What is Green Smoothie?
A green smoothie is a blend of various
fruits and green vegetables like water
melon, lemon, spinach, cucumbers,
and celery.
The fundamental idea behind this is
to provide all the health benefits at one
go. Green smoothie has great taste and
includes all the nutrients of delicious
fruits and leafy vegetables.
The green smoothies are very helpful for
those individuals who don’t take the
recommended amount of nutrients in their
daily diet.
According to some studies
conducted in USA it is estimated that one
third of children don’t even consume two
cups of fruits and vegetables daily. This
makes them deficient in proteins and
nutrients.
If anyone asks you about your intake of
green leafy vegetables in your diet then
what will be your answer??? Not a lot of
them may be. In fact people not even have
the green vegetables in salads also.
The
salad which is prepared is loaded with lots
of fats and sugars which don’t serve any
purpose in our diet.
It is better to
consume it raw, rather than with cream or
salt or sugar. So it is suggested to go for
green smoothies.
It is a good choice to add vegetables to
the fruit based smoothie. This is
considered to be a very healthy choice
these days. There is so much that we can
get from these vegetables and fruits.
They
are rich source of minerals, vitamin A and
C, fiber, proteins etc. It is always
advised to include the green vegetables
while blending the fruits for making
smoothies.
Green Smoothies can be prepared in seconds.
It can be called as the fast food by
nature. People have started adding this in
their daily diet.
They are even inculcating
this habit in their children. It is
suggested to consume the green smoothie
immediately after making it.
This is
because if we will keep the smoothie for
long time then all its nutrients will be
lost.
Now the question arises that why smoothies
green is a better choice than normal fruit
smoothies. To know about this go on
reading the next chapter!!!!
Why Green Smoothie is a Better
Choice than other Smoothies?
It is always suggested to go for green
smoothie rather than normal fruit
smoothies. It is considered to be the most
incredible drink that we should add in our
daily diet.
It is a perfect way to keep a
check on all the nutrients, vitamins and
fiber content in our body. It is the best
way to overcome yours as well as your
family’s health problems.
Including smoothies in the diet is very
helpful. There are people who neglect the
green leafy vegetables in their diet. This
is very wrong.
They are unaware of the
importance of green leafy vegetables in the
diet. The green leafy vegetables have high
chlorophyll content which is verybeneficial
for gaining energy.
The
smoothies with green vegetables in them
also help in nourishing our body.
Green smoothies are also a very good source
of providing fiber to our body.
Lack of
fiber content in the body often leads to
toxins. So it is better to include a glass
of green smoothie in your daily diet. Green
smoothie is also a very good nutrient diet
for the kids.
The kids are often prone to
health diseases as their immune system is
not fully developed. So it is advised to
give them a diet which is rich in all the
nutrients and vitamins.
Moreover green smoothies are very delicious
in taste. The kids will enjoy it. Inspite
of having the cold drinks and other aerated
drinks they should be given these drinks in
their diet. It is the best way to eat
delicious fruits and vegetables daily.
There are so many other health benefits of
consuming green smoothie daily. Some of
them are:-
ï‚· Increases our body energy
ï‚· Helps in reducing weight
ï‚· Prevents from chronic illness
ï‚· Faster recovery of injuries
It is also considered as the best way for
people who are not able to eat the raw
vegetables. By mixing the green vegetables
with fruits they can easily drink it.
Moreover it is very easy to digest.
According to a survey it is showed that
chewing leads to forty percent of the
absorption of food while blending leads to
ninety percent of the digestion.
So it is
very clear that drinking a glass of
smoothie is far better than having a bowl
of salad daily.
How nutritious is the green smoothie?? To
know about it, go through the next chapter……