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paulpowder2-blog · 5 years ago

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Is Halo Top Good For You? The Truth About Low-Calorie, Low-Fat Ice Creams

In 2017, low-calorie ice cream juggernaut Halo Top bested Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s to become the number-one-selling ice cream in the U.S., with more than $324.2 million in sales.

This year, we reached peak Halo when the company opened two scoop shops in LA where fans can get their Halo fix in soft serve form as well as scoops swaddled in a bubbled waffle cone called a puffle.

The appeal of the Instagramable Halo Top and other low-calorie, low-fat ice creams including Breyers Delight, Chilly Cow, Enlightened, Three Twins’ offshoot Slim Twin, Swell and Sweet Habit is that they’re low in sugar, calories and fat, high in protein and fiber, and they’re all made with some sort of natural sweetener, like the plant-based stevia. Almost all of them contain erythritol, a sugar alcohol used to sweeten the ice cream. Swell contains xylitol, another type of sugar alcohol.

But ... um, what are all those ingredients actually doing to us, aside from being low in calories?

Low-calorie ice creams contain considerably more ingredients than traditional ice creams.

“I would consider the fiber, calcium and protein content of these ice creams to be a positive,” said Dr. Jessica D. Bihuniak, assistant professor of clinical nutrition at NYU Steinhardt Department of Nutrition and Food Studies and a registered dietician. “However, I am not sure these products will satisfy all individuals.”

If you look at the nutrition facts, you can see why. Regular ice cream packs a lot more fat and calories.

One serving of Halo Top vanilla bean — or half a cup — contains:

70 calories

2 grams of fat

6 grams of sugars (5 grams of sugar alcohol)

3 grams of fiber

5 grams of protein

Even if you eat an entire pint (approximately two cups, or 4 servings), Halo Top clocks in between 280-360 calories, depending on the flavor.

In comparison, just a half-cup serving of Ben & Jerry’s vanilla contains:

250 calories

16 grams of fat

20 grams of sugars (no sugar alcohol)

no dietary fiber

4 grams of protein

What accounts for the huge difference in calories? Take a look at the ingredients.

The base ingredients in Halo’s astounding 25 dairy flavors (and counting) include the following: skim milk, eggs, erythritol, prebiotic fiber, milk protein concentrate, cream, organic cane sugar, vegetable glycerin (a sweetener), natural flavor, sea salt, organic carob gum, organic guar gum and organic stevia leaf extract.

To compare, let’s look at the ingredients in Ben & Jerry’s vanilla: cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, egg yolks, sugar, guar gum, vanilla extract, vanilla beans and carrageenan.

So is that long list of ingredients in Halo Top (and other low-calorie ice creams) actually OK for us to eat?

What do all those ingredients do to our bodies?

We looked at the ingredients in Halo Top, Breyers Delight, Chilly Cow, Enlightened, Slim Twin, Swell and Sweet Habit. Here are some you might wonder about.

Stevia is a high-intensity sweetener containing steviol glycosides, used to sweeten foods. It’s reported to be 200 to 400 times sweeter than table sugar.

Stevia is categorized as a nonnutritive, meaning it is low- or zero-calorie. The FDA states that “stevia leaf and crude stevia extracts are not considered GRAS [Generally Recognized As Safe] and do not have FDA approval for use in food.”

Breyers Delights contains a type of steviol glycosides extract named rebaudioside A (Reb A), and Chilly Cow contains the GRAS Reb M extract. Halo Top and Sweet Habit don’t specify which kind of stevia leaf extract they use ― so it’s hard to say whether they’re GRAS ― but stevia is listed last on Halo’s ingredients, and Sweet Habit contains less than 2 percent of the extract.

Bihuniak mentioned that in April, a study published in the journal Obesity pointed to the effect these sweeteners have on rodents and humans.

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A farmer tends to stevia plants at a plantation in Lima, Paraguay.

“Since sweet taste is normally a signal to our bodies that the food product contains calories, some researchers have hypothesized that eating a sweet product that is calorie-free may result in appetite dysregulation and unfavorable metabolic responses,” Bihuniak said. “Animals consuming nonnutritive sweeteners consumed more calories, gained more weight and had higher levels of glucose in their blood compared to animals receiving glucose.”

Of course, that applies to animals and not necessarily humans, but that still doesn’t sound optimistic. But she adds, “However, if we focus on intervention studies, which if well designed, can provide a strong level of evidence that nonnutritive sweeteners can be beneficial for weight management when used as a replacement for sugar-sweetened products.”

This is a sugar alcohol that functions as a low-calorie sweetener. While many sugar alcohols are found in small amounts in fruits and vegetables, erythritol is produced on a large scale and only contains 0.24 calories per gram.

But how safe is it for you? Erythritol’s chemical structure has been known to make digestion difficult when it’s eaten in large amounts, but it’s GRAS by the FDA. One study showed that 50 grams of erythritol consumed at once resulted in increased nausea and stomach rumbling.

Monk fruit extract is another high-intensity sweetener, and it’s 100-250 times sweeter than table sugar. It appears in Slim Twin and Enlightened. The FDA deemed monk fruit extract as GRAS.

According to WebMD, xylitol can be harmful to dogs, and if humans consume “extremely high doses” of it for more than three years, it might lead to tumors. Swell is the only brand on our list that contains xylitol.

Locust bean gum (also called carob gum) and guar gum are used as a thickening agent and water-binding agent. “Guar gum may have a beneficial impact on blood cholesterol levels,” Bihuniak says, “however, the amount ingested would need to be a substantial amount.” Of the brands we inspected, Swell is the only one that doesn’t use any gums.

Prebiotics — found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains — promote the growth of good bacteria in the colon. One type of prebiotic that shows up on ingredient lists is inulin, extracted from chicory root. According to Today’s Dietitian, “When inulin is fermented in the colon, it promotes the production of the helpful gut bacteria Bifidobacteria.”

“Thus, it may improve gastrointestinal health,” Bihuniak said.

Swell and Chilly Cow contain inulin, and Halo Top adds prebiotic fiber.

Skim milk seems to be the preferred choice for low-calorie ice creams instead of whole milk, though Swell uses both.

“I believe that both types of milk have their place,” Bihuniak said. “One cup of skim milk provides approximately 90 calories, 8 grams of protein and 300 mg of calcium. The protein and calcium content is the same regardless of the fat content of the milk. Further, reduced fat and skim milks are required to be fortified with vitamin A.”

She thinks for those adults trying to manage weight, “skim milk can be a great nutrient-rich, lower calorie beverage option.”

Halo Top and the ilk are good sources for fiber, such as soluble tapioca fiber, which “attracts water and turns to gel during digestion, and may increase satiety,” Bihuniak says. Soluble corn fiber — a functional fiber — also pops up in some of the ice creams.

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Top contains 2-3 grams of fiber per half-cup serving, or 8-12 percent of the recommended daily intake.

According to The American Heart Association Eating Plan, Americans’ total daily dietary fiber intake should be 25 to 35 grams from food, not supplements. However, Americans typically only consume 15 grams a day. Low-calorie ice creams can help with this.

Halo Top contains 2-3 grams per half-cup serving, or 8-12 percent of the recommended daily intake. Per half-cup from Swell and Slim Twin, you get 3 grams, or 12 percent. Sweet Habit has 4 grams per half cup. Enlightened offers 5 grams per half-cup, or 20 percent. One serving of Chilly Cow (a half tub, or 155 grams) contains a whopping 9 to 11 grams of fiber, or 36 to 44 percent. However, a serving of Breyers Delights (3/4 cup) has no fiber. But if you eat a whole pint, you’ll receive around 1 gram, or four percent of daily intake.

“One reason functional fibers are added to products is to increase the fiber intake of consumers,” Bihuniak says. “Soluble corn fiber is also made from cornstarch. It is partially fermented by gut bacteria in the large intestine and provides similar health benefits to dietary fiber.”

