Informative - and a refreshing change!   February 16, 2005

A science project, not a recipe book.   August 3, 2004

If, like me, all you want is a book with ideas to make delicious healthy smoothies, this is not that book.


Don't waste your money.   August 3, 2004
  14 out of 17 found this review helpful

If you are looking for a book that you can just pick up and make a quick smoothie, this is not the book you want. More a science project than a recipe book, information overload.

This book was in my possession for a brief time only, I sent it back asap. It was written for the American market, some of the ingredients in this book aren't available easily here in the UK, you'd spend a long time looking for alternatives.

The idea behind my buying this book was to be able to make tasty smoothies, this book could seriously put you off altogether.


Best of it's kind   February 27, 2004
  35 out of 35 found this review helpful

This is the only smoothies book that I have found that doesn't just bang on about how to make nice fruit juices with yoghurt and ice-cream (though there are some such recipies), but also gives a large range of ideas for using vegetables and even herbs in smoothies aswell. The focus of the book is health-improvement, and it contains a comprehensive list of ailments and the specific ingredients that can help each one, as well as advice on what to avoid. For each ailment, it then recommends a selection of smoothies from the recipes section which are particularly helpful for that condition. There is also well-laid out information on the benefits of each fruit, vegetable and herb. The only thing you need to be prepared for is that many of the smoothies include juice as one of the ingredients, and so the book will be far more usable if you have a juicer as well as a blender.