DoctorTouk

Good luck - I've seen someone lose 100+ lbs by changing their diet to a mainly raw vegetarian foods. Remember to ensure the following points if you are new to vegetarian diets:

- Vitamin B12 (2500mcg per week or about 250mcg daily).

- Vitamin D (15min of mid-day sun or 2,000 IU vitamin D2 or D3; ...

I have gravitated towards the Vitamix because of the manual control option. The blendtec has buttons, so you do not have the same control with texture and consistency in my opinion. However, both will blend pretty much anything you put in them, so this is a minor detail to most people.

Additionally, I'd skip out on the whey protein in you have any excess weight, as it will increase your abdominal fat (you're also supporting the dairy industry, which is quite an environmentally destructive operation.) Research evidence on the topic: go to nutritionfactsDOTorg and search for "mi...

Good job on putting out the word for healthy whole-foods smoothies. A couple of thoughts:

- skip the cod liver oil and instead take a algae DHA supplement as fish oil (even the "molecular distillation" type) has pesticides, heavy metals, and toxins.

Reserch evidence on the topic: go to nutritionf...