Summer Superfood Detox Intensive Retreat
Greeeeeen juice for beauty, energy, and detoxification
Summertime is around the corner and it’s time to get that beach babe body! The best way to do it? Naturally… with a perfect blend of movement and nutrition to help you accelerate your results so you can be and feel slim, sexy, and healthy!
I’m excited to share with you that I have an intensive weekend retreat coming up and you’re invited! I’ve partnered with my good friend Amber Zuckswert (Pilates & Yoga Master, Professional Dancer, and Founder of EpicSelf.com) to make this an absolutely epic weekend filled with delicious abundance.
Join us for an exceptional weekend intensive taking extraordinary care of yourself with 2 hours of yoga and Pilates movement classes daily, and multiple cleansing classes focused on detoxifying your body temple and lightening up for summer.
You’ll learn how to make AND feast on raw, vegan, superfood-rich recipes throughout the weekend that will cleanse your hard-working body and speed up your metabolism. We are demonstrating several recipes each day to give you a plethora of nutrient-dense, delicious choices when on a cleansing protocol. This Detox Weekend Intensive is intended to inspire you to initiate a longer detoxification program whether the week directly after the Intensive with us, or anytime in the future on your own. We’ll be sharing details of how you can work with us in a fully supported and guided program to let the magic of the weekend continue.
This is a power-packed healthy weekend catered to making you feel and look like the superwoman version of you. It’s bikini weather and if you want to feel comfortable in your bathing suit at the beach or pool this summer, learning how to cleanse your body is a healthy tool that can be used to kick start weight loss anytime you need a boost!
There’s no better time than now to feel and look slim, sexy, and healthy! Come join us for a high vibe weekend where you’ll receive a heaping dose of what need to take your health to the next level. By the end of the weekend, you’ll be very confident in knowing how to squash those unhealthy cravings that leave you feeling less than the best ever.
You’ll be sampling all kinds of mouth-watering drinks and light meals, so there is no need to bring additional food for yourself unless you feel you’ll need a raw trail mix or fresh fruit to snack on during the break midday.
Life-enhancing organic juice
When:
Friday, June 1 from 7-9pm
Saturday, June 2 from 10-5pm
Sunday, June 3 from 10-5pm
Where:
The Happiness Project
11th and Mission St., San Francisco, CA
Cost:
$150 – One Day Only (Saturday or Sunday)
$250 – All Weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
* This is an all-inclusive weekend with no additional costs to you.
Garden green smoothie w/ local bee pollen on top
On the Menu:
SATURDAY:
Everlasting Vitality Juice
Hot Body Replenisher
Master Cleanse Kefir
Green Garden Smoothie
Super Immunity Tonic
Herbal Beauty Elixir
The Goddess Mash
SUNDAY:
Yoga Manna Lemonade
Wild Woman Juice
Mango Carob Chia Pudding
Super Fruit Smoothie
Herbal Tonic Beauty Elixir
Seaweed Slimming Soup
Nourish & Detox on Longevity Elixirs VS Just Green Juice (Guest Blog Post by Christian Bates)
Today’s guest post is written exclusively for the Edible Goddess blog by Christian Bates, co-creator and formulator of the WildBar. To read more about our current low-glycemic lifestyle, check out this article. 
Hi Edible Goddess fans! This is Bethanne’s love, Christian Bates. I love boosting my health through therapeutically nutritious elixirs, superfood drinks, and tonic herbs and occasionally doing a fast or cleanse on them, and I really hope you do to or will start to today. Read more
Getting Rid of Parasites, Bacteria and Yeast in Your Body
If you think you may have parasites, bacteria or yeast that have been plaguing your body, there is an effective way eliminate them. You don’t have to stay home or cancel all your social plans to do this “clean sweep” and you can be flexible whether you want to approach the cleanse gently or intensely. Read more
Do You Really Want Thinner Thighs?
Then it’s all about making what you put into your mouth a priority. Enough said, but I will go on. If you really want thinner thighs, a slender figure, and an irresistible body, what foods should you be eating to get you this alluring figure at the speed of lightening?
