The Healthy Smoothie Bible Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long

194 Pages·2014·6.27 MB·English

Copyright © 2014 Farnoosh Brock
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To all who seek health and healing from Mother Nature
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
How Best to Use This Book
Introduction, and Why Love Is the Path to Smoothies
The Healthy Smoothie Magic
Redefine Your Health, Regain Your Beauty
19 Massive Benefits of A Smoothie Lifestyle
Smoothies versus Juices: Which is Better?
Why Dairy-Free Smoothies?
The War on Fructose: Does Fruit Make You Fat?
Smoothies as Meal Replacement or Just a Snack?
Ingredients 101 for the Perfect Smoothie
The Scoop on the Greens for Your Smoothies
The Skinny on Fruits for Smoothies
On Superfoods, Seeds, and Powders
Choosing Your Liquid Base
On Mixing and Matching Flavors
What Not to Add to Your Smoothies
In the Kitchen: Getting Ready to Blend
Smoothie Tools of the Trade
Selecting the Best Blender for You
How to Best Shop, Wash, Store, and Plan Ahead for Your Smoothies
Tips on Freezing Your Fruits
When and Why to Forgo the Ice
Soaking Your Nuts, Seeds, and Oats
Steps to Make Your Smoothie
To Store or Not Store Your Smoothie?
108 Delectable Healthy Smoothie Recipes
About the 108 Smoothie Recipes
Smart Recipe Tags
108 Healthy Smoothie Recipes
A Smoothie Beauty Detox & Cleanse Plan
Detox & Cleanse Smoothie Plans
Suggested Detox & Cleanse Regimens
The Healthy Smoothie Lifestyle: Building the Habit
Improvise Your Own Smoothies
Building the Smoothie Habit
Closing Words & Best Wishes for Blending
Recipe Index
Top Brand Product Recommendations and Gratitude
Ingredients and Highlights Index
Acknowledgments
wanted to write this book to make healthy, delicious smoothies accessible to you. Food and
nutrition can get complicated, and I prefer it simple. Simple is easy to follow. Simple is easy to
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integrate into a busy lifestyle. And if simple works, then why not? Smoothies are simple. You don’t
need to shop at fancy health food stores to make great healthy smoothies. You don’t need to get
everything organic and locally grown. It would be nice, but it gets expensive and takes longer to plan,
and you will have a hard time keeping it up. I want to help you develop a healthy smoothie habit for
life by using ingredients found in a typical kitchen and within an average budget.
I feel fortunate that so many wonderful friends, family and fellow smoothie lovers extended their kind
support in the writing of this book. First, I want to thank my husband, best friend, and business
partner, Andy Brock, for keeping me on task, helping me come up with the best recipes, and going to a
smoothie-tasting contest with me to help get all my recipes in order. I want to thank my parents and
my husband’s parents for being supportive of my vision of helping you return to health and harmony
with natural foods. I was thrilled to have the generosity of many companies that sent me samples of
their products to test. A complete list of these companies appears after the index. I also want to give a
special thanks to all my fabulous recipe contributors: Joshua Waldman, Hollie Jeakins, Rob Cooper,
Leslie Broberg, Vickie Velasquez, Adrienne Jurado, Tracy Russell, Jen Hansard, Jadah Sellner,
Katherine Natalia, and Jennifer Thompson. They shared their favorite recipes and what led them to
healthy smoothies to inspire you to make your own journey to health. Our humble hope is that you will
experience it all for yourself. May this book help you find your way back to total health and vitality.
Blend away and breathe new life into your body