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		<title>Smoothies for kids</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For adults, drinking vegetable smoothies would not be a problem because&#8230;. They know that the drink is healthy and they would be willing to drink it even though the look of the drinks is not so good. However, children would not have such a sophisticated mind. They would think that the drinks are not attractive [...]]]></description>
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<p>They know that the drink is healthy and they would be willing to drink it even though the look of the drinks is not so good. However, children would not have such a sophisticated mind. They would think that the drinks are not attractive and they would not want to drink.And this is the problem of many parents indeed. They would love to make the smoothies for kids, especially the vegetable smoothies because they know that the smoothies made of vegetables contain many useful minerals and nutrients. However, they fail to ask their kids to drink happily.</p>
<p>If you are one of the parents who are looking for the suitable vegetable smoothies, here are some useful guides for you. First of all, you may make the ‘carrot orange delight’. You can use 3/4 cup of pure carrot juice as well as 3/4 cup of pure orange juice. You can blend these juices with 3/4 cup of common vanilla yogurt. Then, you can add ice cubes as you like so as to make the juice cold.Some people would like to add the cubes after the whole blending process but some people would like to blend the cube after they get the smoothie. Therefore, it is up to you to choose if you want to blend the ice cube together with the whole smoothie.</p>
<p>If you do not want carrot, you may consider the ‘pumpkin power drink’. You can use 15 ounces of chilled pumpkin as well as 12 ounces of evaporated milk. Add 2 tablespoons of cinnamon as well as 1 tablespoon of honey. Then, you can add 1 cup of vanilla yogurt and blend them well. If you want to have better taste, you may add more cinnamon. You can also add whipped cream on top of the drink to make the drink more attractive.</p>
<p>These drinks are usually attractive to children because they would not contain a lot of solid residue as long as you can blend all the ingredients well. If you think that there would be some solid residues after the blending process, you may try to remove the residues using filtering methods. No doubt, the process may sound troublesome. However, if you do want your kids to drink them happily, this is inevitable.</p>
<p>These drinks contain a large amount of vitamin C and A. Besides, there would be iron, magnesium, potassium as well as calcium included in these smoothies for kids. Of course, there smoothies are not specific smoothies for kids. Adults could also drink these drinks and enjoy the nutrients. And for adults who do not want to drink a lot of sweet smoothies, they could reduce the amount of honey and sugar added in these drinks. They are advised to use pure vegetable juices instead of juices which are added with sugar already.If you want other smoothies for kids, you may search on the internet and you would surely find the necessary information.</p>
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		<title>Green Juice Helps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recent decades, many things are invented. And in many aspects of our life, we could enjoy various kinds of benefits from the advancement. For instance, the advancement in medicines enables us to protect our body easily. And the advancement of technology helps us to connect every part of the world conveniently. The realization [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the recent decades, many things are invented.</p>
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<p>And in many aspects of our life, we could enjoy various kinds of benefits from the advancement. For instance, the advancement in medicines enables us to protect our body easily. And the advancement of technology helps us to connect every part of the world conveniently. The realization of dream of internet world brings everyone in the world closer together. Therefore, human becomes more intelligent in recent decades.However, the advancement in different aspects actually brings a lot of problems to the Earth. For instance, the cutting down of forests to build factories produces the problem of global warming and the overfishing process actually harm the food chain in the marine world.</p>
<p>And the advancement in the food production technology actually harms our body as well. As we know, we have a lot of different delicious food to eat in recent years. It is because different kinds of artificial ingredients are invented and applied to make the drinks or food more attractive and more delicious. These ingredients actually harm our body. According to plenty of surveys and studies, the use of artificial ingredients actually makes the physical body age faster. Some studies invited people to take junk food regularly and the results show that they have different kinds of problems and their health is in danger.</p>
<p>Therefore, many people now try to look for some natural ways to bring nutrients to their body so that they would not have those illnesses so easily. And one of the most popular ways for people to do in recent years in order to be healthy is to drink the green juice.Actually, the idea of drinking green juice is not new in the world. Many years ago, some military doctors have advised the soldiers to drink the green juice because they find that the green juice could help people acquire the necessary minerals and vitamins easily. And the green juice could help people to have a strong and healthier body so that the soldiers could perform better in the wars.</p>
<p>The country of origin of green juice actually goes to Japan. In 1980s, this kind of juice had already been popular in Japan and the price of the green juice kept increasing in recent years because the demand of the juice is high in recent years. In fact, making and selling the green juice has become a kind of professional business in many countries including Japan.If you want to have this kind of juice but you do not want to spend a lot of money, you may try to make the juice in your home. You may think that it is complicated to produce the drinks. However, as long as you have a blender at home, you can actually make one easily.</p>
