Green Juice.

Over the past four years, I have discovered the fabulousness that is juicing.  I have been incorporating three-day cleanses via The Blueprint Cleanse into my life at least twice a year. Juicing has changed my life. Now that my body knows about green juice, I wake up craving it.

The thing with Blueprint is that it's shipped overnight from NYC {and it's raw & organic...so it's not CHEAP}. Only recently has the company expanded production and made their juices available {in a flash pasteurized version to extend shelf-life for a few days} in Whole Foods stores across the country. Of course, as soon as we moved from La Jolla, it came to that store!! Luckily, I found a great {cost effective at $3.75 a bottle at Safeway} substitute by Evolution. 

You might be thinking, "Why doesn't this crazy person get a juicer?"

Trust me, I've weighed that thought against both the pros and cons. I've decided that as long as I'm working {also said: as long as I have zero disposable time}, the convenience of grabbing the 2lbs-of-green-veggies-in-a-perfectly-chilled-little-bottle from the fridge outweighs the cost and process of gathering, juicing, storing and cleaning.

On our most recent trip to Kauai, our barefooted Wailua hiking guide {a local "Grandma" of five...who, by the way, looked younger than my own mother and had shiny salt & pepper hair down to the middle of her back} told me that cancer and disease cannot survive in an alkaline body. She brought a large mason jar of green juice with her where ever she went. She told me that green juice helps the body lower its acidity {brought on by things such as coffee, most fruits, and meat} and balance the pH back to alkaline.

OK, enough of this chemistry lesson. For a more practical real life example: Since drinking high pressure-processed natural green juice, I've had more energy and less random food cravings because I'm actually getting the vitamins I need. I never get sick {ruh roh, knock on wood}.  In juice form, the nutrients go directly into the bloodstream within minutes.  I can literally feel my skin and organs absorbing the vitamins, minerals and enzymes. I know, I'm a freak. But I love it. 

I don't care how poor I am...I will never give up my green juice.

**UPDATE: Blueprint juices are spreading like wildfire & are now available at most Whole Foods grocery stores, as well as several other locations all around the country! Click here to see if your location is included!