Well, let me tell you what is working for me, and possibly if you commit to the same general routine, you will achieve the same results by this summer. For starters, the more fresh, alive, juicy, high-water content foods you eat, the quicker the fat will melt right off. Coincidentally, you’ll also feel more alive and vibrant (and look the part in your face too). You’ll retain less water, be less bloated, and you’ll notice your stomach is starting to look flatter. Anytime I used to eat cooked food (any cooked food), my stomach would always expand (and drive me crazy!). Although it was annoying, I figured that’s just what happens when you eat… until I started eating foods that were ALIVE, and then noticed that I could eat raw foods without that dreaded side effect. Raw food is slimming, and even though thighs are difficult areas to slim down, you can absolutely do it (visualize your ideal thighs!). If you continue with fresh foods you’ll see that your legs appear longer (thin always looks longer/taller), more toned, and certainly more sleek.
Juicing is something that greatly encourages weight loss in trouble areas because you are intensely hydrating your system (and therefore feel more satiated) and infusing it with massive amounts of needed nutrients (reducing cravings). Think of what the results would be if you just replaced 1 meal (or snack) with 1 juice. Instead of filling up with a heavy meal from the get-go, why not try eat according to the circadian rhythm and drink the 1st meal of the day? In the mornings, I make a fresh vegetable (or sometimes fruit) juice for myself, and drink it while making a green, fruit, or chocolate smoothie for lunch and tending to my morning duties. Creating a ritual like this is helpful for feeling grounded right from the start and is just a real good habit to have!
For the Top 20 Best Ever Superfoods List, check out: http://tinyurl.com/cq9ozz. You can order many of them at: http://www.HealingSuperfoods.net (cacao, noni, goji berries, marine phytoplankton, medicinal mushrooms, blue green algae, powdered grasses, and maca). Instead of eating ridiculous amounts of depleted food to get a small amount of nutrition, you can eat Superfoods, which are incredibly nutrient-dense, (without having to eat those massive amounts of food). Many Superfoods are complete proteins, providing your daily requirement for vitamins and minerals, and simultaneously kick up your metabolism (think goji berries, cacao, and beauty enhancing green powders). You’ll probably want to check out maca as well if you’re planning on incorporating exercise into your new slim-down routine since it’s been used for thousands of years to build stamina and endurance.
Raw foods, juicing, and Superfoods are without question the best plan of attack for cellulite that won’t go away, super-toned legs, and the quickest way to feel confident walking around in shorts. Thunder thighs are a thing of the past!
Juicing Greens = Raw Beauty
What nutrients are found in green plant foods and how will you benefit by juicing them? The #1 nutrient in all green plant foods, especially the glorious dark leafy greens, is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is an amazing blood purifier, and when you detoxify your blood, you remove toxins that have built up in your system and manifest as unsightly skin troubles. Dark leafy greens are excellent for the liver, and a cleansed liver will directly result in clearer, more vibrant skin.
What are some of the best greens (and green veggies) to juice for that irresistible raw glow? Kale, spinach, parsley, cilantro, and celery top the list.
KALE is rich in calcium, iron, beta-carotene, and chlorophyll
SPINACH is high in calcium and iron, and builds the blood
PARSLEY is rich in beta-carotene, vitamin C, chlorophyll, and iron (highest iron content of any green leafy vegetable) – great blood cleanser & diuretic
CILANTRO is a heavy metal chelator, removing heavy metals (mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic) from the body (1 of only 2 foods that removes heavy metals from the blood, brain, and the bones – the other is CHLORELLA)
CELERY builds and sooths the nervous system and is rich in potassium (not a leafy green, but excellent base for a juice)
Throw some chard, romaine lettuce & watercress in there while you’re at it.
