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Pregnant-Friendly: While all the smoothies and juices in this book are healthy and therefore good for women who are expecting, those marked with this logo are specially recommended for a pregnancy diet.

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The smoothies and juices in this book are lifesaversliterally. If you want more energy, better digestion, smoother skin, and a healthier attitude, you need to join the growing ranks of people whove made smoothies and juices an essential part of their lives.

The Big Book of Healthy Smoothies and Juices offers you more than 500 savory or sweet choices for delicious drinks. Whether you want to nurture your digestion, boost your calcium for better bones, or improve your memory, youll find the right juice or smoothie within these pageseverything from a Sinful Strawberry Cream smoothie for a warm summer day to Heirloom Tomato Juice or a Night on the Town Tonic. There are recipes for pregnant women, nursing mothers, on-the-go parents, and a special selection of kid-friendly drinks.

These foods take minutes to prepare, but you and your family will feel their benefits all day. Theyre easy on your budget and can be easily transported to work or school. Theyll give you more energy and stamina to make the most of your day, and your kids will love them.

Whether youre constantly on the go, stuck behind a desk all day, working around the house, or in a combination of those situations, a healthy diet is key to your well-being. Youll find that as you integrate these smoothies and juices into your diet, youll increase your consumption of essential vitamins, antioxidants, and phytochemicals. Cooked foods often lose their natural nutrients; smoothies and juices retain them.

Its possible that youre already a devotee of the smoothie/juice lifestyle. If so, youll find plenty of innovative recipes here to supplement those you already make. On the other hand, if youre a smoothie/juicer beginner, theres lots of great advice here on how to get started. You dont need fancy kitchen equipmentjust a blender and/or a food processor or juicer. Nor do you need a lot of special foods. You can make healthy smoothies and juices out of practically anything, and, as youll find in these pages, you can use these foods in combinations that may astonish you.

So get ready to blend, juice, and process your way to a new, healthy, happy lifestyle.

Although the value of a diet rich in greens, fruits, and vegetables has been well known for quite some time, the health-conscious smoothie has not been commonplace until recent years. It has also been only in recent years that much of the information has been provided identifying the Standard American Diethigh in bad fats, low in quality protein and carbohydratesas the main culprit in multiple health issues that strike people of all ages and backgrounds. With the breakthrough of raw food diets, the proven health benefits of diets low in refined carbohydrates, and illnesses that have shown marked improvement with the implementation of a more green-focused diet, fresh fruit and vegetable smoothies now appeal to more people.

The powers of healing and the benefits from consuming rich greens in smoothies are particularly astounding. Abundant vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, omega-3s, healthy fats, phytochemicals, and proteins that can change the natural processes of your body for the better are unleashed in every green smoothie you consume!

A healthy smoothie is a mixture of greens and/or fruit blended together until a desirable, smooth texture is achieved. While there are many smoothie combinations that target specific needs or areas of the body, the main reasons to consume healthy smoothies are to eat more vegetables and fruits on a daily basis, enjoy the smoothie combinations you choose from this book and create on your own, and live a healthier and happier lifestyle as a result of this major nutritional shift in your daily life. Integrating these smoothies into your average day without extra time, money, or hassle is also easily done. It takes only minutes to prepare, blend, and enjoy these treats, and requires only a blender and the vegetables and fruits of your choosing. The entire process is easy to understand and apply to any scheduleno matter how hectic.