A nutritious, delicious smoothie vs. Not.

Yum!

Yesterday morning I made a smoothie worthy of celestial kings (?!). I included a bounty of good-for-you ingredients:

1 x large banana (their wonders discussed in greater depth here )
1 x cup of frozen berries; more info here on them! But a summary is that they have lots of antioxidants, vitamin c, are low in calories & prevent cancer & bladder infections (hot).
1 x cup of apple juice for sweetness & a runnier consistency
1/2 x cup of soy milk, for protein
1 x large tablespoon of wheatgerm (in depth coo-ing over wheatgerm HERE! )

OKAY! So I whizzed this all up in the blender and made 1 & a half large cups of smoothie heavens! I plan on experimenting a bit more with quantities/other additives such as flaxseed oil (for clear skin, memory improvement-if you don’t eat fish 3 x a week you should try this-) but it was pretty delicious.

After having it I felt really bouncy & full of energy, it made me feel great. I felt really confident the whole day too.

Now lets fast-forward to Today, where I didn’t have breakfast, ate a whole bag of Pitos & half a box of 99% sugar 1% artificial something-or-other American candy.

I felt so terrible the whole entire day, I was extremely irritable, with no energy or confidence. I know this probably seems very “obvious” but it’s really good for me to experience a contrast like that to help me realise the right things that I need to be doing for my health.

So just then I whipped up a carbon-copy of that smoothie I had Yesterday, drank half & already am feeling better!

I think a smoothie is a great way to get lots&lots of vitamins & good things into you, for minimum effort & maximum taste.

***EDIT*** I am going to try out this SPINACH SMOOTHIE next! Apparently it’s delicious…well we will see about that!

Also, I cannot stop listening to this song: Tegan & Sara – Living Room (it was on my American mixtape)