In the end, it’s all about balance

“I do not believe that there is one type of diet that is the best,” Bihuniak said, recommending that people follow the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans if they’re looking to eat healthily.

In other words, just don’t eat nothing but Halo Top for 10 days straight, like a writer for GQ did.

“By removing entire food groups from his diet, he is placing himself at risk for nutrient deficiencies,” Bihuniak says. “Once he begins eating other foods again there is a good chance he will gain back some, if not all, of the weight he lost. Very restrictive diets tend to not promote long-term weight loss.”

Low-cal ice creams place a whole lot of unhealthy emphasis on “guilt.”

Another factor in the low-calorie weight-loss trend is how Halo Top advertises a “guilt-free” experience. Halo Top CEO Justin Woolverton encouraged customers to eat an entire pint in one setting. Chilly Cow’s slogan is “Save Yourself from Yourself.”

However, what’s so wrong with indulging in tasty, fatty, high-caloric and sugar-busting ice cream (aka real ice cream) once in a while?

“I agree that the messaging associated with these ice creams has an underlining food/fat shaming tone,” Bihuniak said. “As a dietitian by training, I followed the school of thought that ‘all foods fit’ and that people should be able to include dessert foods in their diet in moderation.”

She reasons some people have issues with portion control — “which would make Halo Top a good option” — but she’s concerned if the low-calorie ice creams don’t gratify customers, “they may over-consume the product or eat more than they normally would have,” she said. “You need to find what works for you and should not be made to feel bad about your choices.”

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/halo-top-good-for-you-low-cal-ice-cream_us_5b451074e4b0c523e263b21a

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the-coconut-asado · 7 years ago

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THE REAL BLUE LAGOON

Before Love Island there was The Island, and before reality shows broke our collective spirit forever, there was The Blue Lagoon.

Actually there were two Blue Lagoons. The latter film starred a barely legal Brooke Shields and a guy no one remembers, and the first starred Jean Simmonds and …a guy no one remembers.

Both films – and even the first Love Island when it had budget – were filmed in the Yasawas, the most beautiful island group in Fiji. Acres of white sand beaches, seven different blues in the water, impossibly cute hermit crabs, and the only threat to your wellbeing the occasional falling coconut.

Never has so much been handed by so few on a plate to Hollywood. Oh, and there is an actual Lagoon called Blue. The snorkeling is jaw dropping, even for the inept beginner.

But for those who live there, it's all about the isolation and a simple life. Eat mainly what you grow. Raise your chickens in the back yard and set coconut traps to catch your crabs. And at night, you sit on the deck and listen to the cicadas, the wind rustling the coconut leaves, and yes, ok, the occasional out-of-tune karaoke strain of a pickled tourist.

My brother-in-law Darcy’s Auntie Joan lives on the far side of Tavewa, the most remote island of the group, which we visited this summer. Auntie Joan is a magician who daily conjures up nostalgic bakes, buns and biscuits in her Picture Post fifties kitchen. Must be something in the name, as my own Auntie Joan in Buenos Aires, now 95, was always the cook of the family.

Like her Argentine namesake, Darcy’s Auntie Joan doesn’t suffer fools gladly. And as my nephew and his friends discovered, you can stray into fool territory simply by scraping a coconut the wrong way. More of this later.

Auntie Joan's father built her house facing into the bush. She told me she hated the house when she first saw it because it looked away from the sea. It now it keeps the prying eyes of wandering tourists away from her and the family. In fact, the occasional drone of a seaplane and the bickering of her two dogs Rascal and Red (who guided us in the path along the beach and over the bush back to our bures at night) are the only sounds that disturb the quiet.

Until the family arrives.

My nephew had started building anticipation of Auntie Joan’s coconut buns (no sniggering in the back row) on the boat over to her beach. He was clearly a fan. So, naturally, and once I felt we had got to know each other after 24 hours, I asked her for the recipe. From the sideways glance I got by way of a reply, I wasn't sure that question had gone down well. Then she leant closer and said: “You learn by looking.” In other words, you want the recipe, you make the effort, baby. Fair enough.

So I spent the following afternoon closely watching Auntie Joan’s process and taking feverish notes on my iphone while the rest of the family got stuck in to prepping the coconuts.

Coconut scraping is a rite of passage for teenagers in Fiji. And you need the right tool. In this case a flat plank of wood with a circular set of teeth at the front – a bit like Alien’s jawline. You stick the plank between your legs and move each coconut half in a circular movement around the teeth. And if you are not aroused by now then you can get up slowly, walk away bandy-legged and start extracting the liquid from the desiccated heap you have created. Impressively, and a tad surprisingly, my friend Sue (who was travelling with us) took to it like The Kardashians to hair extensions.

Then you have to squeeze the grated coconut to extract the milk. Don’t even think of reaching for a tin: “Well, if you must you must,” said Auntie with a flick of her wrist as she kneaded the dough. I mentally translated that flick as sign language for ‘you are dead to me’, while outside my nephew and his friends were torturing the milk out of the grated coconuts in a hessian and stick rack. It’s a process.

Auntie Joan wasn’t my sole food inspiration on Tavewa – Mellika, who ran the island’s grocery store, rustled up some mean Paw Paw scones for breakfast, and then kindly posed for this picture.

However, Auntie Joan’s coconut buns were the highlight. In their traditional boiled state they are no oil painting, but for the hungry snorkeler they were ambrosia. Yeasty, coconut-ey, and poached in yet more coconut milk, one is never enough.

You can also bake them in coconut milk if you want a golden crust to the bun and don’t want to compromise on eating with your eyes.

However, when I came to write this blog I decided that even as a breakfast bun, people back home faced with a pile of coconuts and the will to live, may find the preparation of these too much bother. So I have developed a dessert version– the Coconut Baba – which you can knock up over a couple of hours and leave alone more most of it. I also persuaded Mellika to give me her Paw Paw scone recipe, which I have adapted here for a family of four rather than 50 rabidly hungry tourists. And for something to eat before you drown in sugar, I have created a light octopus and fennel salad.

As Auntie Joan would say: “Pay attention, dear.”

Coconut Baba with Mango Lime compote

This is a version of the French Savarin dessert – an enriched yeast cake soaked in syrup. My coconut twist is to replace the traditional rum with Malibu, with some toasted coconut to sprinkle over the mango lime compote and thick cream that you will want to serve with it. You can also substitute the butter in this recipe with coconut oil, although the finish of the cake won’t be as silky smooth.

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

For the dough:

105g soft, unsalted butter or coconut oil (if using, melt over a low heat first)

10g fast action dried yeast

2 tbsps. (15g) honey

120g self-raising flour

120g plain flour

60g fresh white breadcrumbs

Pinch of sea salt

7 large eggs

For the syrup:

300ml Malibu or other coconut liqueur

300g caster sugar

300 ml water.

For the compote:

300g mangoes, chopped reasonably small

50g caster sugar

1 tbsp Malibu

Juice of 1 lime

Toasted coconut to serve

How to make.

Tip all the ingredients for the dough into a large bowl. Make sure that the yeast and salt are added before the wet ingredients and that they don’t touch each other (otherwise the salt will kill the yeast). Mix for 6-8 minutes using a dough hook, until the texture is a loose batter and the gluten is stretched. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for about an hour, until doubled in size.

Heat the oven to 170C/ 150C fan and butter a Bundt tin. Pour the mixture into the tin, taking care to distribute it evenly and not spill any, and leave for another 30 minutes to rise again.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until it is lightly golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Turn it our onto a wire rack to cool.

Make the syrup, bring the sugar, water and Malibu to the boil in a saucepan and then boil for five minutes. When the cake is cool, return it to the tin (i.e. bottom up), drizzle the warm syrup over it, leaving it to soak for 20 minutes. Turn the baba back out onto a plate.

