Exercise and the Brain

Every now and then I like to share something that I think is really worthwhile. This is an article taken from the NY Times on 2/22/12. It was authored by Gretchen Reynolds and deals with the link between exercise and the brain. There is a link to the original article at the bottom of this page. Anyway, this is definitely something everyone needs to read! “Moving the body demands a lot from the brain. Exercise activates...

A Smoothie Diet Delivers the Nutrients You Need!

Sometimes, in the quest for health, people can take dietary advice and carry to unhealthy limits. In their search for good health substances such as fat, salt, calories and carbohydrates have developed very negative connotations and something to be avoided if at all possible. This is misguided at best because every one of these substances is required by the body to maintain good health and proper operation. Consider fat as an...

Heart Health

If you have sampled a number of our recipes you know that one big reasons we are so pro-smoothie is because smoothies are a pain free way to introduce healthy foods into a diet. Because we are conscious heart health and of how unhealthy some foods really are. So we tend to celebrate when we come across an article that supports our position. This is one such article. Originally published in the site WebMD. It is not...

Stop Childhood Obesity

As I am sure you are already aware, our First Lady, Michele Obama, has been called upon to lead an initiative to fight against childhood obesity. There is no question that is a something that must be done, because childhood obesity statistics continue to grow. The goal in fighting child obesity is to reach out to children and stop this epidemic before a child begins to become overweight early in life and the obesity health...

Smoothie Diet

Without question, the number one challenge about dieting is managing hunger. While feeling hungry all of the time is something most can deal with for a while, after a few days of dieting it becomes impossible to ignore the hunger and we fall off our diet again. But incorporating a smoothie diet with another, more traditional diet, offers a hunger-reducing plan that prevents those annoying hunger pangs and helps you stay on...

Smoothies Fight Childhood Obesity

As a parent you are most responsible for what and when your children eat. Kids have very different food requirements than do adults and, while it is certainly true that both adults and kids benefit from a “good” diet, children’s bodies are much more susceptible to changes in diet than are adults. Generally, a healthy balance of food groups for children consists of 25% meat, 50% carbohydrates, and 25% fruits...

For Best Diet Results, Count Calories Before You S...

If you are overweight, or obese, like most you are probably very aware that a healthy diet goes a long way towards preventing any number of diseases. Indeed, what you eat, or even what you fail to eat can have a marked affect on your overall health and your blood pressure in particular. Similarly, should you lose or gain weight that change will have a great deal to do with your blood pressure. Many people who have not been...

Developing Healthy Eating Habits

Here is a really fun video with very good suggestions on how to develop healthy eating habits. Very good information presented in a really fun way. Smoothies from Best Fruit...

Innocent Smoothies

Being a smoothie recipe site we watch what the trends are in our little corner of the internet. In the past several months the term “innocent smoothie” began showing up as something that lots of smoothie lovers seemed to be interested in so, naturally, we took a look ourselves. Innocent smoothies are a brand of smoothies that are produced in Great Britain by Innocent Drinks which is headquartered in London, England....

Back to School with Fruit Smoothies

It seems as though summer just started, but with Labor Day right around the corner schools are opening all across the country. Are you ready for the new day-to-day routine that back-to-school and early fall activities bring into our lives? And with the beginning of another school year, our daily routines change once again. But with change also come opportunity and the beginning of school is a great opportunity to begin habits...