I recently listened to Cherie Calbom’s interview on Raw Vegan Radio and she claimed we should ‘Eat Your Fruit, Juice Your Vegetables’! Why is this? Well, according to David Wolfe in his best book ever, the Sunfood Diet Success System, chlorophyll and the alkaline compounds in green-leafy vegetables combine with heavy metals and foreign chemicals in the body to form salts, allowing the body to eliminate them from the system. This deep detoxification brings the body to a higher level of functioning, purifying the entire system, and youthfulness to the skin. Who doesn’t want some of that?
Beauty Spa Express (excerpted from Juicing for Life):
small handful parsley
handful spinach
4-5 carrots, (you can juice some of the carrot greens, knowing ahead of time that they have quite a flavor presence)
1/2 apple, seeded
Juice this colorful combo and drink it slowly, knowing the abundant goodness that you’re infusing your body with. I don’t follow recipes when it comes to juicing and just juice intuitively, but this one can be a good foundation from which you can make adjustments as desired. Play with it, have fun, and the most important thing is to get something green in there! Balance it with something sweet (carrot or apple), and a lighter green flavor like celery or cucumber, and you’re off and running.
Freshly Juiced, Green Vegetable Juice is really where it’s at. Make friends with all that’s green and you’ll come to realize we have our dear friend Chlorophyll to thank for Life, Nature, and Beauty!
What to do With Left-Over Juice Pulp
There’s always an excuse to avoid eating healthy, sliding back into the comfort zone and procrastinating on what will move you forward. What I find though, is that if you gently FORCE yourself to make the right choice (for you), and follow through with it, the rewards are much greater than ever expected. Juicing is like this for me and I assume some of you, too. You have to drag that bulky juicer out from hibernation, or even just pull it away from the wall TO you, thoroughly wash and prep all the produce, and anticipate the messy clean-up the entire time. That’s one sour way to look at it for sure.
Another perspective is that you GET to have a quiet meditation with yourself, a time of silence in the morning (before you turn on the juicer of course) in full appreciation of the fresh fruits and veggies and all they will give to you in the moments to come, and far beyond. Health is a commitment that pays off in both the short-term and long-term, and without it, everything else means less. We can make excuses to not juice because of inconvenience, time, or clean-up, OR we can do it anyway because we know just how incredibly powerful it is – it’s an infusion of liquid vitamins into your bloodstream!
Once your juice is waiting for you with a slight froth on top, what’s the best way to proceed with all that left-over pulp? Here are some simple ideas so you can let go of feeling like you’re wasting, and that juicing isn’t worth the hassle. It is.
These are a combination of my ideas, as well as ones I took from the Encyclopedia of Healing Juices book, by John Heinerman.
1) Give it to your hungry dog. I store my pulp in glass containers in the fridge and feed him a couple scoops per day.
2) Use it for compost! There’s tons of info online about the how’s and why’s, and if you have an organic vegetable garden or small yard, this should be something you research. Then, use that healthy soil to grow your own organic food!
3) Some sulfur-based pulps (cabbage, kale, onion) can be used as an injury remedy, an external poultice for burns to disinfect and promote rapid tissue regeneration (if the burn isn’t too extensive or deep). Cabbage has long been used to reduce swelling, especially of joints (if you twist or sprain your ankle) in other parts of the world. Wrap cabbage leaves around the area with a towel or wrap after softening them in hot water.
4) Sooth inflammation with carrot, cucumber, pumpkin and squash. Use the pulp, cover and heal the eczema, psoriasis, shingles, and sunburn. When applied to the skin, these beta-carotene-rich veggies are very cooling. They can be used to help lower fevers and can be placed on the face, neck, chest, and abdomen.
5) Erase wrinkles! Tighten loose skin with fruit and veggie pulp face masques that are bursting with anti-oxidants! Create your own at-home healing spa. Citrus is excellent for older women who would like to get rid of distressful crow’s feet around they eyes, sagging in the face/cheeks, and loose skin on the throat area. For younger women, the same application will ensure you age gracefully. Be sure to replenish with a soothing, nutritious moisturizer.
6) Enhance and create new versions of salads! Add onion pulp to bean salad (this one isn’t too common, but it’s an idea anyhow), grape and pineapple pulp to carrot salad, carrot, date, apple, and celery pulps make an easy coleslaw, and add your leafy green pulp to a potato salad. You get the idea.
