.

 

- Negativity and pessimism often fades away to be replaced

with a 'buzzing' sensation of optimism and joy.

 

- Improved dental health: because of all the greens

consumed, many people report major improvements in gum and

tooth health.

 

Just a word of warning though: in my experience, people who

try to do this on their own (including myself!), usually

give up after a day or two because they think eating only

fruit and greens is 'too difficult'.

[andesuma]

I do!!! I've been wanting to do SOME kind of cleanse for the change of seasons.. though I'd probably have to start Monday, since I'm going to be out of town all weekend.. and don't think I'll have blender access....

 

I'll probably do more of a AM superfood/green smoothie, PM green smoothie

combo.

But, yes, I'd like to join.

 

 

How long did you want to go for??

[Guest]

I really don't think you need to do a cleanse to start being raw. Just do it...its not gonna make it any easier or harder.

[MShoulerUK]

I got digestive problems, so for me, Green Smoothies are the best way about going Raw. Because they alone should help patch up and heal any digestion problems. They are easy to digest, and filled with nutrition.

 

I will start Monday at the latest.

 

How long I hope to be going for ? Basically see how I feel then I will start adding in other whole foods such as fruits and vegetables. Hopefully about 2 weeks if I have the willpower, and I have some liver cleanse that I brought that I haven't used yet. So I might start that around the 1 week part.

 

This Green Smoothie Experiment is quite interesting: http://greensmoothieexperiment.blogspot.com/

[MShoulerUK]

Well I didn't have much luck consuming just Green Smoothies, too much digestive discomfort. Strange because I thought it was the perfect food, but it just made me feel bloated and I couldn't get enough calories.

 

I've eaten high raw since then anyway, and issues in other areas have improved, but still digestion problems remain. I'm really considering starting a Juice Fast/Feast.

 

I did a 9-day Fruit Juice Fast last December, and that is when the digestion problems started, probably because I broke the fast with binge eating. This time I will consume Green Juices as well and brake the fast properly, hoping that the good rest will have healed up my digestion.

[ShrinkingGuy]

Green smoothie is a cleans?!

 

This is my daily routine:

 

1.5 lbs of spinach, 6 cups of water, 4 frozen bananas liquified in my Vitamix. (The greens change from time to time actually.) This makes about a gallon of green smoothie. (You have to make this in three batches) Lately I have been throwing in a tomato or two as well. I drink that all day at work. At night I have something I have to chew like chopped romain, bunch of celery, red cabbage, and maybe lentel sprouts or avacado if I am particularly peckish. Sometimes I have raw corn on the cob as a comfort food while I curl up with a movie. Most of my calories for the day are from the smoothies though. It is quick, convenient and gives me the energy to workout three times a day.

 

EDIT: One word of warning. Drinking this much green smoothie in the day has a very undeniable Viagra type effect. So that may not fit with your current life-style/situation.

 

EDIT 2: EDIT: A quick search just now revealed that one cup of spinach has 5 grams of protien. So let's say a lb of spinach is 6 cups, probably a low estimate. That gives me 30 grams of protein?

 

Okay so I am still curious so I look up the profile for one gram of spinach protein:

Tryptophan 13mg

Threonine 40mg

Isoleucine 49mg

Leucine 74mg

Lysine 57mg

Methionine 17mg

Cystine 12mg

Phenylalanine 43mg

Tyrosine 36mg

Valine 53mg

Arginine 53mg

Histidine 21mg

Alanine 47mg

Aspartic acid 79mg

Glutamic acid 113mg

Glycine 44mg

Proline 37mg

Serine 34mg

Hydroxyproline~ (I guess that means zero?)

 

Now I have no baseline for comparison, so I want to put that side-by-side with chicken, right?

One thing is clear right away, 42 grams of protien in just a single cup of roasted chicken breast. So you need to eat way less to get to 40 grams. Interestingly it takes 200 calories to get to 30 grams of protien with spinach OR 260 calories to get to 40 grams of protien with chicken. That seems pretty similar. I didn't expect that.

 

One gram of chicken protien is broken down as follows:

 

Tryptophan 11.5mg

Threonine 42mg

Isoleucine 51mg

Leucine 74mg

Lysine 83mg

Methionine 27mg

Cystine 13mg

Phenylalanine 39mg

Tyrosine 33mg

Valine 49mg

Arginine 62mg

Histidine 57mg

Alanine 57mg

Aspartic acid 90mg

Glutamic acid 149mg

Glycine 58mg

Proline 45mg

Serine 35mg

Hydroxyproline~

 

That is astonishingly similar. I guess that makes sense that greens have so much protien. How else do elephants build muscle? The trick is getting enough greens in you then chewing it well enough that you get the protien out of it. We only have the one stomache, and all that cellulose would be hard to break down and utilize fully. Luckily I have that Vitamix. I feel better about my diet already.

[mrippo]

I think a green smoothie cleanse is one the easiest and most effective ways to cleanse and get back on track, not to mention losing a few pounds! I have created a website full of free information about how to take on this type of cleanse. It's great for athletes too because I offer a modified version for athletes so you can keep training! Check it out at www.thegreensmoothiechallenge.com

Cheers!

Maria

[shawnb222]

I have been a 100% low fat raw vegan (811 follower) for about 2 months. In the beginning transition I have made a few smoothies. Then moving towards eating my greens naturally, without blending, I have noticed less digestive problems. I feel that eating your greens naturally will allow your body to tell when it is satisfied with greens. Green smoothies are an amazing transition tool, but I find eating your fruits and vegetables is the most optimal way.

 

Another fact is that the chewing process signals the digestive system to prepare - chewing whole foods that is, not liquid.

[shawnb222]

Also, when going into a green smoothie cleanse, do not get pulled into buying supplements of any type.

 

The only thing you need for a cleanse is fresh, raw, ripe, and organic fruits and vegetables.

 

You don't even have to make a smoothie out of them; in fact, consuming them naturally without blending is more natural, and ensures optimal and proper nutritional intake and assimilation.

 

Wouldnt the nutrition of fruits oxidize quickly when liquified? Liquid has exponentially more air exposure to air than peeled fruits.

[Lyric]

Hmm... 5-7 days?

 

 

Let me read more...

 

 

 

Alright. I'm in. Starting today, ending next Tuesday.

[Green Giant]

this "cleanse" is my regular eating plan.

 

fresh, raw fruits and vegetables, and about 64 ounces of green smoothie a day.