<p>You can prepare 1/2 apple, 1/2 fresh pear, 1/2 cup of spinach, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 cup of parsley stems and leaves as well as a section of papaya. Then, you can blend them using the blender and you can enjoy the wonderful juice.</p>
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		<title>Smoothie Blender</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having an electric blender at home could help people to produce the smoothies which could provide the necessary nutrients for people. These smoothie blenders actually can help people to have the production of smoothies easily. Some people would insist on using the juicer instead of the blenders. However, the smoothie blenders are found to provide [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having an electric blender at home could help people to produce the smoothies which could provide the necessary nutrients for people.</p>
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<p>These smoothie blenders actually can help people to have the production of smoothies easily. Some people would insist on using the juicer instead of the blenders. However, the smoothie blenders are found to provide the blending process at a quicker pace.Normally, juicer would allow people to get the juice from some of the fruits or vegetables. However, the juicers could not help you to mix two different kinds of juices easily and you would not be able to blend the ice cubes to the drink conveniently by using the juicer. Therefore, a smoothie blender would be necessary if you want to produce smoothie continuously so that you can enjoy the drink continuously and have a healthy body.</p>
<p>There are some useful tips that you could bear in mind if you are going to purchase a smoothie blender. First of all, you have to understand the type of fruits or food that you would like to blend. As you know, there are different kinds of fruits and vegetables and you may choose one suitable smoothie blender by judging the most frequently blended materials for you. If you want to blend something like ice cubes all the time, you need a strong blender.Secondly, you should try to find the flask capacity of your blender. If you want to blend some larger fruits like papaya or carrots, you may need a larger size of blender and you also need a stronger power for the blender or otherwise you would fail to blend these foods thoroughly.</p>
<p>And if you are going to use the blender for frequently, you need to find whether the blender could be cleaned easily. Sometimes, the blades in the blenders could not be taken out and it would pose a problem to you when you are going to clean these smoothie blenders. As you know, there would be a lot of residues in the blender and you need to clean it thoroughly.As you are going to use the smoothie blender to blend many different kinds of things, you need to make sure that there are safety features provided which could protect you. For instance, there should be some buttons which you can lock the covers so it would not suddenly jump from the top of the blender and make the smoothie jump to your face. Many users of the blenders have got hurt when they use the blenders indeed.</p>
<p>Therefore, you need to work hard to find a suitable blender for you to produce the smoothie. It is not hard indeed. Common blenders are capable of producing the smoothie for you so you can just visit the electrical appliance shops and see if there are suitable blenders for you.If you want cheaper blenders, you may purchase online. But you have to ensure that the blenders are safe to use and there is warranty provided. Otherwise, you would not be able to find help easily if you encounter any problems.</p>
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		<title>Healthy Smoothie</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, more and more people would pay attention to their health. In the past, working all the time to earn money is something that many people would try to do. But in recent years, a lot of people would like to find healthy food to eat and find healthy drinks to drink. Therefore, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In recent years, more and more people would pay attention to their health.</p>
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<p>In the past, working all the time to earn money is something that many people would try to do. But in recent years, a lot of people would like to find healthy food to eat and find healthy drinks to drink. Therefore, the demand for different kinds of healthy smoothie mix is increasing year by year.As you know, these smoothies are healthy because they are usually made of fresh fruits or vegetables. Therefore, there would be a lot of nutrients included in the drinks. Of course, the exact types of nutrients provided by the smoothie actually depend on the type of smoothie mix produced.</p>
<p>Among all different kinds of smoothie mix, the ones using lemon are popular. Actually, lemons are popular in cooking. Many people would love to use lemons to cook dishes as well as to make drinks. And some of them would like to make candies using lemons. Despite the fact that we do not know who started to use lemon to produce dishes, lemon is popular in the cooking world from past to now and the popularity is increasing all the time.</p>
<p>According to some people, lemon trees were grew in India, China as well as Burma. And gradually, this fruit was introduced to Europe and people started to be influenced by the taste of this fruit and use this fruit to make different kinds of delicious cuisine.From the view of nutrition, lemon could provide people with vitamin C, calcium, vitamin B6, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, etc. All these minerals and vitamins are important for people to take so that they could have a healthy growth. Since the process of making the smoothie mix would not involve a lot of heating up processes, the minerals and vitamins involved above would not be lost and people drinking the smoothie mix would get the suitable nutrients.</p>
