For the common mortal it is still a little strange. Its green colour and consistent texture make it a bit off-putting. Yet, the most stylish celebrities take it on a daily basis\u2026 there must be something to it, don\u2019t you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n Trendy shakes are now called smoothies.<\/strong> Basically they are fruit shakes,<\/strong> mixed with some dairy <\/strong>product or other, milk, yoghourt or ice cream, to give them a denser consistency, and crushed ice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n They popped up in the United States in the sixties as energy drinks for sports people, who, concerned about their health and food, demanded beverages that would provide them with water, vitamins, minerals, proteins <\/strong>and no fats.<\/p>\n Green Smoothies<\/strong> are green-coloured <\/strong>smoothies. They are prepared in the same way as other smoothies, but a leafy green<\/strong> is added.<\/p>\n The basis of a green smoothie is water<\/strong>, plant milk<\/strong>, e.g. soya, almond or coconut. The most commonly-used vegetables <\/strong>are lettuce, lamb\u2019s lettuce, spinach, chard and cabbage, and, last of all the fruit <\/strong>you prefer. If you wish to give it a sweeter taste, use banana, figs or cherries, and, if you prefer an acidic touch, you can add strawberries, kiwis or oranges.<\/p>\n If you intend to have a smoothie as food prior to any sort of <\/strong>sports training, <\/strong>you should add some dried fruit, or cereal and sugar for energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are going to have it after doing sports<\/strong> remember that you will need to replace proteins<\/strong>, by adding fresh cheese or cereal.<\/p>\n Remember there must be 70% <\/strong>fruit to balance the taste.<\/p>\n Discover the benefits of this trendy drink and you will quickly become a fan of the green smoothie For the common mortal it is still a little strange. Its green colour and consistent texture make it a bit off-putting. Yet, the most stylish celebrities take it on a daily basis\u2026 there must be something to it, don\u2019t you think? Trendy shakes are now called smoothies. Basically they are fruit shakes, mixed with some dairy product or other, milk, yoghourt or ice cream, to give them a denser consistency, and crushed ice. They popped up in the United States in the sixties as energy drinks for sports people, who, concerned about their health and food, demanded beverages that would provide them with water, vitamins, minerals, proteins and no fats. Green Smoothies are green-coloured smoothies. They are prepared in the same way..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[166,165,163,161,144,162,164],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-antioxidants","tag-benefits","tag-fruit-shakes","tag-green-smoothie","tag-milk","tag-trendy-drink","tag-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/1060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the benefits of a green smoothie?<\/h3>\n
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Try the celebrities\u2019 recipe: spinach, lettuce, cucumber, apple, banana, pear, lemon juice and almond milk. If you are currently battling the bulge, replace the milk with crushed ice. It will be lighter. Are you game?<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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