For the compote: put the mangoes, sugar and Malibu in a saucepan and stir on a medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Squeeze in the lime juice and leave to cool. Dry fry two handfuls of desiccated coconut in a small frying pan until brown, but take care not to burn.

Serve slices of Baba, with a spoonful of compote and a generous dollop of thickened double cream, and sprinkle with the toasted coconut.

Papaya (Paw Paw) Scones

This makes a deliciously light and fragrant scone. It could work well with mango, but there is something about the creaminess of the paw paw which makes it perfect for this.

Makes 12-16 scones.

Ingredients

2 papayas

Juice of ½ a lemon

40ml tinned or frozen coconut milk (sorry Auntie)

¼ cup sugar

¼ tsp. vanilla

2.5 cups plain flour

125g salted butter, softened

How to Make

Heat the oven to 200C

Peel and de-seed the papayas and blend them to a pulp in a food processor. Rub the butter into the flour until crumbly, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix to a sticky dough. This will be stickier than your average scone dough, so don’t over mix it.

Grease the brownie tin and line with greaseproof paper. Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake for 12-15 minutes. Cool slightly, then take a cookie cutter and cut round scones from the tray bake. Pop these scones onto a wire rack to cool slightly.

Serve warm with butter or clotted cream and apricot jam.

Octopus and Fennel Salad

This can be as quick as 10 minutes to pull together, as long as you can get hold of ready-cooked octopus. Luckily, in London at least, you can now buy cooked and prepped octopus tentacles at Wholefood Market. But if you cant get hold of this, then substitute squid: clean it and cut it in strips, score the flesh and flash fry it in a little olive oil for 30 seconds – 1 minute.

Serves 2-3

Ingredients:

2 cooked octopus tentacles cut into 1 cm pieces

5 radishes, sliced finely

½ a head of fennel, sliced finely

4 spring onions, sliced

Few sprigs Flat leaf parsley

1 red and 1 green bird’s eye chilli

Juice of 1 lemon

3 generous glugs extra virgin olive oil

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to make

Mix all the chopped vegetables with the octopus, and arrange on a platter.

Whisk up a simple vinaigrette with the lemon juice, olive oil and seasoning, and pour over the salad. Add an extra turn of the black pepper mill and serve.

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afashionpoint · 6 years ago

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Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

One of the most classic cookies that exist is chewy chocolate chip cookies. If you want to eat the only one you cannot. But, here I show you something different and yummy. Chewy chocolate chip cookies are traditional biscuits well known worldwide, a recipe for lifelong, simple to prepare and you will be worth learning to surprise your guests. It’s a fun recipe to prepare and very creative because. we can make them in many ways, and we can add all kinds of ingredients to make the cookies more original than we can think. Chewy chocolate chip cookies with perfect chocolate chips are possible to make. Once you’ve mastered the art of making chocolate chip cookies from scratch. You’ll never want to buy back the cookies they sell in stores.! Surely you enjoy preparing them and surprise your guests, especially the little ones. Today we bring you some chocolate cookies that are not only rich but are delicious. The recipe gives you outrageous chocolate chip cookies, and honestly, the name honours them because they are outrageously good. The fact is that some chocolate chip cookies are very easy to do; you just have to follow the steps. Encourage them to make with your kids; sure you spend a fun afternoon making chocolate chip cookies. Which then will enjoy the snack with a glass of milk. Use intense chocolate desserts, as they are biscuits with a great flavour of chocolate, ideal for lovers of chocolate, you can also add chocolate chips with milk, but will be a tad sweet. We have a recipe for cookies with chocolate chips that is easy and chewy. They do not require even basic cooking skills, and they will also become your new favourite. They are the combination of all the features that most people use to describe “cookies perfect “, and now you can make them at home even if you wanted to adapt ingredients. Let’s cook cookies!

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes: Ingredients: Calculate that each batch of these delicacies yields about 25 large units, and up to 9 dozen small home-made biscuits (about 3 cm in diameter). Remember that everything will depend on the size of which you do them. To make a batch with these approximate quantities you will need: 450 grams (usually: 2 bars) unsalted butter at room temperature 1 and ¾ cup common white sugar 2 and ¼ cups brown sugar 4 large eggs 3 cups baking powder 3 cups of common flour (flour, bakery, bread) 1 teaspoon of fine salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract (natural) 900 grams of bitter chocolate, semi bitter or whatever you want, in bar or piece (not in sparks). Preparation: Prepare all your ingredients long enough to take the room temperature (especially butter), and also to work more comfortably. Put a large bowl, clean or lightly oiled (if somewhat old) baking sheets, a wooden spoon, a sieve, a stand mixer (or replaced by a wire whisk), a table Chop and a sharp knife, in addition to the measured ingredients. With this entire ready with you, you can start cooking. Follow these instructions to prepare homemade cookies with chocolate chips:

1. Chop the chocolate making sparks sized pieces and other larger pieces. Make sure you use a clean table when chopped put in the refrigerator if you notice that the chocolate begins to soften during the chop. 2. Then put the butter in a blender (or in the bowl, hand to beat with the wire whisk), and stir gently to let it be creamy. 3. Add the white and brown sugars and continue beating until well integrated and achieve a uniform paste. 4. Stir in vanilla. 5. Add eggs at room temperature, one by one. Do not add the next one until the first one is completely integrated. 6. While the last egg is integrated, sifts the flour with the salt, baking powder and baking. Add this mixture a little to the beater, making sure that what you have added is incorporated before adding the next “serving.” If you notice the preparation too light, add up to 2 extra tablespoons of pastry flour. 7. Finally, incorporate the chopped chocolate. 8. Prepare plates covered with baking paper in an oven, or slightly oiled, and even silicone baking sheets, whatever you prefer. 9. It takes lots of preparation using a scoop of ice cream (to achieve large cookies) or spoons for melon balls (to make small cookies). Keep in mind that each portion will be flattened about half a centimeter, so calculate the gap that you should leave between on the plate. And before the doubt: separate them a little more. 10. Take to the refrigerator already full plates, and allowed to stand overnight or even a whole day, if you can. The Next Day will be the Time to Bake: 11. Preheat oven to 175 ° -180 ° C (350 ° F) and, cook until cookies are lightly brown and see with a height for about 13 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies and the heat of the oven. Do not open the door until then. 12. Remove the plate from the oven. Let the hot rest stand for about 5 minutes, and then remove the cookies with a flat spatula to allow them to cool completely on a rack. A cold time, these preserves chip cookies homemade chocolate in an airtight container, inside or outside the refrigerator. They are delicious accompanying milk or coffee hot!

Tips: Remember to customize the recipe to your liking, adding cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or chopped white chocolate if you want. A texture combined equally: Equal amounts of soft mass of crispy dough, from the combination of sugars which will use. Make sure you try these lip-smacking wonderful cookies, which not only have flavour but aroma too. Trust me; you will never regret making it. Read the full article

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lindafrancois · 4 years ago

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8 Incredible Health Benefits of Chia Seeds

Today, superfoods are gaining its importance far and wide due to its role in healthy eating. Everyday, a new superfood gets introduced in the market with an aim to bring a healthy lifestyle. Chia seed is one of them.

Health benefits of chia seeds were quite famous, centuries back. Today it is regaining its importance and here is why.

Introduction

Chia seeds belong to the family Labiatae from the plant Salvia hispanica, related to mint. Their popularity among all the superfoods has increased lately and we cannot thank enough of that. Do not go with its tiny size, these seeds can do wonders in your healthy lifestyle.

So, why is chia seeds popular? In the ancient world, these tiny seeds were used as energy boosters.

Reason being that chia seed contains healthy omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, protein, carbohydrates, calcium and antioxidants.

Chia seeds are 100% natural and whole grain with extremely low calorie content. They are naturally gluten free and a boon to all the weight watchers. Chia seeds are black and white in color and nutty in flavor. They can be easily included in the diet by just mixing chia seeds in water.

