Katrine Van Wyk - Best green drinks ever : boost your juice with antioxidants, protein and more

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Copyright 2014 by Katrine van Wyk

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Best Green Drinks Ever

ISBN 978-1-581-57227-8

ISBN 978-1-581-57670-2 (e-book)

Photo credits: Roald van Wyk:

Cover photographs: peaches Yasonya/iStockphoto.com; pouring juice kazoka/Shutterstock.com; juice in mason jar Winnie Abramson; cherries Linda Shutoff/Shutterstock.com; avocado smoothie mama_mia/Shutterstock.com; chia seeds stockcam; kale leaf JKB Stock/Shutterstock.com; lettuce Hareluya/Shutterstock.com; author Patryce Bak.

To my little prince Felix, who grew healthy and strong inside me during the creation of this book.

FOREWORD

L ose weight! Boost immunity! Improve your love life! If there were a pharmaceutical drug that did all three, thered be a stampede to the pharmacy, but for now, no such pill exists. My advice? Build your ownnot a pill, but a plan, an eating strategy that packs power, nutritional value, and a host of benefits into every bite. Best Green Drinks Ever can be your first step to making such a plan.

I practice what I call good medicine, combining the best of modern contemporary medicine with the best of alternative and complementary medicines. This is where Katrine van Wyk and her delicious recipes come into play. Food is critical in building and sustaining a healthy lifestyleits an easy first step, in fact, as we all need to eat.

Calorie for calorie, leafy greens deliver more nutrients than just about any other food on the planet.

Katrine provides nutritional guidance to patients in my practice as part of my system for nourishing from the inside out. In Best Green Drinks Ever, she brings that experience beyond the office and into the real world. Her words of encouragement and advice, the appealing photographs, and the simplicity of her recipes will inspire you to try tossing some greens into your blender.

Smoothies and fresh vegetable juices give you a direct shot of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and enzymes. Juicing will give you a boost of energy like no other, while giving your digestion a break at the same time. Smoothies provide a steady supply of energy, and keep you satisfied with fiber, protein, and the addition of superfood boosts.

Leafy greens are behind the vivid color pop for these drinks, but dont let that scare you off. Fruits, herbs, and other ingredients help make these green drinks easy to add to your diet. And the leafy greens are what make these drinks truly the best.

Calorie for calorie, leafy greens deliver more nutrients than just about any other food on the planet. Loaded with fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, leafy greens stock your body with the artillery needed to fight off potential killers like heart disease and cancer. Simply put: leafys benefit virtually every cell youve got!

Kale, spinach, Swiss chard, mustard, and dandelion greens rock because theyre both nutritious and delicious.

Katrine uses lots of my favorite leafy greens in Best GreenDrinks Ever. Kale, spinach, Swiss chard, mustard, and dandelion greens rock because theyre both nutritious and delicious. By juicing them or tossing them into a smoothie, youll be receiving health-sustaining doses of vitamins A, C, and K, folate, potassium, and calcium. Katrine also provides the option of an easy added boost with greens powder added to your smoothies.

At the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center, we encourage our patients to become proactive in their own health, and partner with them as they journey towards true health and optimal wellness. With her book Best Green Drinks Ever, Katrine van Wyk helps guide her readers to good health.

Frank Lipman, M.D.

A pioneer and internationally recognized expert in the fields of integrative and functional medicine, Dr. Frank Lipman is the founder and director of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in New York City, where his personal brand of healing has helped thousands of people reclaim their vitality and recover their zest for life.

PREFACE: my green journey

I came to New York City from Norway eight years ago as a model. I walked the streets and catwalks of this big city, constantly being judged on my size, appearance, skin, hair, and overall look. Yet I didnt feel all that well on the inside. I was careful about what I ate, to a point of obsession, and exercised way too much. I knew that eating healthy was importantbut I was confused about what that really meant. I relied on caffeine and sugar to get me through the long days, and couldnt help but count the calories of everything I ingested. Not so fun!

I was a young girl, but I was not healthyyet there I was, supposedly a model and image of what was considered ideal. I just did not feel good about all of that. And so, I quit.

I went back to school to finish my undergrad degree in Media Science and finally freed myself from all the judging eyes of the fashion industry. And so a journey began to figure out who I was, what I liked, and what made me feel good. After depleting my body of all the nutrients it needed, it was time to rebuild and restore. Nutrient-dense foods like leafy greens became an important part of my diet, and I finally pinpointed a few food intolerances. At first my new lifestyle made me feel restricted and deprived, but with the help of a health coach I discovered many other healthy foods. It was like a whole new world opened up to mea delicious world filled with kale, green juices, and colorful smoothies.

Once I removed those damaging foods from my diet and forgot about dieting and restriction, I started feeling better. I gained back my energy, and then some, once I started including more nutrient-dense foods into my life. It turned out that my body had been worn down and depleted after all those years of modeling, traveling, and overworking. I felt incredibly empowered knowing that I could change the way I felt through what I ate. I had gained control of my wellness.