Whole-food vitamins seem to me to be a much better way to get supplemental nutrients into a body than using the chemical vitamins so often found in a drug-store aisle. Problem is, whole-food vitamins are not cheap (as seen by this example). I've seen price-tags of $80-120 per month per person. The cheapest I've seen is at Basics where I could get a month's worth for one person for $40 ($32 on Super-Tuesday). That's just totally out of our price range, no matter how wondrous the testimonials are as to the health benefits!
Instead of whole-food vitamins, I make green drink. It's basically the whole-food vitamins without the capsule wrapped around it. I could theoretically put the green-drink powder into capsules, but I am just waaaaay too lazy for that! So instead, I drink what my loving children fondly (or not so fondly) refer to as "pond scum."
A recipe for Green Drink is one pound each of:
alfalfa powder
wheatgrass powder
beet root powder
barley grass powder
spirulina
nutritional yeast (or catnip powder)
I prefer to make Super Green Drink,
one pound each of:
blue-green algae powder
spinach leaf powder
chlorella powder
rosehips powder
orange peel
lemon peel
alfalfa powder
wheatgrass powder
beet root powder
barley grass powder
spirulina
nutritional yeast (or catnip powder).
Yes, this is a mixture consisting mostly of grasses and algaes. Hence the term "pond scum."
The ingredients are mixed in equal amounts (by weight). Store covered, in a cool dark place, in a glass or plastic container. Combine a cup of cool water with a heaping tablespoon of powder. It's easiest to mix it if you use a glass jar with a screw-on lid, and shake it vigorously. One glass daily provides more nutrition than you'd get from your typical over-the-counter vitamin pill.
When I first started drinking it, it tasted very very GREEN. So I started by mixing a teaspoon instead of a tablespoon. And sometimes I added an ounce of orange juice. But eventually I got to where I could drink it. It's not exactly good. But last time I mixed up a batch, it was $7/pound, which is a pittance compared to the handy-dandy whole-food vitamins that come in capsules so as to hide the greenness from your tastebuds.
In case you're interested, I buy my powders from AmeriHerb. A catalog is available by calling 1-800-267-6141.
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There's a problem when the cure is worse than the disease...
ReplyDeleteSays you.
ReplyDeleteIf I could have you for my guinea pig, and if I could make you eat and drink what I think you should eat and drink, I'm thinking maybe I could (within 15 years) have you healthy and even eating bread once or twice a week.
But you think the cure is worse than the disease. :-P
Can I pinch my nose shut while I slam it down?
ReplyDeletePlease?
You simply amaze me. How in tarnation did you even think to make your own "Green" drink? When I grow up, I want to be healthy just like you. :-)
ReplyDeleteGlenda, I attended a nutrition session at the state homeschool convention. Usually WPA does not have non-homeschooly topics. But this session was offered by a homeschool mom who's been very involved with WPA all along, and she's a master herbalist; it turned out to be a very popular workshop. She gave us a recipe that I've been using for years.
ReplyDeleteAs for "when you grow up,"
God grant you living situations such that you may CHOOSE ways to "be more healthy" instead of having to delve into some of these whacko nutrition things just to survive.