Smooth Moves

Over the years we've shared many different and delicious recipes with you – we've even shared a few smoothie recipes. Smoothies are delicious and easy to make, which are great reasons for adding them to your daily meal plan. Another awesome benefit of the smoothie is how nutritious they are.

TV, magazines and blogs are positively abuzz with sensation about smoothies. Everyone from Oprah to mommy bloggers are talking about the benefits of smoothies. We care about your overall well-being, so in this issue of balance we want to share with you 10 reasons you and your family should consider drinking green smoothies. We've also included a couple of our team's favourite smoothie recipes.

The Wonderful Benefits of Green Smoothies

1. They're a great way to get more greens into your diet. How many of us would sit down and eat a bunch of spinach or kale? But you
can easily consume a large amount of
leafy greens in just a single serving
smoothie.

2. Chlorophyll is the sun's energy
absorbed through plants. Chlorophyll
helps oxygen delivery in our bodies
and even helps to reduce the binding
of carcinogens to DNA.

3. Smoothies are a way to increase the
amount of protein in our diet without
increasing our dairy or meat intake.

4. Fibre is crucial to our health
and green smoothies are an
excellent way to increase
the amount of fibre
without the need of
fibre additives.

5. Smoothies are
excellent at helping us
to maintain a healthy level
of pH because many of the
ingredients in a green smoothie are
high in alkaline.

6. When we make a smoothie, the blender actually
ruptures the cells of the green leafy vegetables,
which increases nutrient assimilation.

7. Green smoothies are
absolutely one of the best for
meal replacement and can aid
in weight loss.

8. The fibre and alkaline
that green smoothies deliver
helps to promote healthier
skin, hair and nails.

9. Kids love them!
Try getting your child to eat
a plate full of the daily greens
they should be having - or -
give them a delicious
smoothie.

10. Green smoothies are
delicious, nutritious and
budget-friendly. Instead
of spending money
on supplements, just blend
together whole foods and give
your family an abundance of live
enzymes, vitamins and minerals in one tasty serving.

Richard's Green
Apple Smoothie

Serves 3 - 4

2 apples
(cored, but leave the skin on them)
2 BIG handfuls of spinach
1 medium cucumber
3 sticks of chopped celery
1/2 inch or teaspoon ginger root, peeled
1 bunch parsley
Juice of 1 lime
Juice of 1/2 lemon

Macy's Mango
Dream Smoothie

Serves 2

2 cups fresh spinach, washed
1 banana, frozen
(I cut mine into chunks before I freeze them)
1 cup peeled and chopped mango
6 natural almonds
1 cup fat free soy or rice milk
1 cup fat free vanilla yogurt


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