Lea Ann...re smoothies

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Thanks Lea Ann.

Lea Ann...somehow I`m missing something here....is it not contradicting itself

On the site you sent it said

Vegetables such as carrots, beets, broccoli, zucchini, daikon radish, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, eggplant, pumpkin, squash, okra, peas, corn, green beans, and others do not combine well with fruit due to their high starch content. While these vegetables are nutritious and beneficial for our health, their high starch content makes them unsuitable for use in smoothies.

Then it says...the paragraph below beginning ``if you do not want to mix sweet fruit`` I thought the above paragraph says it does not combine well with fruit...yet below it`s talking about sweet fruit and also berries etc.

If you do not want to mix sweet fruit into your green smoothies, you can use nonstarchy vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, avocados, celery, and others. You can also consider using low–glycemic index fruit such as berries (any kind), apples, cherries, plums, and grapefruit.

You mention apples...they are one of the fruit that is out right now.

So of the things I can have...what would I put in for it to taste reasonable....how about quantities and how do I do it in the vitamix.

Kathleen

Re: Intro and Seriously need helpHi Kathleen,Have you tried Green Smoothies? They are "properly combined" foods! Here is her analysis of food combining as it relates to Green Smoothies: http://www.greensmoothierevolution.com/chapter2.htmBlessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><On'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))><On Jun 17, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Kathleen wrote:Thanks Leanne and for the quick responses. I will post info on the list but at some point if you would like me to post it privately, please let me know.Near the end of the email is the list I can have. (After I have given some explanations)Remember I am supposed to use the food combining rules and also have to watch my blood sugar (another issue thrown into the mix) It seems like a lot, but when you try putting many of these in a recipe they do not work.I have tried eating fruit or bread (I tried a rice bread) and whenever I eat them my blood sugar goes up. If I eat protein and a salad it stays good.Even though it says I can have things like shrimp, etc, he has suggested I do not us them since they are not a clean fish. So right now I am limited to chicken and turkey and fish.Most of the recipes I could find had either onion, garlic, or squash in them.I understand I could eat a potato by itself...but without sour cream it does not seem appealing.I did enjoy yellow beans, squashes, onion, cucumber but they are not on the list.I never cared a lot for cauliflower (exception occasionally covered in cheese) broccoli, lima beans but if I could find recipes they taste good in, would be willing to try introducing them.I can have fish...but in the past fish has been fish and chips. So this will also be a new challenge.I can havealmond, apricot, avocado,banana, barley, beet, black olive, blueberry, broccoli, buckwheatcabbage, cane sugar, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chicken, chocolate, clam, cod, corn, crab, cranberry, grapefruit (not allowed)halibut, honey, kidney bean,lemon, lentil, lettuce, lima bean, lobster, oat, orange roughy, oyster, papya, pea, peach, peanut, pear, pecan, potatoraspberry, red snapper, rice,salmon, sardine, sesame seed, shimp, sole, soybean, spinach, strawberry, sunflower,tomato, trout, tuna, turkey, walnutKathleen ------------------------------------