A blend of fruits

Who does not want to prevent, retard and reverse diseases in a safe way and to have a glowing personalty? Every day our bodies work overtime to release the toxins we accumulate through our environment, processed foods, excess sugar, alcohol, caffeine, stress and pollution.

A simple and safe way to energise and glow better than botox or cosmetic surgeries is in your vegetables and fruits. A smoothie can help you to kick-start a healthier way of life it permeates the body with easily digestible nourishment to help reboot it, recharge your energy and health parameters and set you on the right track.

There is no doubt that fruits vegetables are to be the maximum amount of food that we should eat daily to get vitamins, minerals, fiber, phyto chemicals (plant chemicals) antioxidants that fight free radical damage that increase the risk of cancer or to prevent heart diseases lower blood pressure or to keep our sugar levels in control.

They are required, necessary and essential in our diets. We make all the efforts to bring in the fruits, salad, soups and juices to match up our requirements. . But are we consuming enough Lets answer that by understanding fiber.

They are basically a cluster of many carbohydrate compounds with similar functions in the body. Its categorisation as either soluble or insoluble is too generalised.

Unlike other carbohydrates like sugars and starches, our body cannot dissolve the bonds between the individual carbohydrates in fiber, so they don’t get absorbed in the digestive system. Thus if you blend it gets easier to digest.

Advantages of smoothies body absorbs nutrients more easily breaking down hard to digest plant cell walls. This is difficult in the whole vegetable or fruit, unless you chew each bite until it reaches liquid form.

This is a question I get a lot-which is not surprising considering the ease of consuming more volume of fiber by blending it than eating it. Remember we have to blend it not juice it .

Smoothies are not a juice. The reason is fiber. When vegetables and fruits are juiced, then all the pulp or fiber is removed and only the liquid is left behind, in smoothie’s i.e when vegetables and fruits are blended, they are only blended whole fruit with all the fiber intact.

Smoothies have become popular as a way to get high quality nutrition in a glass. They are quick to make and a great way to eat a good amount of vegetables and fruit.

A smoothie can be a breakfast made in a couple of minutes or a beneficial drink before or after a strenuous work out. All you need is a blender or food processor, fruits or vegetables and you have a drink rich with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and great taste.

A smoothie can also be a meal replacement for people on the go. You can make smoothies out of any combination of foods, but typically they include, fruits or vegetables.

Making smoothies does not have to be complicated; check your refrigerator for any usable raw food. Experiment with different flavours - sweet, tart, or a combination You make also be able to add other healthy foods such as seeds that you may not be able to eat in solid form and healthfulness of your smoothie can be boosted by adding a seeds in it like flax though I would advise that with vegetable smoothies and not fruit.

Many a time yoghurt is blended in the smoothie but again I would say have the yoghurt with a vegetable smoothie or just have it with a meal the idea is to have more vegetables.

So smoothies can be all good not bad as it helps us eliminate the bad and keep the good by cleansing the toxins. It is a way to have fresh vegetables in a large amount daily. A smoothie a day is what I recommend daily.

Apple and Pineapple Smoothie

Apples are packed with nutrients that prevent heart disease and Cancer Pineapples are a good source of vitamin C iron they contain anti inflammatory properties that help with arthritis this is a very satisfying drink

Ingredients

slice pineapple 3
apple ½
dates 2
glass water or crushed ice ¼

Method

Blend apple, pineapple, dates and water or crushed ice in a blender. Garnish it with pineapple and serve.

Carrot, Beetroot and Tomato Juice

Ingredients
Raw carrot, peeled and chopped 250 gm
Raw beetroot, peeled and choped 100 gm
Tomatoes chopped 100 gm
Stalks celery chopped 2
Ginger chopped 1 ½ tsp
Water 2 cups

Method
Blend all the ingredients together to a smooth consistency.
Transfer the contents into serving glass and serve immediately garnished with celery stalks.

By:Naini Setalvad