Green smoothie diet

[bbycakes]

Hi, Im here looking for advice on the green smoothie diet Ive started for myself.

Ive gone through a lot of surgeries lately and am very much in pain and healing, so I wanted to come up with an easy way to pack a lot of nutrients into an easy to digest, easy to make, filling meal, and green smoothies seemed perfect!

However, I have a few problems. One, I dont know how many calories a day I should aim for doing this? I AM trying to lose weight, but eating 1200 calories a day has caused me to wake up with the kind of bad breath you get from ketosis eating a low carb diet, why is this? I certainly get enough carbs!

And two, Im afraid some of my favorite smoothie additions arent raw? I looove to add in rolled oats, wheat germ, chia seed, and bee pollen. I know the chia seed is raw, and the bee pollen definitely is not, but what about the other two? The wheat germ says 'toasted' so I guess that doesnt qualify as raw, and I have no clue what process rolled oats go through. But these additions are my main source of calories, so can anyone suggest any substitutions or other additions I could make?

[MysticTree]

The oats and wheat definitely not raw but you could use just-sprouted buck wheat or sprouted quinoa or shelled hemp instead. I know lots of people here use bee pollen. I thought it was raw but not strictly vegan but maybe it is cooked and I just didn't realise. Never tried it so it hasn't been an issue for me.

[bbycakes]

Okay, thats a great idea thank you :) Where can I get those? Would shelled hemp be sold at a whole foods or similar store? Im guessing I would have to sprout the quinoa or buckwheat myself?

I assumed it wouldnt be acceptable because its not vegan, Im fairly certain its not cooked in any way.

[MysticTree]

Alissa allows honey but not really sure of the pollen attitude. You can sprout/soak the two mentioned and I get hemp from my local health food shop and it is specifically raw.