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APPLE CARROT QUENCHER
You can throw just about anything in a fruit smoothie to enhance its flavor such as honey, tofu, jams, any combination of fruits, peanut butter, juices, etc., but keep in mind it will affect the nutritional values.
2 cups carrot juice
1/2 cups apple juice
6 ounces non-fat vanilla or plain yogurt, frozen
1 banana
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached.
Carrots fuel the body with carotenoids, natural anti-oxidants that calm cellular inflammation and dampen Lentin resistance, helping women shed up to 3 pounds each year, according to researchers at the University of Tennesse Health and Science Center in Memphis. For best absorption, carotenoid foods should be consumed with little healthy fat, such as virgin olive oil or walnut oil. Carrots contain carnitine, a compound that increases stamina by transporting fat to the mitochondria and burning it for energy.
A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition found that enjoying an apple before a meal curbs appetite for up to 4 hours, and Brazilian researchers discovered that the habit can boost weightloss success by as much as 33%.
Having an apple before lunch prevents the blood sugar dips that trigger cravings for sweets or carbohydrates later in the day. The reason: Apples are one of the richest sources of pectin, a soluble fiber that truns into a sticky gel-like substance in the gut and adheres to simple sugar, stalling their absorption into the bloodstream, according to Cambridge University Researchers.
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