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Again, I have to stress "The Barbarian Diet"! - Meat, vegetables, fruits,natural fats, and minimal dairy-whole grains-beer/wine. Let's say you are a typical modern American, eating the diet that goes along with it: BAD! (refined carbohydrates, i.e. "sugar", corn syrup i.e. "sugar", soda, i.e. "sugar", fast food, i.e. "mainly sugar"... These all cause the "diseases of civilization"- heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. If you eat "sugar", aka "refined carbohydrates", you stimulate an insulin response, and this is what triggers future cravings for... refined carbohydrates/sugar! and endless, negative (for you health!) cycle. You get the idea! And whenever you make breakfast at home, you make... PANCAKES!! (I know I used to!) Can you say... SUGAR!!! On STEROIDS!!! And you think you should eat healthier, so you eat bagels, (without butter or cream cheese, since that's the bad part!), and eat pasta...

How can you EASILY get all the recommended (and MORE!) servings of fruits and vegetables you need each day, all the easily assimilated protein and vitamins as well, and lose weight and lay the foundation you need for optimum health? And save money, too? Simple. Just make one meal per day with a Vitamix high powered blender, liquifying fruits, vegetables, and either eggs, yogurt, and/or cottage cheese along with a little orange juice and milk. That's it! Each morning, I put about a cup or so of orange juice, a couple of ice cubes (the Vitamix runs so fast that the juice will heat if you don't put in a little ice), about a quarter cup of milk (I like the way it "froths" the drink), and about a "handful" of yogurt, mixed frozen fruits, mixed frozen vegetables, and one peeled orange and one banana! That is it- and if I drink it for breakfast, I am not hungry at all until lunch time... and I mean not at all- no cravings, no desire for empty carbohydrates of th...