7) Save it for upcoming raw food recipes! Check out the multitude of raw food recipe books for yummy ways to incorporate the pulp into your scrumptious dishes.
Any excess can be put into your food waste bin and discarded if necessary.
Juicing: Benefits Outweigh the Clean-up
It seems everywhere I turn lately, I’m coming across more and more reasons to embark on another juice fast. I haven’t done one in several months and seeing as though Spring is peaking its way through the Seattle clouds, it may just be the perfect time. I’ve been trapped in the thinking that it just hasn’t been the right time due to life circumstances, but really, isn’t that precisely the best time ever to push the limits and treat yourself to this kind of feasting?
Let’s clarify the difference between juice extracting and whole food juicing (as with the Vita-Mix). With a juice extractor, you are removing the pulp and fiber from the fruit and/or veggie and just drinking the juice. Ideally, you will find a way to use the pulp to eliminate excess waste. When I make a fresh juice in my Breville juicer, my sweet dog, Java, benefits too – he gets the pulp mixed right into his free range raw meat and vegetables, and absolutely loves it. If you don’t have a ravenous dog like I do, then keep the pulp anyway (store in fridge for a few days) and add to other raw food recipes. I’d love to hear the ways you’ve found to use the pulp – please post your recipes in the comments section and share with the rest of us! If you have an abundance of pulp (and no furry friend or raw recipe ideas), you can add it to your food waste container and use it as compost (or dispose of it) – yet another awesome way to reuse and recycle, and reduce waste.
Whole food juicing is what you do in your high speed blender / Vita-Mix. When you juice in this way, technically it’s not really a juice, more like a thin smoothie, but nevertheless, it’s a super healthy way to begin your day and feel and look your best. You can add the entire fruit or vegetable into the VM and not have to worry about messy clean-up or wasting at all. Because the VM totally liquefies the food making it entirely bio-available, you absorb all those life-giving nutrients (vitamins, minerals, enzymes, phytonutrients, and anti-oxidants) since it’s in a form your body recognizes. Blended food is the easiest food for your body to digest without question. With a blended juice, you get to keep the fiber, something we all know is necessary for digestive health. The processing and clean-up time is minimal in the Vita-Mix according to both me, and the Encyclopedia of Healing Juices 
) – so no matter what way you choose to juice (I suggest both), you’re in for a level of health that is just far beyond your wildest expectations.
Check out Jason Vale, aka The Juice Master (www.juicemaster.com) and Jay Kordich, the father of juicing (www.juicedaddy.com) if you want to learn from the best. Jay is responsible for bringing Juice to the world as we know it – his story is incredible (view it here). Maybe I’ll dedicate the remainder of April to blogging about juicing – my experiences and the upcoming juice cleanse, specific juice blends for beauty, recipes (juices & smoothies – with freshly made juice as the base), and resources to get some Spring in your step!
Rainbow Magic Juice w/ Superfoods to boot
The best way to start the day is with this phenomenal superfood juice. I had to share it!
Rainbow Magic
Juice:
3 apples
1 lemon
lots of kale
2 stalks of celery
1 moderate size beet
small chunk of ginger
stalk & head of broccoli
Rainbow Magic keeps your blood sugar stable, is stimulating to the liver, cleansing on a cellular level, works as a diuretic (eliminating bloat, excess water), enhances digestion, absorption, and utilization of nutrients (allowing the nutrients you’re consuming to get into those cells, detoxify, and rebuild the body from scratch – and begin to eliminate nutrient deficiencies by doing so), and according to Mike Adams, the Health Ranger with the super popular www.NaturalNews.com, happens to contain the most anti-cancer juice: broccoli (juice broccoli? YES, and you will LOVE it! You actually won’t even taste it 
Just an ounce a day (or whenever you make the Rainbow Magic or any other juice).
Then, add: 1 spoonful (1 tbsp) of Vitamineral Green, Pure Synergy Superfood Formula, and Spirulina Azteca.