While the health benefits of chia seeds in weight loss is a most frequent question that we hear, let’s discuss even more interesting facts about these tiny seeds today.

Also Read: Weight Loss Tricks That Doesn’t Work!

Chia Seeds Nutritional Facts[1]

Name

Amount (per 100g)

Energy

486 Kcal

Protein

16.5g

Carbohydrate

42.1

Total Lipid

30.7

Dietary Fiber

34.4

Potassium

407

Zinc

4.6

Iron

6.6

8 Health Benefits Of Chia Seeds

1. Chia seeds are fiber rich

Nearly half the weight of chia seeds is fiber. In fact the entire carbohydrate content in chia seeds are fiber. This enables chia seeds to absorb water as much as their weight, forming a gel like structure around the seed. [2]

The fiber in chia seeds nourishes the friendly bacteria in your intestine. This keeps your gut flora full and healthy [3]. Due to its maximum fiber content chia seeds are known as one of the best sources of fiber in the world.

Also Read: 11 Fiber Rich Foods You Should Include In Your Diet

2. Chia seeds contains high-antioxidant content

Antioxidants are required by our bodies to fight against several oxidative damages created by free radicals. These antioxidants should be included in a diet through different food sources.

Chia seeds are a potential source of antioxidants. Hence they are believed to have effects on cardiac, anti-aging effects and hepatic protective effects. These properties have led to utilization of these natural seeds for better health. [4]

3. Chia seeds are low in calorie

Chia seeds are a whole grain food that are naturally gluten free. An ounce of chia seeds contains only 101 calories which is surprisingly very low for a whole-grain. This makes it a best alternative for regular grains, especially for weight watchers.

4. Natural source of Omega-3 fatty acid

Omega-3 fatty acids are unsaturated fats. They benefit in protecting your cardiovascular system. These fats are essential for your body but it cannot produce them on its own. Hence it becomes important to get it from food or supplements.

Chia seeds can be your topmost options for these fats. They are a great source of Alpha-Linolenic Acid, highly beneficial for heart health. These seeds can be easily added in your daily diet. [5]

5. Chia seeds is beneficial in weight loss

Many nutritionists today recommend addition of chia seeds as an obesity control measure. Due to its high fiber content, addition of these seeds in the diet can make you feel fuller for longer. This will prevent you from overeating.

As mentioned earlier, chia seeds are low in calories, this could be beneficial in your diets as a replacement for other whole grains. However, there is very little evidence on the effect of chia seeds on weight loss.

Also Read: 13 Superfoods For Weight Loss

6. Benefits in maintaining heart health

The high content of omega-3 fatty acids in chia seeds promotes the raise of HDL cholesterol. This prevents the risks of heart attack and stroke.

The richness of chia seeds in fiber and protein also helps in protecting from the risks of heart diseases.

7. Increases bone strength

The unusually high content of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber in chia seeds comes with numerous health benefits. Consistently consuming chia seeds for a long term has brought improvement of health in many individuals.

Some studies have shown that long term consumption of chia seeds has helped in managing body weight and composition. It has had its effect over the musculoskeletal system as well. [6]

8. Reduces blood sugar levels

Chia seeds are known to consist of potential factors that may be of great help for diabetes patients. These tiny seeds with richness of fiber, protein and omega-3 fatty acids, are involved in reducing the LDL cholesterol and also raise in HDL cholesterol.

Practically, it is not proven that chia seeds alone can be more effective in treating diabetic patients. But, with health benefits of such a limit, it is definitely effective in terms of preventing lifestyle disorders like diabetes.[7]

Can Chia Seeds Help You Lose Weight?

As per the chia seeds performance over our body, they bulge up into a jelly-like in your stomach after consuming them. This makes you feel fuller and you eat less. Ultimately helps lose weight.

But consuming chia seeds at a maximum amount is not really a right approach. Because chia seeds weight loss benefits are not evident. It sure is nutritious and serves you well in terms of health improvements. And maybe a little effect over your weight.

Chia seeds weight loss benefits are yet to be proven with facts and experiments. It is necessary to remember that weight loss is a result of both exercise and healthy diet. Chia seeds are a part of it and not the only factor.

Addition of chia seeds in daily diet has shown considerable improvement in health. But it is to be consumed in control, especially for the ones who could have food allergies or high blood pressure. We recommend you to check with your doctor or nutritionists before adding chia seeds in your diet.

Difference Between Chia Seeds And Sabja Seeds

Chia seeds and sabja seeds look alike and it is common to be confused as the same. Both these seeds have several health benefits and also contain medicinal properties. But what is the difference between them? You might wonder. So here it is.

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Chia seeds are oval in shape with a color mix of black and white. Sabja seeds are like tiny grass rice. When you put sabja seeds in water, they swell up in seconds. But chia seeds have to be soaked in water for sometime to bulge up.

When it comes to flavor, Sabja seeds have this mild flavor of basil leaves. This can be sensed even in the drinks or desserts where these seeds are utilized.

Chia seeds on the other hand is tasteless and has no flavor in it. They can be included in any kind of dishes and you will see no difference.

Nutritional facts of both these seeds are extremely beneficial. But as per several researches, chia seeds tops as better than sabja.

Chia seeds contain high amounts of antioxidants, proteins, several vitamins and minerals. Sabja seeds are majorly known for its iron content.[8]

Also Read: How to lose weight through sabja seeds

How Can You Use Chia Seeds

1. Add it in your drinking water

Nothing big or time consuming. Add 1 tsp of chia seeds in hot water and leave it for 5-10 minutes. Have this drink in the morning or night before you sleep. Serves you right!

You can also add herbal spices like turmeric or cinnamon powder into this water.

2. Add it in your morning smoothie

Again, chia seeds goes with all, especially because of its flavorless property. Sprinkle 1-2 tsp of chia seeds over your breakfast smoothie and you are good to go. This fills you up for a longer period of time.

3. Add it to your fruit juice

You can also add these chia seeds into your fruit juice.

4. Chia seed pudding

Ingredients:

Milk – 1 or 2 cups

Chia seeds – 3-4tsp

Sweetener (Sugar or Jaggery or honey)

Instructions:

Take 1-2 cups of milk in a jar or a large cup. Add 3-4 tsp of chia seeds (Take as per your choice for the consistency you like).

Mix it well until there are no clumps in between. Add honey or any sweetener of your choice. Mix it well.

Close the jar and keep it in the fridge for 2 hours. You can have this as a dessert.

Conclusion

Certainly enjoy these chia seeds for their health benefits and its content of fiber, protein, calcium, antioxidants, and omega-3’s in your diet. Expecting a big weight loss may disappoint you. Because it may not perform its magic in all of them.

Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, weight loss requires a lot more effort and perseverance from each one of us. A proper diet, a regular workout and a dietician/nutritionist to guide you, a best way to lose weight.

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FAQ’s

1. Is it OK to eat chia seeds every day?

A. Yes! Definitely! Chia seeds are highly nutritious. They comprise several health benefits, especially in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

But too much of anything is poisonous. Hence it is important to have limits in its consumption. Otherwise, chia seeds side effects might haunt you.

To start with, add 1-2 tsp of chia seeds in your daily diet. Once your body gets acquainted with it, increase your intake.

2. How much chia seeds should I eat to lose weight?

A. If you are consuming it for the first time, then start with 1- 2 tsp in your daily diet. Once your body gets acquainted with it, increase your intake.

3. How long should you soak chia seeds?

A. Chia seeds can be consumed by just adding it in your drinking water. Soak it in a cup of water (Hot or Cold) for 10-20 minutes. The seeds bulge up, forming a gel structure around it. These soaked seeds can be kept in the fridge for nearly a week.

4. Can chia seeds reduce belly fat?

A. Consistent consumption of chia seeds for a long term has shown significant improvement in maintaining body weight. These seeds are rich in protein and fiber content. Hence they help in reducing appetite and you eat less. Ultimately you tend to lose your belly fat.

