What NOT to put in your Smoothie and Tips for Making them!

The 21 Reasons to Consume Healthy Smoothies

1.Get your daily allowance of fruits and vegetables.Consuming the daily recommendations of fruits and vegetables can be a challenge. Blending a couple of servings of each into a smoothie helps ensure you meet your body’s daily nutritional needs.2.Quick and easy.Making your own nutrient dense smoothie doesn’t take as long as preparing most meals, giving you more time for others things. Taking a smoothie with you is an additional convenient option.3.Kids like smoothies.Getting your kids to eat healthy foods is not always easy. Fortunately, most kids love the taste of a creamy smoothie naturally sweetened by fruit or a good sweetener like honey or stevia. You can even hide veggies in your kid’s smoothies that they would never eat on their own.4.Easier weight loss.There are a number of weight loss programs that promote replacing a meal with a liquid drink. Provide your body with all the vitamins and minerals it needs via smoothies, cut out the weight gaining crap from your diet, and watch the pounds melt away. Lose weight easier than before and slim down the healthy way with diet smoothies.5.Improved digestion.Nobody I know wants to experience constipation or indigestion. Let your blender “chew” your food and ease the burden on your digestive system while you simultaneously consume plenty of dietary fiber to ensure excellent digestion.6.Delicious.Yes, eating healthy and tasting great can go hand in hand. With so many recipes to choose from, finding one or more pleasing to your palate is a breeze.7.Detox.We’re exposed to and bombarded by thousands of man-made chemicals in today’s world, which leaves our body begging to detoxify. Give your digestive system a break while adding detoxifying ingredients like dandelion greens and kale into your smoothies to aid your body’s detoxification processes.8.Build muscle and improve athletic performance.Provide your body with the nutrients it needs to excel during athletic competition, and recover and rebuild after working out. It’s easier for your body to absorb and assimilate the nutrients in a smoothie as opposed to a meal.9.Reach your own personal health goals.Tailor your smoothies to meet your desired health goals.10.Beauty.Think radiant skin, hair, and nails. Supply your body with the vitamins and minerals it requires to grow healthier hair and make your skin glow.11.Healthy eating education.By learning what constitutes a healthy smoothie, you’ll also educate yourself on what comprises a healthy diet. This will allow you to make better decisions when the blender isn’t around. You’ll be more confident in your food choices.12.Strengthen your immune system.Getting sick is no fun. Reduce the number of times you get sick (if at all) and lesson the severity by empowering your immune system.13.Deeper sleep.Improving your health by consuming healthy smoothies almost always results in better sleep at night.
Raspberry Peach Watermelon Smoothie

                        Ingredients:

1 cup filtered, alkaline, or coconut water 

1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries   

1/2 cup fresh or frozen peach slices

1 cup seeded watermelon  

1 scoop or 2 TB protein powder

ice and blend! Enjoy!