<p>Besides lemons, mangoes are also commonly used by people to make the smoothie mix. Some people would even create the smoothie mix using both mangoes and lemons. Just like lemons, mangoes contain a large amount of vitamin C, potassium, magnesium as well as iron. Besides, it contains vitamin A and E. Therefore, using both lemon and mango to create the smoothie mix would be the best for people who would love to enjoy all the various kinds of vitamins and minerals at one time.</p>
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		<title>Green Nutrients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For every healthy person, having fresh vegetables or fruits is necessary. In order to have a healthy body, we should always try to take some green fruits or vegetables. Of course, the major source of energy for our body to have normal metabolism comes from carbohydrates but not vegetables and we could still move around [...]]]></description>
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<p>In order to have a healthy body, we should always try to take some green fruits or vegetables. Of course, the major source of energy for our body to have normal metabolism comes from carbohydrates but not vegetables and we could still move around even though we do not eat vegetables.However, we have to understand that human body requires a regular supply of minerals as well as vitamins in order to get rid of some diseases. For instance, people who do not have enough vitamin A would have night blindness. And with this disease, people would not be able to see anything in dark. Normal people could still base on some weak lights to identify the objects in dark but people with night blindness would fail to do so.</p>
<p>On the other hand, people who do not have enough vitamin C would have a problem called scurvy. With this illness, the gums of people would be ugly and bleeding of the gums would occur frequently. This would not be something pleasant because it would affect your look.If you do not have enough vitamin D, the calcium absorption in your body would be slowed down. And without enough calcium for the growth of bones, kids would not be able to grow taller. Moreover, adults would also have weakened bones and this would lead to illness called rickets.</p>
<p>Therefore, it would be very useful for people to have the green drinks regularly. Nowadays, the life of people in the city is very busy and people would hardly find enough time to eat vegetables. They even do not have enough time to have their lunch and they could just eat sandwiches. Therefore, making the green drinks could allow people to have the nutrients conveniently. They do not need to wait for the lunch hour and have the vegetables.</p>
<p>Instead, they could drink the green drinks conveniently and enjoy the nutrients included.If is not difficult for people to make the green drinks. They just need to include the different types of vegetables or fruits that they want to have and use the blender to make the drink. Normally, they are not advised to add sugar because adding too much sugar would cause other health problems such as diabetics.</p>
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		<title>Green Berry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, more and more people know that the green berry&#8230; Could actually help people in many ways in order to be healthy. And many scientists have found that the green berry is useful to help people to stay healthy. For instance, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nowadays, more and more people know that the green berry&#8230;</p>
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<p>Could actually help people in many ways in order to be healthy. And many scientists have found that the green berry is useful to help people to stay healthy. For instance, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association all found that these berries are useful to reduce the chance of having those diseases.And they also discover that patients of some of these diseases would have less severe symptoms after they have a regular intake of the green berries. Of course, diseases especially cancer could never be cured easily. However, some patients did found that they felt better after they have a regular intake of the food.</p>
<p>In fact, these organizations also find that the green berries could help people slow down the physical and mental ageing process. The berries contain some natural chemicals which could stimulate the body to produce certain kinds of hormones to keep people young. Of course, the effect would not be seen so easily unless you have a regular intake of the food and give yourself a certain months or even years to experience the gradual effect of the green berry.</p>
<p>In recent years, most of the people in the world are having a busy life. They have to go from here to there and they would find it difficult to have the time to sit in a restaurant and have the lunch or dinner. And the continuous consumption of junk food actually would promote the ageing process. As you know, there are plenty of artificial chemicals used to make the junk food and these artificial things would cause a lot of problems on the body of human. If you want to use natural food to counteract the effect of these artificial things, you can use green berry.</p>
<p>With the green berries, people would have more dietary fiber and this would enable the body to conduce the digestion process at a faster rate. Therefore, the undigested toxins would not stay in the body so easily and they would not accumulate to a toxic level so easily.</p>
<p>And besides removing the toxins from the body, the speed up of the digestion process actually help people to enjoy a weight loss effect. Yes, since the green berry could help people to remove the undigested materials conveniently, the undigested materials would not be stored in the body and increase the weight of the person.</p>