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You Don’t Need Sports Drinks To Stay Hydrated

Christie Aschwanden’s new book, “Good to Go: What The Athlete In All of Us Can Learn From The Strange Science Of Recovery,” is available this week. In it, she examines the latest recovery trends among athletes — including Tom Brady’s infrared pajamas, Sue Bird’s coffee naps and Michael Phelps’s “cupping” ritual. She also tests some of the most controversial methods herself, including cryochambers, float tanks, and infrared saunas. Below, we’re publishing an excerpt of the book’s chapter on what science really tells us about what we should drink after we work out.

In the early 1990s, Gatorade ran a television commercial featuring Michael Jordan called “Be Like Mike.” It featured slam dunks by Jordan interspersed with footage of kids shooting hoops and, of course, Jordan and other happy people drinking Gatorade.

Stuart Phillips remembers that ad campaign well. As an aspiring athlete, he, too, wanted to be like Mike. “Michael Jordan drank Gatorade, so I drank Gatorade,” Phillips says. Despite guzzling the sports drink, Phillips never did make it to the pros, but instead grew up to become the director of the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Research at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The Jordan ad taught him a lesson about the power of marketing, though: “If you can get an endorsement from an athlete that everybody recognizes, then who needs science?”

Scientific facts don’t sell products; stories do. Jordan was already a basketball superstar by the time Gatorade came calling, and the public was eager to experience something of his greatness. Enter Gatorade — Michael Jordan drank it, and young Stuart Phillips could too. To drink Gatorade wasn’t just to mimic a sports hero, it was to imagine a causal relationship — Jordan drank Gatorade and then made all those slam dunks, so the one must have had something to do with the other.

Psychologists call such thinking the “illusion of causality,” and it’s so powerful that it has spawned an entire genre of advertising — the celebrity endorsement. No one would care that a pro athlete uses a particular product if it didn’t somehow appear that the item played some role in that star’s success. The Irish have a saying, “An umbrella accompanies the rain but rarely causes it.” The same could be said of product endorsements and athletic greatness. Still, our minds are quick to connect the dots in the wrong direction.

The age of the athlete-endorsed sports drink began on a Florida football field in the mid-1960s. Back then, most coaches and athletes didn’t give much thought to fluid replacement during practice or competition. In some instances, athletes were even counseled to avoid drinking close to a workout lest they upset their stomach. But in 1965, a University of Florida football coach came to Dr. Robert Cade and his team of university doctors1 complaining that his players were “wilting” in the heat. (He also wondered why his players never urinated during games.) After some investigation, Cade and his colleagues concluded that two factors were causing the players to fall victim to the heat — they weren’t replenishing the fluids and salts they were sweating out, nor were they restoring the carbohydrates their bodies were burning for fuel.

In a stroke of genius, Gatorade turned the drink’s sodium, phosphorus and potassium into “electrolytes,” which is simply the scientific term for molecules that produce ions when dissolved in water.

Cade figured that he could solve the problem by helping players replace those lost resources, so he stirred together some sodium, sugar and monopotassium phosphate with water to create a drink soon dubbed Gatorade, after the University of Florida’s nickname: the Gators. Legend has it, the drink turned the struggling Gators football team around. It finished the season with a winning record, and in 1967, the team won the Orange Bowl for the first time in school history. Other teams took notice of the newfangled beverage, and in 1967, Cade and the University of Florida signed an agreement with canned goods company Stokely-Van Camp to produce Gatorade commercially.2 Orders for the drink poured in.

What followed was a national campaign to sell the public on the idea that exercise caused dehydration, the cure was Gatorade’s specially developed drink, and this tonic was critical for sports performance — it was created by a doctor and tested in studies, after all. One of the brand’s early print advertisements boasted that Gatorade was absorbed 12 times faster than water (a claim walked back in 1970,3 after Ohio State team doctor Robert J. Murphy challenged it at a meeting of the American Medical Association).

In a stroke of genius, Gatorade turned the drink’s sodium, phosphorus and potassium into a special selling point by rebranding these ordinary salts with their scientific name — “electrolytes,” which is simply the scientific term for molecules that produce ions when dissolved in water. Your body maintains some reserves of these vital ions that it can tap into as needed to keep your body’s fluid and salt balance in check. We do lose electrolytes through sweat, but even when you exercise continuously for many hours, you will simply correct any losses via your normal appetite and hunger mechanisms. (You’ve already experienced this if you’ve ever had a hankering for a salty snack.) One small study of cyclists and triathletes found that it didn’t really matter whether they drank plain water, a sports drink or a milk-based beverage after an hour of hard exercise. As long as they drank some liquids along with a meal, they restored their fluid levels just fine.

Gatorade may not have been the first to use this term, but they’re the ones that landed electrolytes in the public lexicon. In 1985, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute was founded to promote the study of hydration and nutrition for athletes, research that also happened to make for great marketing. Conveniently, the studies that came from the GSSI could be used to support the product’s claims. A 1990 magazine ad read: “We test Gatorade in laboratories. We test it at major universities, with sports science experts, on sophisticated scientific equipment with names that are longer than this sentence. What does it prove? Gatorade works.”4

Early advertisements presented thirst as the problem that Gatorade was designed to solve, but as the GSSI’s research program progressed, the emphasis moved to a more clinical concept of hydration and the notion that thirst was not a good indicator of whether an exerciser was drinking enough. “Unfortunately, there is no clear physiological signal that dehydration is occurring, and most athletes are oblivious to the subtle effects of dehydration (thirst, growing fatigue, irritability, inability to mentally focus, hyperthermia),” wrote GSSI co-founder Bob Murray in one report. Instead, athletes were advised to drink according to scientific formulas. A Gatorade ad that ran in Northwest Runner in 2001 depicted the glistening torso of a runner with the race number 40 pinned to her shorts and the words, “Research shows your body needs at least 40 oz. of fluid every hour or your performance could suffer.” That’s the equivalent of five 8-ounce glasses of liquid, which means that a runner finishing a marathon in a fast three hours would need to drink 15 glasses of fluid along the way. Gulp.

Gatorade wasn’t alone in promoting the benefits of drinking before, during and after exercise. Other sports drink manufacturers, such as the drug company GlaxoSmithKline (Lucozade Sport), also pointed to science when marketing its products. Lucozade, for example, established a “sports science academy” to promote its drink. Together, these campaigns fostered the idea that exercise depletes your fluids and electrolytes (which, remember, is just a fancy name for salts) and that special measures are required to make things right again.

It was no longer sufficient to simply drink some water and eat a meal after exercising. The idea these marketing campaigns fostered was that physical activity created extraordinary nutritional needs and that these specially formulated beverages were the best way to meet them. This was science speaking.

The Limited Science Behind Hydration Advice

Sports doctors were also urging athletes to drink. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), a professional organization of sports science experts (which receives financial support from Gatorade), put out a consensus statement in 1996 recommending that “during exercise, athletes should start drinking early and at regular intervals in an attempt to consume fluids at a rate sufficient to replace all the water lost through sweating (i.e., body weight loss), or consume the maximal amount that can be tolerated.” The message coming from experts was that athletes needed to replace the fluids they lost during exercise lest their performance and health suffer.

In the wake of all this promotion, sports drinks have become a multimillion-dollar business. But when a team of medical researchers trained in the evaluation of scientific findings had a look at the research underpinning the boom in sports drinks, they reached a startling conclusion. “As it turns out, if you apply evidence-based methods, 40 years of sports drinks research does not seemingly add up to much,” Carl Heneghan and his colleagues at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine wrote in a 2012 analysis published in the British medical journal BMJ. When Heneghan’s team gathered and examined all of the available evidence on sports drinks (it even consulted sports drink manufacturers to ask them for their supporting studies, though not all complied), they found what amounted to a bunch of preliminary or inconclusive evidence packaged as more definitive proof.