Add 1-2 tsp of Truly Vitamin C (by HealthForce) or Pure Radiance Vitamin C (by The Synergy Co.), and 1 tsp of E3 Live/Total Body Blend.
Juicing is easy and seriously fun; the hardest part about juicing is the prep … washing and rinsing, over and over. However, I try not to over wash and my reason is for the B12. Am I making this up? I don’t know, but according to David Wolfe, who we all know knows his stuff, he has admittedly eaten bugs and insects (not for dinner or anything) and confidently claims that they are a source of the depleted nutrient B12. So, I leave my farmer’s market greens and veggies clean, but not squeaky clean. I never understood the idea of buying produce wash and cleaners. Maybe if it’s conventional, then absolutely, but I only buy organic and never compromise on this. To answer those next questions you maybe asking, I prefer to buy local, organic, and seasonal produce (not an either/or situation). There’s nothing challenging about it (shop at a farmer’s market & you can easily have cheap access to local, organic and seasonal); it’s a commitment to consuming the highest quality, highest energy, most nutrient-dense food available. And, I have no reason to compromise my values when they bring me to such euphoria.
I’m going to do the tedious, yet exciting task of listing every single ingredient you’ll be consuming if you make this juice, so you can really see the abundant amount of nutrients that will be flooding your cells with goodness – it’s really over the top!
Vitamineral Green: nettle leaf, barley grass, wheat grass, horsetail, moringa leaf, alfalfa leaf juice, dandelion leaf juice, barley grass juice, oat grass juice, nopal cactus, chickweed, ginger root, yacon root, beet root juice, broccoli juice, kale juice, spinach juice, parsley juice, amla berry, spirulina, chlorella, Icelandic kelp, dulse, laver, bladderwrack, alaria, nori, Irish moss, enzymes: protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, bromelain, papain, alpha-galactosidase, 43 billion different strains of probiotic cultures (equalling 43 billion probiotic cultures per tablespoon), shilajit, magnetic, homeopathic, energetic, and vibrational energies. WOW!
Pure Synergy: Synergized algae: pure spirulina crystals, pure Klamath crystals, pure chlorella, dunaliella, wakame, dumontiaceae, Synergized phytonutrients & enzymes: fresh freeze-dried enzymatically active sprouts of millet, quinoa, broccoli, apple fruit, fresh freeze-dried blueberry, raspberry, green papaya fruit, natural plant enzymes, Synergized Chinese Mushrooms & Herbal Extracts: reishi, shiitake, maitake, agaricus, cordyceps, herbal extracts of astragalus root, eleuthero root, lycium (wolfberry) fruit, tang-kuei root, schizandra fruit, atractylodes macrocephala root, fo-ti root, paeonia lactiflora root, rehmannia root, codonopsis root, licorice root, jujube fruit, poria, ginger rhizome, tangerine peel, polygala root, ligusticum wallichii root, Synergized Green Juices: wheat grass barley grass, oat grass, alfalfa grass, parsley grass, spinach leaf, kale leaf, collard leaf, Synergized Western Herbs: nettle leaf, red clover flower, burdock root, yellow dock root, skullcap flower and leaf, dandelion leaf, ginkgo leaf, rose hips, rosemary leaf, clove bud, sage leaf, natural vitamin E (sunflower). WOW!
E3 Live Total Body Blend: MSM, spirulina (more spirulina! – can you believe people say not eating animals will leave you protein deficient?!), camu camu, vitamin E tocopherol/tocotrienols, organic cayenne, organic blue green algae, organic AFAMend and BrainOn, PEA (blue green sea extracts), crystalloid electrolyte sea minerals (organic copper, iodine, manganese, zinc, potassium, cobalt, sodium, selenium, chromium, silica, and boron). WOW!
Now, imagine what you will feel like after consuming ALL this, in just 1 tasty glass of fresh juice! Be prepared to feel better than ever .. you may reach paradise. Try it and let me know what YOU think!
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