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		<title>Fruit Smoothie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, more and more people understand the importance of health. They know that they would not have the ability to spend their money if they do not have a healthy body. Even though they work hard to earn a lot of money, they would never be happy if they have a lot of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In recent years, more and more people understand the importance of health.</p>
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<p>They know that they would not have the ability to spend their money if they do not have a healthy body. Even though they work hard to earn a lot of money, they would never be happy if they have a lot of diseases eventually. Therefore, many people would like to find something which could provide them some of the nutrients.Some of the nutrients that require regular intake include minerals and vitamins. With insufficient supply of these materials, people would have different kinds of diseases easily. Therefore, people are looking for various ways to have these materials. Among all the possible ways of having the supply of nutrients, taking the supplement pills and drinking fruit smoothies are relatively more popular. But the former one is not good indeed.</p>
<p>You have to understand that different kinds of nutrients would cooperate to work for a good effect on the body. For instance, vitamin D helps the absorption of calcium and without sufficient vitamin D, some of the calcium could not be absorbed and would be excreted away. Therefore, taking a pill which supply people with calcium would not be enough if they do not have enough vitamin D intake.And there are some more complicated interdependent relationships between the nutrients needed by human. Therefore, it would not be good for people to take those pills because one or two pills actually could not help people solve the problem of nutrient deficiency easily. And fruit smoothie would be a better choice.</p>
<p>There are different kinds of fruits in the world so there are inevitably different kinds of fruit smoothies for people to make and drink. Among all the different kinds of fruit smoothies, the banana one is popular. Banana is rich in Vitamin B and it would provide sufficient potassium for people to control the blood pressure. Moreover, the iron included in the banana is sufficient for people to stay away from anemia. Therefore, banana could help people to have a healthy body.</p>
<p>If you want to make a fruit smoothie using banana, you may consider the following recipe. You may prepare 3 large bananas, 1 cup of low-fat yogurt, 1 cup of cold soya milk and 4 tablespoon of vanilla yogurt ice cream. Then, you can put 1 cup of ice cubes as well as other things to the blender and blend all of them together. After a few minutes, you would get the delicious drink.</p>
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		<title>Green Drinks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us actually know that eating enough vegetables and fruits everyday is necessary for people to stay healthy. But in many cases, we would fail to have enough vegetables and fruits because we are so busy and we cannot have these foods. If you are one of the busy people in this world who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All of us actually know that eating enough vegetables and fruits everyday is necessary for people to stay healthy.</p>
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<p>But in many cases, we would fail to have enough vegetables and fruits because we are so busy and we cannot have these foods. If you are one of the busy people in this world who could not have enough time to buy or eat green vegetables, you can consider making the green drink and bring it with you all the time so that you can drink it conveniently.As you know, the ingredients in the vegetables or fruits actually could help you to neutralize the acids in your body. Human body is usually acidic in nature but acidic environment may facilitate the mutation of some of the body cells which could lead to cancers. Therefore, you should find ways to neutralize the excess acids in your body and drinking the green drink would be useful.</p>
<p>And with the green drink, you would be able to have the necessary vitamins and minerals. As you know, human body needs regular intake of vitamins and minerals for normal functioning of the body. Without the sufficient supply of these things, we could get different kinds of diseases easily.With green drink, people would have the ability to stay away from the harmful toxins. Toxins are usually the artificial chemicals that people use to make food nowadays. These toxins could not be digested or assimilated to the body and they would accumulate in the body. Eventually, the toxins would reach a harmful level and could cause problem to the body. If you want to remove the toxins, having the green drink would be helpful.</p>
<p>Besides, green drink has different kinds of minerals and the minerals would be helpful for people to improve the skin appearance. Some people who drink the green drink continuously would find that their skin is more attractive and the color of the skin would not be dull. This is the power of the drinks.Some vegetables, such as spinach, contain a large amount of iron. Therefore, you can use these vegetables to make the drink. With continuous supply of iron, our body could produce sufficient haemoglobin, which is used to carry oxygen throughout the body and carry wastes away from the body. It means that suitable vegetable drinks could help people achieve a better cardiovascular system.</p>
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		<title>Green Smoothies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who doesn’t know the health benefits of greens! Greens contain many nutrients like minerals, phytonutrients, omega3’s and vitamins. Eating greens in form of salads everyday can become tedious after some time. This is when a Green Smoothie comes in handy as it’s a different way to consume greens.A green smoothie is a fruit smoothie recipe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who doesn’t know the health benefits of greens!</p>