The first, almost universal, problem among these studies was that they were too small to produce meaningful results. “Small studies are known to be systematically biased toward the effectiveness of the interventions they are testing,” Heneghan and his colleagues wrote. Out of the 106 studies they analyzed, only one had more than 100 subjects, and the second-largest study used only 53 people. The median sample size? Nine.

“Worryingly, most performance tests used to assess sports drinks have never been validated.”

Another common shortcoming was that the studies were often designed in a way that almost assured that they’d find a benefit from sports drinks. Deborah Cohen, an investigations editor at the BMJ who was involved in the project and wrote a summary of the findings, recalls a study in which volunteers who fasted overnight were divided into two groups, one whose members were given a sports drink containing water, salts and sugar and another whose members received water. “People who were given the sports drink fared better,” she says. “Well, no shit.” If you haven’t had any food in 12 hours and then you get a bit of sugar, of course you’ll perform better than the people still running on empty. But to say that this means the sports drink is superior to whatever a normal person would consume leading up to or during exercise just isn’t generalizable, she says. “Who starves themselves overnight and then goes to perform some exercise?” And yet the BMJ investigation found that this type of study design is surprisingly common among tests of nutritional products.

Some of the dazzling powers that sports drinks display in the studies touted by their makers may be nothing more than the placebo effect. When people volunteer for a study to test a new sports drink, they come to it with an expectation that the product will have some performance benefit. Studies use a placebo group to factor out such effects, but a placebo only controls for these expectations when it’s indistinguishable from the real deal. So it’s telling, Cohen says, that studies using plain water for the control group found that the sports drink had positive effects, while the ones that used taste-matched placebos didn’t.

The BMJ analysis also concluded that many of the measures made in these studies may not matter for real-world performance. “Worryingly, most performance tests used to assess sports drinks have never been validated,” Heneghan and his colleagues write, and some of them are known to produce highly variable results that may not be reproducible.

Heneghan and his team concluded that claims about sports drinks rely on small studies with comparison groups that favor the products being studied, a lack of rigorous blinding so that participants were likely nudged to perform better while taking in the sports drinks, and measurements of effectiveness that might not be meaningful in real life. Add to that statistical sleights of hand that inflate the benefits of the drinks (for instance, one study increased the benefit of carbohydrate drinks from 3 percent to 33 percent by excluding a segment of the test from the analysis), and sports drinks don’t come out looking so impressive.

When Heneghan’s and Cohen’s reports came out, some sports science experts blasted it as unnecessarily rigid, because they set their standards based on the conventions of clinical medicine rather than sports science, where, for instance, small sample sizes are common. Which standards and methods should be used for assessing evidence is an important debate that is gaining attention within the sports science community. In the meantime, the emphasis on hydration has created another problem to address.

CLARA KIRKPATRICK

Hydrate Til You Drown

Exercise scientist and physician Tim Noakes was a believer in the dangers of dehydration until two separate experiences left him questioning what he thought he knew.

First, Noakes was involved in a study examining participants in a four-day canoe race. During a particularly rough day, one of the paddlers lost all of his drinking water when it washed overboard as he went through some breakers. Despite having canoed about 50 kilometers without drinking, the paddler’s body temperature hadn’t become elevated, as the dehydration theory would have predicted. “We weighed him, and he’d lost about eight or nine pounds, but his body temperature was normal and I thought, oh my gosh — body weight loss has nothing to do with body temperature,” Noakes says. This was a lightbulb moment, because conventional wisdom held that one of the reasons that dehydration was (supposedly) so dangerous was that it put people at risk for heatstroke, and this finding contradicted that assumption.

The canoe study prompted Noakes to reconsider the idea that maintaining full hydration was essential to staving off heatstroke. Then, in 1981, a runner wrote to Noakes describing a strange experience she’d had at that year’s Comrades Marathon — a famous 90-kilometer ultramarathon in South Africa. It was the first time that the event had provided drink stations every mile of the 56-mile course, he says, and the runner wrote to say that she’d begun feeling really strange about three-quarters of the way through the race. Her husband pulled her off the course and delivered her to the medics. The first responders assumed she was dehydrated and gave her two liters of intravenous fluid, after which she lost consciousness. She had a seizure on the way to the emergency room.

At the hospital, doctors discovered that her blood sodium concentration was dangerously low. The ultimate diagnosis was a medical condition called “water intoxication” or hyponatremia — too little sodium in the blood. Contrary to what the medical crew at the race had assumed, the runner wasn’t dehydrated— she was overhydrated. She’d drunk so much fluid that her blood sodium had become dangerously diluted. Low blood sodium causes cells in the body to swell, and when it happens in the brain, the results can be deadly.

Noakes has built a reputation as a loud contrarian on a variety of issues. He is perhaps most famous for his theories about exercise fatigue and has made a career out of pushing against conventional scientific wisdom, some say to his own detriment.5 So it’s not surprising that he was one of the first and loudest voices on overhydration (the guy wrote a whole book about it).

Yet Noakes is far from alone in worrying that the rush to prevent dehydration may have put exercisers at risk of the far more serious condition of water intoxication. In 1986, a research group published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association describing the experience of a medical student and a physician who’d become stuporous and disoriented during an ultramarathon. The men were diagnosed with hyponatremia, and they concluded that they’d developed the condition by drinking too much.

There’s never been a case of a runner dying of dehydration on a marathon course, but since 1993, at least five marathoners have died from hyponatremia they developed during a race.6 At the 2002 Boston Marathon, researchers from Harvard Medical School took blood samples from 488 marathoners after the finish. The samples showed that 13 percent of the runners had diagnosable hyponatremia, and three had critical cases of the condition. German researchers similarly took blood samples from more than a thousand finishers of the Ironman European Championship over multiple years and found that 10.6 percent of them had hyponatremia. Most of the instances were mild, but nearly 2 percent of the finishers had severe or critical cases. Although the findings indicate that hyponatremia is still a rare condition, what makes them especially concerning is that the early symptoms of hyponatremia are very easily confused with those of dehydration — weakness, headache, nausea, dizziness and lightheadedness.

The problem with this model of hydration is that it overlooks basic physiology.

How did hyponatremia become an affliction of athletes? In retrospect, it may come down to an error of shifted priorities. In the wake of Gatorade’s massive success, sports drink makers turned to science to promote their products, and researchers focused on things that were easy to measure — body temperature and sweat losses. Based on an idea that dehydration must be a risk factor for heatstroke, attention moved to replenishing fluid loss.

The problem with this model of hydration is that it overlooks basic physiology. It turns out, your body is highly adapted to cope with losing multiple liters of fluid, especially during exercise. When you exercise, you lose fluid and salts through sweat, and that translates into a small change in what’s called your “plasma osmolality” — the concentration of salts and other soluble compounds in your blood. You need enough fluid and electrolytes in your blood for your cells to function properly, and this balance is tightly regulated by a feedback loop, says Kelly Anne Hyndman, a professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and leading expert on kidney physiology.

When you sweat, your brain senses the corresponding rise in plasma osmolality and directs the release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which prods the kidneys to activate aquaporins, which are like tiny straws that poke into the kidneys to draw water back into the blood. “It’s a pathway to conserve water,” Hyndman says. As your body reabsorbs water, your plasma osmolality returns to normal, your brain senses the change, and it shuts down ADH. This feedback loop is finely tuned to keep plasma osmolality in a safe range. Even a tiny drop in electrolytes will activate this system to keep your fluid balance in check. “People always worry they’re going to be dehydrated when the reality is, it’s much easier to over- hydrate because our bodies are so good at conserving water,” Hyndman says. “Being a little dehydrated is not a bad thing. Our bodies can handle it.”

