Best Smoothies for Weight Loss
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similar to ‘juicing’, in that the concentrated juice from a juicer it provides all of the vitamins and minerals that come along with the piece of food you are eating. The main difference between the two, however, is that with a smoothie, you are also taking in the fiber from that piece of food as well. This is imperative to a healthy digestive tract.
Unlike juicing, almost any vegetable or fruit can be used in the recipe so long as tough skin and hard seeds are removed before putting them in the blender. You can mix and match many types of vegetables and fruits for all sorts of smoothies, and by mixing the right combination of ingredients you can not only create a tasty snack, but also can provide yourself with a real way to lose weight.
How to Make a Smoothie
Because you have to blend up the ingredients, it’s important to make sure you have a blender. Most people suggest using a high quality blender, like Vitamex, but any blender will do if used carefully and monitored. The process isn’t difficult, and if done in the right ratios, a tasty smoothie can be made just about anywhere you can plug a blender in.
Start by adding ‘something wet’. This could be water, milk, juice, soy or almond milk, or even yogurt depending on the recipe you are using. This wet ingredient is used as a type of lubrication for the grinding and chopping of the other smoothie ingredients.
After you have added your ‘wet’ ingredient, add something frozen. This can be ice, frozen juice, or even fresh frozen fruit, and after you have blended the ‘something frozen’ with ‘something wet’, it’s time to add in your fresh produce until it tastes the way you want. Any sort of supplements or powders are added last to ensure that the smoothie is made correctly before adding anything else.
After It’s Made…
Drink your smoothie immediately. If you let them sit too long, everything starts to separate. It’s the ‘mixture’ of apples and other fruits among vegetables that makes the recipe taste good, and by waiting, the smoothie many not be as tasty as it should have been before you waited.
Do yourself a favor and clean up everything when you are done. Because many types of smoothie ingredients can become sticky if left out, it’s best to rinse everything out with warm soapy water so it’s ready for next time. You’ll be happy you did it when you get that craving for a smoothie and don’t have to wash out the blender.
Ingredients: What’s good?
While you are more apt to lose weight by doing a ‘80% vegetable to 20% fruit ratio’ for
weight loss, here is a break down for ingredients that you might find in smoothie recipes
and how they will affect your weight loss.
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup parsley
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 thin slice unpeeled lemon
• 1 large clove garlic
• 1 medium slice of fresh ginger
• 1 small stalk (bundle) of chopped celery
• 1/2 large cucumber (not peeled)
• 10 baby carrots
• 1/4 of a small beet
• 1 cup kale
• 1 cup spinach
• 2 individual radishes
• 6 stalks asparagus
Combine all ingredients, blend until smooth all the way through, then season to taste.
Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie
Ingredients
• Two medium kiwis
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled
• 1/3 cup orange juice (or water)
• 4 or 5 large ice cubes
Wash all of the fruit, peel the kiwi as desired, them chop the strawberries in to blend able pieces. Put in the juice first (or water), then the ice cubes, then the produce.
Ginger Peach Smoothie
Ingredients
• one peach (frozen)
• one medium nectarine (fresh)
• one handful of dried apricots
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 or 2 pieces of candied ginger
Pour the water into your blender, then add the frozen peach slices. Quarter the nectarine and add to the blender followed by the apricots and the ginger. Blend until the smoothie reaches a smooth constancy.
Green Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 cups Spinach
• 1/2 cucumber
• 1/4 head of celery
• 1/2 bunch parsley
• 1 bunch of mint
• 3 carrots
• 2 apples
• 1/4 orange
• 1/4 lime
• 1/4 lemon
• 1/4 pineapple
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Serve and enjoy!
Energy Boosting Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 banana
• 8 oz Greek yogurt
• cinnamon
Pour peanut butter, cocoa powder, Greek yogurt and ice cubes into blender and mix at high speed. Slice banana, add into mixture, and re-blend. Pour smoothie into two cups and serve. Sprinkle dash of cinnamon on top for extra flavor.
Vitamin C Stocked Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 oranges
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• 1 cup strawberries
• 1 tomato
Juice the 2 oranges and combine juice with other ingredients. Blend over ice.
Vitamin Boost Cocktail
Ingredients
Ingredients
• 2 oranges
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• 1 cup strawberries
• 1 tomato
Juice the 2 oranges and combine juice with other ingredients. Blend over ice.
Vitamin Boost Cocktail
Ingredients
• 1 cup papaya
• 1/2 cup kale
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 green apple
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Enjoy!
Sweet Spinach Smoothie
• 2 cups spinach leaves, packed
• 1 ripe pear, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 15 green or red grapes
• 6 ounces fat-free plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons chopped avocado
• 1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
In a blender or food processor, combine all the ingredients until blended to the desired consistency.
Chia Berry Smoothie
• 1 cup frozen mixed berries
• 1/2 cup unsweetened pomegranate juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
Combine all ingredients in a blender, and mix until smooth. Top of with an extra sprinkle of chia seeds if you wish.
Breakfast Smoothie
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder of your choice (I used a chocolate whey with no carbs)
• 1 banana
• 1 cup blackberries
Combine all ingredients in blender, and mix until smooth.
Unlike juicing, almost any vegetable or fruit can be used in the recipe so long as tough skin and hard seeds are removed before putting them in the blender. You can mix and match many types of vegetables and fruits for all sorts of smoothies, and by mixing the right combination of ingredients you can not only create a tasty snack, but also can provide yourself with a real way to lose weight.
How to Make a Smoothie
Because you have to blend up the ingredients, it’s important to make sure you have a blender. Most people suggest using a high quality blender, like Vitamex, but any blender will do if used carefully and monitored. The process isn’t difficult, and if done in the right ratios, a tasty smoothie can be made just about anywhere you can plug a blender in.
