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Green Smoothie Diet
The Best Green Smoothie Ingredients to Make Green Smoothies for Weight Loss Karen Glaser
Introduction
You may be wondering what the difference is between regular smoothies and "green" smoothies. The answer is not a whole lot, other than what makes up the "green." Green in this case stands for vegetables. When someone refers to a "Green Smoothie" they are referring to a smoothie that contains at least one vegetable among the juicy fruits. Drinking a "green smoothie" means you are receiving your vegetables and fruits and depending on the recipe, proteins too. The vegetables make the smoothies highly nutritious, especially when using green leafy vegetables (or even carrots, which are included in a few of the many recipes within this book.) The point of placing these vegetables within the guise of a smoothie is that the fruits overpower the taste of the vegetables. If a person does not like the flavor of vegetables, chances are they will never even taste them in a green smoothie, though the color of the smoothie will certainly show it.
A green smoothie will provide a vegetable in its most nutritious state, raw. Raw vegetables contain high levels of valuable nutrients that are often lost in the cooking process. When you consume a green smoothie, you are consuming a raw vegetable or two as well as the raw fruits to make this a powerful drink packed with high levels of beneficial nutrients. Making your own green smoothies ensures you know exactly what you are getting, whereas using a pre-packages smoothie mix, you may be getting ingredients you cannot even pronounce, much less even need.
The one thing you can count on with the green smoothie diet is in receiving the valuable nutrients your body needs. Because most of the food in the ingredients list is raw, you know you are gaining the most out of this diet. When we consume the wrong foods, fast foods, convenient foods, junk foods, our bodies are starved for these nutrients. If this goes on for too long we become sick because our immune systems are compromised. If we are not taking in the nutrients such as anti-oxidants then our body will wear out faster. Taking supplements is a good way to remedy this, but the body does not properly absorb all the nutrients even from pills. The best way to gain these valuable nutrients is to eat them in foods where they naturally occur. Just think, when you consume a green smoothie, you are doing better than you would if you were taking supplements.
Weight Loss with the Green Smoothie Diet
The truth is pretty solid in that vegetables, when eaten as a whole food, helps with weight loss. So by adding the vegetables to the recipes, we insure you receive your requirements for vegetables, plus vegetables provide fiber and help to keep the body feeling full so you will not want to reach for the junk foods. The combination of fruits to vegetables helps the body to digest the foods easier, by digesting the foods slower it helps them to move along the digestive tract easier and helps in the absorption of the vital nutrients. This is why the green smoothie diet is so successful in helping with weight loss.
The biggest reason people fail to eat right is the taste. Many do not care for the taste or texture of vegetables and will simply avoid them. This leads to health issues, as discussed above. If you are someone that has issues with eating enough vegetables and needs to lose weight, you may be a good candidate for the green smoothie diet. The fruit always over powers the vegetables when it comes to taste. The color of the smoothie may take on a green hue, but it will taste like whatever fruit combinations you have used. Have you ever taken a drink of those vegetable fruit drinks like V8 Fusion? Those drinks contain vegetables and fruit juice and you can never taste the vegetables. Green smoothies are even better because you know you are using fresh ingredients because you make them as you drink them.
Dieting works well with exercise, so if you really want to lose a good amount of weight and fat, try adding some exercise routines with your diet plan. Even just walking three times a week for a half an hour a time will help shed that unwanted weight.
Last Minute Advice
Losing weight on the green smoothie diet is so easy. The only effort you will have will be in the preparation of the smoothies. You will need a good blender or food processor. All of the recipes are so simple, you add the ingredients into the food processor or blender and "combine" to the texture you desire, which is "smooth," thus the term "smoothie."
There are over 80 recipes in this book. They all make one to two servings, depending on how much or how little you wish to consume. The recipes can be adjusted as needed. If you find some are a little too thick, just add a little more liquid to make them thinner. If you do not like a particular fruit, substitute it or another. The thing about smoothies is they taste good in so many different combinations. You may start to create your own recipes after trying these. But there are enough recipes here, with all different fruits, vegetables and even proteins and other herbs and spices and ingredients; you can find a different flavor for each meal without repeating them.
As always, it is vital to speak with your health care provider before starting any new diet plan. Go over the recipes and ingredients and make sure you are safe to consume them.
Green Smoothie Diet Recipes
Kale Banana Smoothie
This smoothie, albeit a green one, tastes like a fruit smoothie. You will not know the difference if you didn't see the green color!
What You'll Need:
2 cups of kale (chopped)
2/3 cup of bananas (sliced)
1/4 cup of milk
1/3 cup of orange juice
1 tablespoon of flax seed meal
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
How to Make It:
Add the 2 cups of chopped kale, 2/3 cup of sliced bananas, 1/4 cup of milk, 1/3 cup of orange juice, 1 tablespoon of flax seed meal, and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a blender or food processor and combine until all the ingredients for the smoothie. If you want it a little more frozen, add a couple of ice cubes to the blender.
Vanilla Spinach, Banana, Grape and Apple Smoothie
Are you looking for a way to sneak in more vegetables? This smoothie offers a tasty way to eat them and enjoy them with the wonderful mixture of fruits.
What You'll Need:
1 1/2 cups of spinach (fresh)
1 cup of grapes (seedless, purple or green)
3/4 cup of yogurt (vanilla)
2/3 cup of banana (sliced)
1/3 cup of apples (cored, peeled, chopped)
How to Make It:
Add the 1 1/2 cups of fresh spinach, 1 cup of seedless grapes, 3/4 cup of vanilla yogurt, 2/3 cup of sliced banana, and 1/3 cup of chopped apples to a blender or food processor. Combine until it is smooth.
Ginger Avocado, Apple, Carrot, Kale Smoothie
An extra healthy smoothie with all the favorite fruit flavors enhanced with ginger.
What You'll Need:
1 avocado (peeled, pitted)
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