Athletes who develop hyponatremia during exercise usually get there by drinking too much because they’ve been conditioned to think they need to drink beyond thirst, says Tamara Hew- Butler, a professor of exercise science at Oakland University and the lead author of several papers on hyponatremia. Even if you don’t drink anything (which she does not recommend), your blood sodium levels will rise in response to sweat losses, and as a result, your body will shift fluid into the blood to maintain your fluid balance, Hew-Butler says.

The same feedback loop that calls in the aquaporins also activates your thirst. “You don’t have to drink above thirst — you’ll be fine!” she says. Just as sleepiness is your body’s way of telling you that it’s time to sleep, thirst is how your body ensures that you seek fluids when you need them. No one tells you to sleep before you’re tired, and unless you’re in a situation where you can’t drink for a prolonged period, there’s no sense in drinking before you feel thirsty either. Your body is a finely tuned machine that that is capable of adapting to changing conditions, and it’s not usually necessary to try to outsmart it.

You can also forget those pee charts that look like paint swatches for urine, and ignore anyone who says that yellow pee is a sign that you need to drink more water. If you think about hydration from the standpoint of what’s going on inside your body, it’s easy to see why urine hue isn’t helpful. The color of your pee is essentially just a measure of how concentrated your urine is. If it contains more waste than water, it looks dark, and if it’s mostly water, it’s light or almost clear. But that’s not what’s important. What you really want to know is what’s going on in your blood, and your urine can’t tell you that. Dark pee might mean that you’re running low on fluid, but it could also mean that your kidneys are keeping your plasma osmolality in check by conserving water. Very light or clear urine just means that you’ve drunk more water than your body needs, and that’s not necessarily a good thing, especially right before an athletic event.

Because of the way the body adapts to fluid loss, the common advice to drink a lot in advance of a big event like a marathon may actually backfire. If you drink a bunch of excess water leading up to a competition, you prime your body to become less adept at holding on to precious fluids, says Mark Knepper, chief of the Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. When you’re very hydrated, your body doesn’t need to activate many aquaporins, and over time, it reduces the number in reserve, meaning that you’ll have fewer of these water straws at the ready when you need them.

Yet everywhere I look, it seems that people are telling me to drink more water. In his best- selling 2017 book, “The TB12 Method,” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady presents his magic hydration formula — drink at least one-half of your body weight in ounces of water every day. “At 225 pounds, that means I should be drinking 112 ounces a day, minimum,” he writes. (Brady also contends that “the more hydrated I am, the less likely I am to get sunburned,” a claim disputed by scientists.) If our bodies are so good at adapting to moderate fluid loss and letting us know when we need to drink, why are there still so many messages out there urging us to drink before we feel thirsty?

An obvious explanation for this is that most of what we hear about hydration comes from companies and researchers with a vested interest in making it all seem complex and highly scientific. The current guidelines from the ACSM and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association have been updated to warn about hyponatremia, but they still promote the ideas that thirst is a poor indicator of hydration and that more than a 2 percent body weight loss should be avoided. The ACSM, NSCA and NATA all receive funding from sports drink makers, as do some of their members. If staying hydrated were as simple as just drinking to thirst, you wouldn’t need expert advice or scientifically formulated products like Gatorade.

From a biological perspective, it’s hard to imagine that the human body is so delicate that it can’t function properly without scientists (or football stars) swooping in with calculators to tell us how to keep it running properly. “You have to trust your body,” Knepper says. Humans have evolved to survive exercising without chugging water or sports drink on some rigid schedule. “You get clues about what you need if you listen to your own body,” he says. “You don’t have to know chemistry to survive.”

After examining the science, I can’t help thinking we’ve made hydration unduly complicated. I take my dog running with me most of the time, and I’ve never measured the color of her pee or forced her to drink (as if I could). I make sure she has regular access to water, but she doesn’t always take it. At times, she won’t drink at all during a long run, and on those occasions, she always goes straight to her water dish when we get home and slurps until she’s satisfied. I’ve never had to give her an emergency IV for low fluid levels. If drinking to thirst is good enough for her, it’s probably good enough for me too.

Reprinted from “GOOD TO GO: What The Athlete In All of Us Can Learn From The Strange Science Of Recovery” by Christie Aschwanden. Copyright © 2019 by Christie Aschwanden. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.

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DASH Diet: A Vegetarian Meal Plan for Heart Health

If you’ve been thinking about changing your diet in order to lose weight, lower your blood sugar or blood pressure, or just improve your overall health, you might have heard about the DASH Diet. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet was named the “best overall diet" for eight consecutive years by U.S. News and World Report.[1]

Some of this distinction is owed to the fact that research suggests the diet may promote weight loss, lower your cholesterol, and help prevent diabetes. Many nutritionists applaud the diet for being less restrictive and more sustainable over the long haul compared to other eating plans.

Quick Tips to Start the Vegetarian DASH Diet

Eat at least one serving of vegetables at every meal.

Have a serving of vegetables or fruit at every snack.

Replace refined grains such as white bread, white pasta, and white rice with whole grains such as whole-grain bread and pasta, brown rice, quinoa, and oats.

Add beans or lentils to vegetarian dishes to boost the protein and fiber content, which will help satisfy your appetite with less food.

Snack on raw nuts, such as almonds, cashews, walnuts, or pistachios.

Cook with low-sodium seasonings such as herbs and spices rather than salt and processed condiments.

When grocery shopping, choose low-sodium foods.

When you crave sweets, choose fruit rather than candy or baked goods.

What Is the DASH Diet?

Scientists created the DASH Diet with funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

The goal of the DASH Diet was to design an eating plan that reduced high blood pressure.

You have hypertension if your systolic blood pressure is 140 mmHg or higher or your diastolic blood pressure is 90 mmHg or higher.

DASH Diet recipes emphasize vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean protein, healthy fat, and low-fat or fat-free dairy. The diet limits sugar and sodium and encourages foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol and high in fiber, protein, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. While originally designed for omnivores, it is easily adapted by people who wish to follow a plant-based diet.

What Can You Eat?

One of the most attractive aspects of the DASH Diet is the diverse selection of foods it allows. In fact, the list of foods you can eat is, thankfully, longer than the list of foods to avoid — plus they’re easily found in grocery stores and farmers markets. The exact number of servings for each food type varies depending on your caloric needs. Those listed below are recommendations for an 1,800-calorie diet.[2]

Fruit

Aim for four to five servings of fruit daily. A serving is one medium piece of fruit, a quarter cup of dried fruit, a half cup of fresh or frozen fruit, or a half cup of 100 percent fruit juice.

The DASH diet allows all fruit, including apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, grapefruit, mangoes, watermelons, peaches, apricots, pineapples, strawberries, and tangerines. Good dried fruits include dates, figs, prunes, or raisins.

Vegetables

Aim for four to five servings of vegetables daily. A serving is one cup of raw leafy vegetable, a half cup of cut-up raw or cooked vegetables, or one-half cup of 100 percent vegetable juice.

This diet allows you to eat any vegetable. Good options include broccoli, green beans, peas, kale, collard greens, bell peppers, spinach, winter or summer squash, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes.

Grains

Aim for six servings of whole grains every day. A serving is a slice of bread, one ounce of dry cereal (check the Nutrition Facts label for the recommended serving size), or a half cup of cooked rice, pasta, or oatmeal.

Other healthy grains include whole-grain bread and pasta, brown rice, and organic popcorn. Whole grains provide an excellent source of fiber. I recommend you avoid grains that contain gluten and look for gluten-free options like buckwheat, brown rice, amaranth, teff, and quinoa (which is technically a seed).

Nuts, Seeds, & Legumes

Aim for four servings per week. A serving is one-third cup of nuts, two tablespoons nut or seed butter, two tablespoons whole seeds, or a half cup cooked legumes. Choose any nuts, seeds, or legumes — lentils, navy beans, garbanzo beans, and kidney beans are all good options.

Healthy Fats

Aim for two to three servings of healthy fats daily. A serving is one teaspoon vegetable oil (olive, peanut, or avocado) or coconut oil. Technically, one tablespoon regular salad dressing or mayonnaise, or two tablespoons low-fat salad dressing or mayonnaise also qualify but those options are not ideal.