Start by adding ‘something wet’. This could be water, milk, juice, soy or almond milk, or even yogurt depending on the recipe you are using. This wet ingredient is used as a type of lubrication for the grinding and chopping of the other smoothie ingredients.
After you have added your ‘wet’ ingredient, add something frozen. This can be ice, frozen juice, or even fresh frozen fruit, and after you have blended the ‘something frozen’ with ‘something wet’, it’s time to add in your fresh produce until it tastes the way you want. Any sort of supplements or powders are added last to ensure that the smoothie is made correctly before adding anything else.
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Drink your smoothie immediately. If you let them sit too long, everything starts to separate. It’s the ‘mixture’ of apples and other fruits among vegetables that makes the recipe taste good, and by waiting, the smoothie many not be as tasty as it should have been before you waited.
Do yourself a favor and clean up everything when you are done. Because many types of smoothie ingredients can become sticky if left out, it’s best to rinse everything out with warm soapy water so it’s ready for next time. You’ll be happy you did it when you get that craving for a smoothie and don’t have to wash out the blender.
Ingredients: What’s good?
While you are more apt to lose weight by doing a ‘80% vegetable to 20% fruit ratio’ for
weight loss, here is a break down for ingredients that you might find in smoothie recipes
and how they will affect your weight loss.
- Avocado: Help make your smoothie thicker, so you’ll be hungry less and more likely to drop access weight.
- Berries: Sweet without an overload of sugar (and empty calories), high in fiber, and full of antioxidants for your health.
- Canned fruits or vegetables: Avoid these for your smoothies if you can. They are always full of extra sugar or salt and will hinder your weight loss goals.
- Dairy: If you have to work it in to your smoothies, use raw milk or greek yogurt. Otherwise, avoid diary all together for your smoothie creations.
- Sweeteners: If your smoothie tastes very sweet, you probably have too much sugar in your recipe. Cut it down as much as you can to eliminate as much sugar as possible, even if it is from artificial sweeteners.
- Cayenne pepper: Being full of capsaicin, research has shown that adding it to breakfast reduces your body’s consumption of fat and carbohydrates later in the day. This is weight loss friendly.
- Cinnamon: Studies have shown that belly fat is more sensitive to the effects of cinnamon than fat from any other part of the body; it’s a great way to drink your way to a better gut by adding a little cinnamon to your smoothie.
- Leafy greens: Greens, like kale, spinach, dandelion, and romaine lettuce, are packed low in calories and high in fiber. Get them fresh as possible to keep your smoothies tasting great.
- Tea/water/ice: Many smoothie recipes call for a liquid, maybe even milk, to create the right consistency. Swap these out for green tea, water, or ice to increase your chances of weight loss.
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup parsley
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 thin slice unpeeled lemon
• 1 large clove garlic
• 1 medium slice of fresh ginger
• 1 small stalk (bundle) of chopped celery
• 1/2 large cucumber (not peeled)
• 10 baby carrots
• 1/4 of a small beet
• 1 cup kale
• 1 cup spinach
• 2 individual radishes
• 6 stalks asparagus
Combine all ingredients, blend until smooth all the way through, then season to taste.
Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie
Ingredients
• Two medium kiwis
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled
• 1/3 cup orange juice (or water)
• 4 or 5 large ice cubes
Wash all of the fruit, peel the kiwi as desired, them chop the strawberries in to blend able pieces. Put in the juice first (or water), then the ice cubes, then the produce.
Ginger Peach Smoothie
Ingredients
• one peach (frozen)
• one medium nectarine (fresh)
• one handful of dried apricots
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 or 2 pieces of candied ginger
Pour the water into your blender, then add the frozen peach slices. Quarter the nectarine and add to the blender followed by the apricots and the ginger. Blend until the smoothie reaches a smooth constancy.
Green Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 cups Spinach
• 1/2 cucumber
• 1/4 head of celery
• 1/2 bunch parsley
• 1 bunch of mint
• 3 carrots
• 2 apples
• 1/4 orange
• 1/4 lime
• 1/4 lemon
• 1/4 pineapple
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Serve and enjoy!
Energy Boosting Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 banana
• 8 oz Greek yogurt
• cinnamon
Pour peanut butter, cocoa powder, Greek yogurt and ice cubes into blender and mix at high speed. Slice banana, add into mixture, and re-blend. Pour smoothie into two cups and serve. Sprinkle dash of cinnamon on top for extra flavor.
Vitamin C Stocked Smoothie
Ingredients
• 2 oranges
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• 1 cup strawberries
• 1 tomato
Juice the 2 oranges and combine juice with other ingredients. Blend over ice.
Vitamin Boost Cocktail
Ingredients
Ingredients
• 2 oranges
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• 1 cup strawberries
• 1 tomato
Juice the 2 oranges and combine juice with other ingredients. Blend over ice.
Vitamin Boost Cocktail
Ingredients
• 1 cup papaya
• 1/2 cup kale
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 green apple
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Enjoy!
Sweet Spinach Smoothie
• 2 cups spinach leaves, packed
• 1 ripe pear, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 15 green or red grapes
• 6 ounces fat-free plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons chopped avocado
• 1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
In a blender or food processor, combine all the ingredients until blended to the desired consistency.
Chia Berry Smoothie
• 1 cup frozen mixed berries
• 1/2 cup unsweetened pomegranate juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
Combine all ingredients in a blender, and mix until smooth. Top of with an extra sprinkle of chia seeds if you wish.
Breakfast Smoothie
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder of your choice (I used a chocolate whey with no carbs)
• 1 banana
• 1 cup blackberries
Combine all ingredients in blender, and mix until smooth.
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