Healthy Smoothies

Everybody loves a good smoothie. Thick, creamy or with crushed ice, it beats the heat, makes you fill full and if it’s done right, they are a great health tool because you control the ingredients. They make perfect vehicles for relatively low-calorie, yet nutrient-laden drinks that can keep you full for a long time.

By combining the right ingredients, you can create smoothies that taste great and keep you healthy. It doesn’t take long to learn what to use and how to make the right combinations. Banana. Peanut butter. Cocoa powder. Milk. Ice cubes. Yogurt. Done.

Measure it out.

With the right blend, a smoothie can be a nutritional powerhouse—full of antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and protein. But, just a few misguided add-ins, however, and you’ve got a high-calorie, sugar-laden dessert on your hands. To ensure your blend is both delicious and nutritious, follow these simple tips.

DON’T: Throw everything into the blender.

It’s easy to think of a smoothie as a free-for-all, tossing in handfuls and drizzles of various ingredients. But this carefree method is destined for danger, adding calories, sugar, and fat to your drink.

DO: Measure your ingredients.

Measuring what you put in the blender will keep the nutrition stats in check, while also ensuring a good solid-to-liquid ratio.

Smoothies are an essential part of any good strategy for healthy living, detox and lasting weight loss, but only when they are done right. Nutritionists agree that incorporating these nutrient-dense drinks into your daily diet can help avoid pound creep age by keeping hunger levels in check and even accelerating your metabolism thanks to their fiber content and muscle-building protein.

These delicious recipes make it easy to eat healthy with fruit, milk, protein, immune-boosting yogurt, and other nutritious ingredients, and they're great for those on a smoothie diet, too.

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