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Everyone’s got green on the brain this weekend, thanks to St. Patrick’s Day. But if green beer isn’t quite your thing, you can always celebrate with another kind of green drink: a green smoothie! These seven awesome green smoothie recipes are healthy, delicious and appropriate for any time of year, not just the one with the wearin’ o the green. More
Next week, New York’s Urban Detox Club (UDC) will showcase the smoothie-making skills of chefs of all stripes in a battle for Vitamix victory.
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Who doesn’t love a good smoothie in the summer? They’re cold, refreshing and oh, so unhealthy. Wait, what? Yep, you may think you’re doing your body good by sipping on a fruit smoothie from your local juice bar, but are you really? Do you even know what’s in it? Turns out, a lot of restaurant or store-bought (and even some homemade) smoothies can be loaded with sugar, fat, carbs and calories, making them more like milkshakes in disguise. So this week on Pimp My Health, we’re going to pimp your smoothie. Take a look at these six simple tips for a more nutritious beverage–that still tastes good! More
Yesterday, we wrote about Rich Roll—the author of Finding Ultra (which was released today) who went from unhappy and overweight to competing in endurance events that most people would never dream of. But when we asked him how he made the change, he said the thing that put his transformation into motion was really switching to a plant-based, vegan diet More
Have you ever tried a green smoothie? Maybe not because the color alone can be a complete turnoff to some people. I resisted them for years simply because I thought they looked “gross”. But then a friend finally made me try one, and you know what? It was actually pretty good. Since then, I have experimented with many different recipes and found five that I like the best because they are actually sweet and refreshing. And because I’m not a big green vegetable-eater, I have found this to be a much easier way to get things like kale, spinach and swiss chard into my diet, rather than forcing myself to eat something I hate.
Take a look at these recipes which are packed with essential vitamins and minerals. I just feel better and more energetic when I drink them. Plus they make an easy breakfast.
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Happy Friday! I hope you have some fun plans for tonight. To help you recover from whatever fun plans you have for tonight, I’m giving you a treasure trove of vegan fruit smoothie recipes from The 30-Day Vegan Challenge by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. Try one tomorrow morning to cure your hangover, or just fuel whatever weekend fun you have in store. These are really good: I’ve tried them, even though I thought smoothie recipes were a joke (just stick some fruit and protein powder in a blender—how hard can it be?!). But I’m a convert because of these recipes, and I’m not just saying that to be nice because the publisher is letting me share these recipes. Try them and let me know what you think. More
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• Delicious summer recipes that incorporate peaches. (Fit Sugar)
• Sexy things to say to your partner. (Third Age)
• Use sunscreen that has antioxidants. (Truth In Aging)
• Meditation is the best way to relieve stress and increase your energy. (YouBeauty)
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• Heart healthy tea. (Organic Authority)
• Mila Kunis understands that losing weight and looking beautiful and healthy aren’t the same thing. (The Frisky)
• The state of the economy isn’t stopping people from taking yoga classes. (Well + Good)
• 11 reasons why your hair may be falling out. (HuffPost Fitness)
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We’ve been talking a lot about protein powders and smoothies this week, but a recent reader question over at The Chart made us wonder: Who needs ‘em? Are protein shakes only for people who go to the gym, or could everyone benefit from a little protein powder in their smoothie on a regular basis? More
Yesterday, Lauren Slayton gave us the skinny on the best non-soy protein powders to use in our smoothies — with everything from whey to hemp and brown rice-based powders to give our favorite health drinks an extra boost. Now we’re back with ten different recipes that you can use them in. We’ve included vegan, sugar-free, and vegetable-laced cocktails, and you can add your preferred protein powder to any of them (just follow the instructions that come with your powder of choice, or experiment with amounts for taste). More
We don’t always believe in taking health and beauty advice from celebrities (especially when they’re shilling for questionable beauty treatments or acting as spokesperson for the unproven health benefits of milk), but when they’re telling us to eat our vegetables, it’s hard to deny their wisdom. With several beautiful celebrities, smart doctors, and qualified nutritionists telling us to drink our greens for lower cholesterol, anti-aging benefits, and better digestion, we’re starting to think they’re onto something. (Plus, we just read Kris Carr’s Crazy Sexy Diet, and she makes yet another convincing case for getting your superfoods and greens through a straw.) More
We think we’re doing good by shelling out for pricey juices, teas, probiotics, and natural energy drinks, but sometimes we wonder if they’re really worth it. In fact, we wonder if some of them are even safe to drink. We picked a few of the most trendy drinks off the shelves of our favorite natural food stores and asked Lauren Slayton of Foodtrainers: To drink or not to drink? More
Been busy all week? So have we. But we don’t want you to miss out on anything, so here are links to our top (and favorite) Blisstree posts from last week: 1. Day 1 of BOOTYCamp! With Fitness Trainer Lacey … More
