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How to Use Smoothies to Get More Vegetables into Your Diet — Best Smoothie Recipes. "...I've always been a no-breakfast person.

How to Use Smoothies to Get More Vegetables into Your Diet — Best Smoothie Recipes

10 Delicious Tricks for Making the Healthiest Smoothies — Best Smoothie Recipes. Ultimately, smoothies help me save money because I rarely eat out anymore (and, of course, nothing is more expensive than illness).

10 Delicious Tricks for Making the Healthiest Smoothies — Best Smoothie Recipes

What Supplements Should I Take? Standard ProcessBioticsThera-ZymeFood Research For me, personally, I tailor my supplementation individually, day to day, based on how I feel and what kind of workout I have planned.

What Supplements Should I Take?

However, for most people logistical and time constraints make that unrealistic. Therefore, many people will benefit by having a once-a-week prep day, where they sort all of their supplements for the week ahead in one fell swoop. Should I Count Calories? 3 Ways to Lose Stubborn Belly Fat. 1.

3 Ways to Lose Stubborn Belly Fat

Prepare Internally for Change by Making Careful Plans How did I lose the fat? Those of you who use this site frequently might already know that I am deeply interested in the art and science of improving personal productivity. Hidden Hypersensitivity: Raise Energy by Avoiding Foods Your Body Dislikes. Why a Daily Green Smoothie Will Help You Get Fit. Few menu items can give you that clean, sustained buzz better than a green smoothie.

Why a Daily Green Smoothie Will Help You Get Fit

Easiest Way to Lose a Pound a Week, Permanently. Being born and raised in California, I've been having smoothies my whole life.

Easiest Way to Lose a Pound a Week, Permanently

But about two years ago, I started making fresh green smoothies on a whole new level – using raw sprouted seeds and nuts, and tons of fresh vegetables including dark leafy greens. These shakes I make are usually between 300 and 400 calories (it depends on the recipe) and help me to feel fantastic. They're filling and delicious. How to Quit Sugar. Maintaining low/stable glucose levels can do more than just protect you from disease, it can actually rewire your body's metabolism to rely less on glucose and more on fats and proteins as energy sources -- this increases your body's overall efficiency, lowers cholesterol, and makes it easier to achieve a healthy weight.

How to Quit Sugar

New research has shown that low sugar intake can also encourage the favorable expression of our "longevity genes. " Many people practice calorie restriction in an attempt to maintain low/stable blood glucose levels. Continuing studies have shown that the benefits of calorie restriction observed in animals during lab testing are likely to produce similar results in humans (though the length of the human life span makes it difficult to gather definitive information). Still, for many of us, a dietary regime based on calorie restriction may be a little too intense. Is Master Cleanse the Right Detox for You? The End of the Detox By day 11, I was actually looking forward to a salad, but I came off the lemonade and eased into normal food with soup broth and freshly squeezed juice.

Is Master Cleanse the Right Detox for You?

The day after that, I ate lots of raw vegetables and salad and started easing into normal. Some people will do this cleanse for much longer than 10 days, which I can't imagine! Results of the 10-Day Master Cleanse: I felt clean, clear and energized at the end of the cleanse. Yes! For me personally, the best part of the cleanse is what it did for my self-confidence.

No! My concern about the cleanse is that it somehow (though this isn't its intention, surely) encourages people to eat badly, then do the Cleanse in an attempt to try to make up for it. The Detox Smoothie Diet. Part way through blending, you may have to pause to shake the blender to get out the air bubble and add a tablespoon of spring water (it depends on how many frozen ingredients you had to use).

The Detox Smoothie Diet

Later on, as you become accustomed to green smoothies – and if you're feeling brave – you can experiment with including small amounts of the advanced ingredients such as cilantro, dandelion greens, and beet stems. But I suggest never having the advanced ingredients more than 3 days in a row. Please be careful and reverent in your approach, and I invite you to ask your doctor his or her opinion first. Another advanced strategy is to remove all fruit (except a bit of lime juice) from your smoothie.

Eating Before Bed. The best food to eat before bed is one that doesn't make your face puffy in the morning.

Eating Before Bed

Why show up at work looking unnecessarily old, bloated and tired? How to Get the Best Protein into Your Smoothies. Next time you're in the store, pick out some of your favorite raw nuts and seeds and add them to your recipe. Once you've mastered that, you next may want to try seeds. Try to purchase the raw kind as they have a richness that is lost in the pasteurization or roasting process. My favorite are sprouted raw pumpkin seeds (my least favorite are peanuts and cashews). Nuts and seeds are an excellent source of protein. How Eating Flour Can Devastate Your Youthful Appearance. I believe you can reduce belly fat by preparing grains, including oatmeal, correctly. In the video above I share with you my own recipe for Bionic Oatmeal – because it helps me to feel strong after I eat it, not tired and puffy!

Eating grains in a healthy way often means choosing the right grains (gluten-free, organic) and pre-soaking overnight, rinsing in the morning, and adding new, fresh water before cooking. This morning I began to prepare oatmeal for tomorrow’s breakfast. I placed the water and oatmeal in a stainless steel pot, squeezed some fresh lemon juice into the pot for acidity and gave the mixture a stir. I turned the stove burner on at a low heat for a minute to gently warm the contents of the pot. Tomorrow morning I will simply turn the heat on to cook the prepared oats. During the last minute of cooking, I will add some ghee clarified butter. Also, a diet can be modified based on where in the life cycle one is.