Victoria Boutenko's Green Smoothie Revolution Blog

Green Soup Recipe with Sergei Boutenko: A way to manage blood sugar

emilyb — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:58:46 +0000

The Latest from Sergei Boutenko: In his latest video, Sergei explains how a green smoothie can be turned into a delicious, gourmet raw green soup. By using fruits with a savory taste such as tomatoes or avocado and herbs such as basil and gallantry, you can enjoy a green smoothie without the common sweet taste. In [...]

The Gratitude Diet

emilyb — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:40:27 +0000

Today, as I walked towards a woman enjoying a pizza with her friend in the sunshine, I thought, that looks like fun AND very delicious. I went past her and snuck a look at the topping, which was followed by that unmistakable fresh pizza smell. I actually had to take some deep breaths to resist [...]

Raw Food Snack Recipes

emilyb — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:19:36 +0000

Please enjoy these raw food snacks which do not require dehydration or a high speed blender and are very simple to make. Sergei’s Hummus 2 cups garbanzo beans, sprouted for 1 day 1 cup tomatoes, chopped 1 cup celery, chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 1-2 tablespoons (dry) or 1 cup (fresh) dill or basil 1-2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice Hot pepper to [...]

What to Eat in the Heat

emilyb — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:02:52 +0000

Have you noticed that during the hot season it is sometimes harder to concentrate? Our thyroid gland plays a major role in regulating the temperature of our bodies. When we are exposed to extreme heat for prolonged periods of time, our thyroid gets overworked. All hormonal glands are interconnected. For example, the adrenal gland cannot [...]

Green Smoothies for Babies

emilyb — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:50:34 +0000

Victoria Boutenko is my mother in law and she asked me to give some advice on giving green smoothies to children. I started my little one, Nicolas, on green smoothies when he was 6 months old, he is now 5 1/2. I continued to nurse him until he was a year old. He began green [...]

The Very Best of Me

emilyb — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:19:51 +0000

We invite you to be inspired by Richard Cavalli’s story. Richard shares that one year ago, at the age of 66, he was very unhealthy and unhappy with weight issues, dangerously high blood pressure, cholesterol, depression and muscle tremors. After trying countless programs, he found that a plant based, high raw diet with 40% green [...]

Green Smoothies Recipes

emilyb — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:21:04 +0000

Please enjoy ten of the best green smoothie recipes which were shared on our Facebook group in June. Number 8 won a copy of Green for Life and an ‘I love Green Smoothies’ bumper sticker. Feel free to join the group and share your own green smoothies recipes, advice and questions. We are noticing that [...]

Greens Make the Body More Alkaline

emilyb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:31:14 +0000

Sometimes I feel that in the search for health, we have been going over the same ground for many decades. In the meantime, the most prevalent illnesses, heart disease and cancer, are getting worse every year. Let us look at the statistics. Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death in America today (466,101 [...]

Adding Medicial Herbs to your Green Smoothie & Sprouts to your Diet

emilyb — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:33:42 +0000

Sprouts For variety, we include several kinds of sprouts in our diet, but never more than a handful and only one or two times a week. Approximately from the third to the sixth day of their life, sprouts contain higher levels of alkaloids, as a means of protection from animals nipping them off and killing them.[1] [...]

Dandelions with Sergei Boutenko

emilyb — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:29:07 +0000

Dear Readers, Last week was slightly hectic as we suddenly began filming a new documentary while attempting to shoot and edit our 2 week video series with Valya for You Tube. Obviously, we took on too much and found it difficult to deliver the quality videos we intended, so while we shot the doco, we are [...]