Hydrangea, Berry Smoothie
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Comments (11)Bobby I have a "Breakfast in a Glass" recipe from the GI (low glycemic) Diet Cookbook which uses a base of soya milk along with a mixture of fruits of the forest, often found as a frozen mixture, together with 1/2 a banana etc. It covers you for protein, fruit and fibre. I haven't tried it but here's the recipe: Breakfast in a Glass ================ 16 fl oz soya milk 18 oz fresh or frozen fruits of the forest (blueberries, blackcurrants, strawberries, raspberries) 1/2 a banana 4 oz low fat natural yogurt 1 oz flaxseeds or linseeds 2 TBS sunflower seeds 1 oz whey or soy protein isolate powder (health food store) 2 TBS soy lecithin granules (optional) sugar substitute to taste 1. Using a blender or liquidiser, whiz together the soya milk, berries, banana and yogurt until almost smooth. 2. In a spice or coffee grinder, finely grind the flaxseeds or linseeds and sunflower seeds. Add to the soya milk mixture in the blender along with the protein powder and lecithin, is using. Blend just until mixed, about 5 seconds. Source: Rick Gallop's GI Diet Green-light Cookbook London 2006 Sharon Cb...See MoreBest hardy mulberries for smoothies?
Comments (0)I have tried making smoothies with the local wild mulberries -- they don't seem to be dioecious, so presumably Morus alba -- but even though the berries taste fine when I nibble on them, the flavor of the smoothies leans far enough toward bitter to discourage me from trying again. I assume that the blending process releases bitter components from the seeds. I had been thinking of planting an 'Illinois Everbearing' tree, but am now having second thoughts. If anyone has tried using named varieties of hardy mulberries in smoothies, what varieties have you used, and how do the smoothies taste? Oh, and what brand of blender do you use? Mine is a Vitamix, and I'm wondering whether something less powerful might yield more palatable results in this particular case....See Moregreen smoothie recipe
Comments (23)Check out the movie "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" about a guy goes on a juice fast for 60 days to gain control of his health. Very inspiring! Some of his green juice recipes are here: http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/recipes/ Also, check out www.simplegreensmoothies.com. They have an Instagram page, too, where they share recipes. They have a 30 day green smoothie challenge (for free), where they send you shopping lists, recipes and tips to make one smoothie a day for a whole months (quoted from their web site)....See MoreBreakfast smoothies with rose petals and Rose Tea.
Comments (118)Lavenderlace: I tested the below research: https://stumptuous.com/fat-sugar-metabolic-derangement "High-fat (HF) and high-fat/high-sugar (HFHS) diets both raised blood lipids. However: only rats on HFHS (fat plus sugar) diet developed hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance and a diminished insulin response to a glucose load. " When I'm busy, I gulped one glass of juice for energy (100% juice with natural sugar) .. that kept my blood-sugar stabilized to finish a task for 1 hour longer. And a glass of soy milk (7 g. protein) & brewer's yeast & honey lasts me 4 hours without eating. Recently I did something different: finish the last bar of Klondite ice-cream (230 calories, 14 g of fat, 20 g white sugar) & sweet & greasy. Right after that, my blood sugar crashed, I was unbearably hungry and had to eat a meal immediately. I checked the ingredients: it has sugar & corn syrup (high fructose corn syrup). A little of fat plus protein is useful to keep one full. But fat plus sugar induce more hunger. I tested blueberry-smoothie made with 0% fat Greek yogurt versus 2% fat yogurt, and the 2% fat yogurt is more filling & last longer. CONCLUSION: Fat & protein & veggies is a good combo. Fat is needed to absorb the nutrients in veggies better. We have a friend who's a vegetarian and he ALWAYS USE full-fat salad-dressing, plus full-fat cheese on his salads, and he's just as skinny as husband in their late 50's. I used coconut oil to make banana muffin, and olive oil in my cooking. Here's what the Dean of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School said about coconut oil: http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/coconut-oil "Coconut oil is about 90% saturated fat, which is a higher percentage than butter (about 64% saturated fat), beef fat (40%), or even lard (also 40%). Too much saturated fat in the diet is unhealthy because it raises "bad" LDL cholesterol levels, which increases the risk of heart disease. So it would seem that coconut oil would be bad news for our hearts. But what's interesting about coconut oil is that it also gives "good" HDL cholesterol a boost. But, for now, I'd use coconut oil sparingly. Most of the research so far has consisted of short-term studies to examine its effect on cholesterol levels. We don't really know how coconut oil affects heart disease. And I don't think coconut oil is as healthful as vegetable oils like olive oil and soybean oil, which are mainly unsaturated fat and therefore both lower LDL and increase HDL. Coconut oil's special HDL-boosting effect may make it "less bad" than the high saturated fat content would indicate, but it's still probably not the best choice among the many available oils to reduce the risk of heart disease. — Walter C. Willett, M.D. Harvard School of Public Health Department of Nutrition Harvard Health Letter Editorial Board" *** From Straw: Just tested Solgar Brewer's yeast (made from beets). It's less tasty than NOW brand (sold out at local health food store). Solgar BY has a "plastic" & artificial taste to it, and less acidic than NOW. So I'll use Solgar BY for my roses, and still need to buy NOW brewer's yeast when they stock up....See Morebella rosa
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