Maybe try skipping the kale next time? Just a pinch of spinach. It's really just a process of elimination and addition to find a good combination. Pineapple has never agreed with me and banana is ok, just a frozen slice. I LOVE banana but does not sit well on its own. Same with apple. So i make a pretty crazy combo and a bit different using what i have. My system (body/digestion) has a kale addiction in all forms...baked crispy chip, steamed, raw salads. I have a big bag frozen that i lightly steamed and chopped up fine from a big farm stand purchase. I use a pinch of that if i don't have fresh. And they don't need to be the color green to be 'green'. I used frozen blueberries, grapes and cherry tomatoes. Tbsp ac vinegar, a scoop of yogurt, a squeeze of lime and a slice of ginger. Slice of apple. A pinch of baby spinach and arugula. A bit of water because of so much frozen stuff. That was this morning. DH takes a small granola, yogurt and frozen berries in a jelly jar to work. He poured a bit of my brown eggplant colored sludge on top. Leaves me with about 6 oz. to sip while buzzing around or commuting. My stomach does not handle a large amount of fruit sugars. I recall you just got your Vitamix? Are you burping it? After blending running it on low for 10-15 seconds. High speed does whip in alot of air. Grainlady has a good point. Just give it more time to consume at first? And smaller amounts till you get used to it. It has the opposite effect on me. Seems to settle my stomach. Too much sugar, too fast, and too icy cold and i would probably puke. We have a couple Breville juicers at work and they run non-stop for a couple hours. Some can't handle ginger at all and get immediate burps and heart burn. We all have different tolerances. Sugars on an empty stomach first thing, or some would rather have nothing for a few hours. A small oatmeal first... Some, somehow, are still standing after a cig and diet coke for breakfast followed by a bagel, a couple-a pastries and a bag of chips. Sounds like you are putting the same things in that your system is used to. Just a different order in your day.

Hello - I'm confused about all the powders and other additives out there. If I'm not a body builder, what things do we add to our green smoothies for additional general health? I hear soy-based powders are unhealthy, and that protein powders are meant for gaining weight (e.g. for body builders). I know wheatgrass is supposed to be good but that'll only work if you have a way to press the wheat grass at home which is yet another appliance and I don't think I want another one. I feel like I'm missing something. Do they have multi-vitamin powders so you can just add them to the smoothie? What and why do people add things to smoothies??! Thanks!

Only protects the thyroid. From the (limited) reading I've done on Chernobyl, the most common injury from radiation exposure of ordinary residents in the affected area after a nuclear plant accident is childhood thyroid cancer. But, you have to be really quite vulnerable and quite severely exposed (e.g. children drinking milk from cows feeding on grass contaminated by that huge accident) to be significantly injured. Most of the 5 million residents of the areas of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine that were most contaminated have not suffered much, if any, measurable increase in cancer (solid or hematological), according to the World Health Organization's investigation. The greater injuries were psychological and economic/social (from trauma and mass displacement). For some of the on-site responders, who were very severely exposed, the story is different. As for the population of Western Europe, I've read that epidemiological studies suggest maybe 2,000 excess cases of cancer due to Chernobyl - which, in a 300 million population, is a very small number, I mean not to the few unlucky individuals but on an overall scale. Here is a readable summary: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594179_eng.pdf And the link has a much longer WHO report. Another long report is here http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/chernobyl/en/ Bottom-line, a few (relatively speaking) people in Japan may need KI now, some more may need it later, in the US we don't and probably won't. As I'm not completely sure, and I do have kids, and I like Japanese food, I now have konbu. Here is a link that might be useful: WHO report, 167 pg

Hi jockewing, It sounds like a really healthy drink! Once a day doesn't seem like too much fructose. Just be sure to eat more veggies during the day and a little protein too. Adding spinach to a fruity smoothie is a great way of sneaking it in! If you have trouble like I do.......of having my appetite triggered by sugars of any kind, then the drink you're making might increase your appetite a bit. But if not.......I say go for it!