Weight loss smothies

Smoothies are thick shake type drinks filled mainly with fruit or vegetables and other nutrient dense ingredients.The blended beverage offers you tons of nutrition as well as protein and fiber to help keep you full until your next meal. smoothie for breakfast helps you get hydrated at the start of the day, something soda and coffee won't do.

Don’t be fooled by the claims that smoothies made from prepackaged mixes with chemically altered ingredients are a wise health food option and weight loss tool.  These products are bogus and purely a marketing strategies to make you think you are living healthy.  The claims of life long weight loss from these products are strictly sensationalism as they are just another Yo-Yo Diet masquerading behind hype, junk science and packaging.Nothing beats home made smoothies!

The best smoothies are made with natural, all real, nutrient-dense ingredients that provide vitamins and oils necessary for good more complete nutrition.Not all smoothies are for weight loss.Some smoothies can actually be fattening especially when made using diary products, fats, sweeteners ( adding little sweetener to your smoothies is okay but avoid using too much of it) and canned fruits.

Green smoothies can certainly help you lose weight, but a long-term change in diet and lifestyle will give long term results.Green smoothies work best if they are part of a healthy, whole foods diet that helps you lose weight and maintain your ideal size and shape.

Here are  some slimming smoothies and there recipes :

Ingredients:

This makes 3-4 servings

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

photo credit:Dr. Oz

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Feel free to add water to get desired consistency. Serve and enjoy!

Get your daily dose of essential nutrients with this Dr. Oz-approved blend. If you feel like you are not getting enough vitamins from your diet, this foolproof cocktail packs a powerful antioxidant punch and helps you absorb nutrients from your diet.The papaya gives you
more than your daily recommended value of vitamin C to keep your immune system strong and ward off disease. The kale and spinach give you a healthy dose of magnesium and calcium, and the apple and banana give you a dose of antioxidants!

Ingredients:               

1 cup papaya

1/2 cup kale

1/2 cup spinach

1/2 banana

1/2 green apple

Directions

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Enjoy!

If you want to start off your day with a big boost of energy, try starting with this smoothie. It’s loaded with healthy fruits and veggies like watermelon, which helps dilate blood vessels to promote blood flow. Also, it has coconut water – one of the most hydrating liquids out there. The best part is this recipe yields a big batch, so you can make it once, freeze it, and drink it all week long.

Ingredients

2 pints pineapple

2 pints watermelon

2 quarts coconut water

spinach

blueberries

2 green apples

Directions

Blend all of the ingredients together in a juicer, pour into 16 oz. servings. You can store or freeze extra smoothies to drink later. Enjoy!