Greens

[tanishamarshall]

Hopefully this isn't a duplicate post, but if I eat Spinach in my green smoothie everyweek, would I be missing some nutrients? Like shoudl I do Spinach one week adn then next week do Collards and then next week try Turnip and so forth? Any ideas or advice would be helpful.

Tanisha

[kimbi]

Congratulations to u for the weight loss!!!:)

I am new but I have been reading around in here and not only are they using spinach, Kale, parsley, mint, lettuce(red & green leafy, romaine etc.)
I would guess actual greens would be good because they are green :)
Have you bought Alissa's book yet?

[garden granny]

You should rotate your greens. Every week would be perfect. :)

[barose]

I like to mix it up. Sometimes every day or every two days I have different greens in my smoothies.

[tanishamarshall]

Oh man. Greens are so much work to clean but I need to think of it as exercise.. LOL.

[ChaiLife]

spinach is wonderful. But to get the full spectrum of nutrients you should try to use different greens as was mentioned. It's an adventure for your taste buds!

[queenb]

Hello Tanisha-
Congrats on the weight loss! You are doing great! I agree about cleaning the greens... I usually use pre-washed Earthbound farms organic baby spinich and mixed greens and hope for the best! I usually use the collards and mustard and turnip greens to marinate or for wraps. I don't really like them in the smoothies but I do LOVE KALE in them. Oh, and I also use celery in the smoothies too. Especially good with bananas.

[Nurse in the Raw]

Just don't eat Arugula......it's disgusting. Like pouring acid down your throat.

[tanishamarshall]

Thanks all for the advice, I think the general consensus is variety.

Queenb - Thanks for the congrats. Your right on point with me I buy the pre-washed earthbound farms, that is why I asked could I just use that every week. I need to stop being lazy especially since I have more energy now.

[rawbeliever]

A handful of parsley in a green smoothie is super nutritious! I'm on a parsley bandwagon this week. Let's hear it for parsley! also, it's cheap.

[tanishamarshall]

Oh I didn't realize parsley could be used as well, well. I've wasted so much parsly in the last couple of weeks. I heard that you shouldn't use to much or it could be toxic, that is why I'm shocked.

[rawsurfer]

i soak my greens (or whatever i am washing) in water and grapefruit seed extract for like 10 minutes, and then drain it and dry it. i use what i need and store it, to be used that day or maybe within 2-3 days. seems to work fine. havent gotten sick yet lol