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<p>Greens contain many nutrients like minerals, phytonutrients, omega3’s and vitamins. Eating greens in form of salads everyday can become tedious after some time. This is when a Green Smoothie comes in handy as it’s a different way to consume greens.A green smoothie<strong> </strong>is a fruit smoothie recipe blended with greens. Consuming greens is very beneficial to our body like; it boosts our immune system, lowers our cholesterol levels, repairs our body functions and also prevents cancer.</p>
<p>In green leafy vegetables the nutrients are encapsulated within the cellulose walls of the plant cells and chewing the greens thoroughly is the only way by which we can break the cellulose wall and reach the valuable nutrients. Unless we chew our greens thoroughly we are not able to benefit from eating our greens. With the consumption of a green smoothie<strong>,</strong> we can easily reach the valuable macro nutrients in a more tasty way and also surpass the usual chemical filled dressings which go with a salad.</p>
<p>There are many choices of the vegetables which can be used in the preparation of a green smoothie<strong>. </strong>Some of them are: Beet greens, Lettuce, Parsley, Collard, Kale, Spinach, Dandelion leaves, Swiss chard and many more. The fresh and raw leafy greens are blended with any fruit of your choice like the pineapple or a banana to get a delicious mug of green smoothie. The basic ingredients in the green smoothie recipe are the fresh, raw greens and the fruits.Ideally the recipe for a green smoothie should contain 40% of the raw, fresh greens and 60% of the fresh fruit. The sugar from the fruit neutralizes the bitter taste of the greens. Sugar consumed in this form is in its best form as it is a fruit sugar. Green smoothies are a complete food. The internet has a lot of recipes on making a variety of smoothies.</p>
<p>The benefits of consuming green smoothies regularly are many. They are ideal for weight watchers especially to lose the extra weight from the troubled spots. Ideal for kids too along with a balanced diet as kids need lots of energy to play. Good for toddlers too. Being easy to digest they are complete nutrition food for the old aged. Teens prone to acne eruption on their skin can benefit with the regular consumption of the green smoothie. Also a regular consumption will induce a calm and happy sense of predisposition in a person. Consuming a green smoothie every day is a small price to pay for our general well being plus a clear, shiny skin.</p>
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		<title>Raw Food Made Easy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[People changing to raw food diets have reported that&#8230; as w result of the improved circulation of nutrients and the removal of toxins from the cells, their skin looks tighter and is much less puffy,their eyes become clearer and any grey hair they have starts to grow back dark. Collagen is is responsible for the [...]]]></description>
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<p>as w result of the improved circulation of nutrients and the removal of toxins from the cells, their skin looks tighter and is much less puffy,their eyes become clearer and any grey hair they have starts to grow back dark. Collagen is is responsible for the elasticity of our skin, and it is kept in production by the vitamin C that comes in a raw food diet,partly because raw foos help to eliminate the toxins that are link with cellulite. Studies show that raw foods can help you loose weight without suffering from any of the agonies and failures of going on a diet.</p>
<p>A raw food expert once said &#8221; For many years i have struggled with obesity and was frustrated with treating patients because nothing ever seemed to work.,,,Then I discovered the potential of uncooked foods and found that the more uncooked foods that patients used, the less they wanted to eat. These foods are more satisfying for patients and they loose weight on them. Dedicated raw food purists eat 80 to 90 percent of their raw food. If you find this difficult, aim to eat two-thirds or more of your food raw, which still leaves room for going out for dinner and enjoying plenty of warm soups and stews in the winter.And of course in the summer you could always try a <strong><a href="http://greensmoothierecipes.org/">Green Smoothie</a></strong></p>
<p>If you must cook your vegetables. steam them lightly or gently stir fry them for just a few minutes so as to loose the minimum of nutriets.At least try to eat a minimum of three pieces of fruit, a handful of nuts and seeds and salad everyday.Of course there are many raw or green smoothies you could try, one of my favourite being<strong> <a href="http://greensmoothierecipes.org/coco-green-smoothie/">Coco Green Smoothie</a>. </strong>Raw food is quick and easy to prepare &#8211; instead of worrying about recipe ideas you just chop you just chop up whatever vegetables you have and drizzle salad dreessing over them. Raw food does not have to mean &#8220;Rabbit Food&#8221; it also includes nuts,olives,yoghurt,olive oil and sushi to name a few things. If you are having a pre dinner drink, instead of crisps try eating chooped carrots, cauliflower and broccoli dipped in hummus or guacamole. You can also make fruit salads and treat yourself to some papaya or pineapple which are both rich in enzymes.</p>
<p><strong>Raw foods offer higher levels of nutrients including vitamins and minerals and fibre, than cooked foods.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Raw foods contain all the enzymes necessary for their digestion; cooking kills up to 100 percent of the enzymes</strong></p>
<p><strong>Raw foods may be useful in curing cancer and other illnesses associated with ageing.</strong></p>
<p>A diet high in raw foods is very effective for losing weight wihtout going hungry.<br />
Try to eat around Two-Thirds of your food raw in the form of fruits, salds, raw vegetables, nuts and seeds and sushi and various <strong><a href="http://greensmoothierecipes.org/nutritious-smoothie/">Nutritious Smoothies</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXr8-jru1KE">Green Smoothies Made Easy</a></strong></p>
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