Low-Fat Dairy

The vegetarian DASH Diet recommends fat-free or low-fat dairy. If you do eat dairy, always choose organic products that come from pasture-raised animals. If you're opting for a plant-based version of the DASH diet, try non-dairy yogurt, cheeses, or milk, like almond or coconut milk instead.

Foods to Reduce or Eliminate

Although the DASH Diet is diverse, there are a few foods you should eliminate or reduce your intake of.

Meat

On the vegetarian DASH diet, you will not eat any meat. The standard DASH diet recommends avoiding beef, pork, and ham because they are high in saturated fat and sodium. The vegetarian DASH Diet requires avoiding consumption of all meats, even lean cuts of chicken and fish.

Full-Fat Dairy

The DASH diet restricts full-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, and other sources of dairy since these choices are high in saturated fat.

Added Sugars & Sweets

The DASH diet allows for no more than five servings of low-fat sweets per week. Examples of a serving include one tablespoon sugar, jelly, or jam, a cup of lemonade, and a half cup of sorbet or gelatin dessert. Better yet, skip the refined sugar and reach for some fresh fruit when you crave something sweet.

Sodium

There are two sodium limits on the DASH Diet: 1,500 milligrams or 2,300 milligrams daily. Generally, the lower your sodium intake, the lower your blood pressure.

Alcohol

The DASH Diet allows for moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages. Moderation means no more than one drink per day for women and two per day for men.

Keep in mind that one drink is 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1 1/2 ounces of spirits. Also, know that there’s virtually no health or nutritional benefit to consuming alcohol and a long list of benefits associated with avoiding it entirely.

Sample DASH Diet Menu

The following meal plan is an example of what following the DASH Diet could look like.

Day One

Breakfast: Steel-cut oatmeal with peanut butter and banana

Lunch: Greek salad

Dinner: Whole grain spaghetti with sauce and side spinach salad

Day Two

Breakfast: Plain coconut milk yogurt with walnuts and berries

Lunch: Black bean and vegetable wrap

Dinner: Lentils with brown rice and kale

Day Three

Breakfast: Slice of toast, two-egg veggie omelet, orange

Lunch: Pita with hummus and vegetables

Dinner: Three bean chili with chunky tomatoes

The Top 5 Health Benefits of the DASH Diet

Although the DASH Diet was created to help people lower their high blood pressure, the diet has other health benefits as well, so don't dismiss it if your blood pressure is in the healthy range (a systolic reading between 90 to 120 mmHg and a diastolic of 60 to 80 mmHg).

1. Lower Your Blood Pressure

Studies have found that the DASH Diet significantly reduces systolic blood pressure and that consuming fewer calories while on the diet compounds the effect.[3] Following a low-sodium diet alongside the DASH Diet may help reduce your blood pressure even more.[4]

2. Lose Weight

Being overweight is a risk factor for hypertension. Losing as little as 5 to 10 pounds may help lower blood pressure.[5] The DASH Diet is one plan that may help with weight loss. After 24 weeks on the DASH Diet, people lost three pounds more than other dieters and almost half an inch more off of their waistline.[6]

3. Reduce Your Diabetes Risk

The DASH Diet is appropriate for people living with diabetes, since the diet may help reduce blood pressure as well as weight. Some studies suggest the diet may also improve insulin sensitivity and therefore reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, but more research is necessary.

The DASH Diet may help those living with metabolic syndrome — a pre-diabetic condition that includes hypertension, high blood sugar, and excess weight — to lower their blood pressure and manage their symptoms.

4. Lower the Risk of Some Cancers

The DASH Diet may reduce the risk of colorectal[7] and breast cancer.[8] Plus, some components of the DASH Diet — like eating more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts and less dairy, salt, and meat — are associated with reduced risk of some types of cancer.[9]

In many ways, long-term good health is the cumulative effect of consistently making healthy dietary (and lifestyle) choices. Combining the principles of the DASH diet with a plant-based foundation is a good way to compound the health benefits each has to offer.

5. Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

High blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. By reducing your blood pressure, you help your heart. But following the DASH Diet also helps lower “bad" LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. High levels of LDL lead to plaque buildup in the arteries, which increases your risk or heart attack and stroke. Hypertension increases the risk of stroke, but the DASH Diet reduces this risk.[10]

How to Get Started

The DASH Diet seems easy to start, but — depending on your current diet — it may significantly shift how you eat. A few simple steps will ease the transition.

Check Your Current Eating Plan

Keep a food journal for a day or two, tracking what you eat and how much you eat at each meal and how often you snack. An easy way to do this is to download an app that tracks the sodium and nutrient levels of food. Then compare your current habits to the DASH Diet plan. You'll quickly see what you're already doing, plus what changes you need to make.

Start Gradually

You don't have to go all the way overnight. Start with one or two changes, such as eating at least one serving of vegetables at every meal, and then add more as those old changes become new habits. These changes will add up.

Remember, It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect

You don't have to hit every single serving recommendation every single day, nor do you need to consume exactly 2,300 mg or 1,500 mg sodium daily. Strive to reach the recommended intakes but keep in mind that overall trends matter the most. So if the majority of your meals for the week fit the DASH Diet, view that as a success.

Be Active

Aim for at least 30 minutes of activity daily or one hour of activity if you are trying to lose weight. You can split this time up into 10-minute segments if that is easier. Choose something you enjoy, whether that's walking, hiking, swimming, dance class, yoga, or anything else. The important thing is to move.

Follow Other Healthy Lifestyle Practices

Other changes can further reduce blood pressure and keep you healthy.

If you smoke or chew tobacco, stop. For tips and ideas, check out our how to quit smoking guide.

Manage your stress with a massage, meditation, or relaxation techniques.

Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.

Points to Remember

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet, or DASH Diet aims to reduce high blood pressure. However, the diet is appropriate for nearly everyone — not just people with high blood pressure. In addition to this benefit, following the DASH diet may help with losing weight, lowering cholesterol, and reducing the risk of heart disease. The DASH Diet includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats, and limits red meat, added sugar, salt, and alcohol.

Have you tried the DASH diet? What did you think? Leave a comment below and share your experience with us.

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Endocrine Disruptors: 14 Common Chemicals That Affect Your Hormones

Hormones. They’re often the butt of the joke when it comes to pregnancy, PMS, or teenagers. Other than that, we mostly just ignore our hormones.

But did you know that just about everything you do is dependent on subtle changes in your hormone levels?1

That’s right: How much energy you have during the day, how well you sleep at night, whether you’re interested in sex. How much you struggle with your weight, whether or not you can digest your food properly, and how easily you can fight off illness— that’s all hormones.

In this article, we’ll be taking a close look at how the endocrine system (our hormone-making and monitoring system) works, as well as 14 of the most pervasive, dangerous endocrine disruptors we’re exposed to on a daily basis in modern society.

You might have heard these chemicals called “the dirty dozen.” And while “the dirty dozen” certainly has a nice alliterative ring to it, the two chemicals we’ll be adding to the list are every bit as dirty–and every bit as devastating — to your endocrine system.

What Are Endocrine Disruptors?

Endocrine disruptors2 are chemicals (either human-made or manufactured) that disrupt or damage your body’s hormone-making organs or processes. This can happen when a chemical mimics a particular hormone, keeps your body from using or absorbing a particular hormone, interferes with the way your hormones talk to each other, or hijacks your hormone-producing organs.

Why does that matter so much? And what’s the worst that could happen from a little hormone disruption? The truth is, most of us are woefully miseducated when it comes to understanding how our endocrine system works, the role hormones play in our bodies, and the harm we can suffer if our endocrine is compromised2–including reproductive damage, thyroid disease, neurological harm, immune dysfunction, and birth defects.

How Does the Endocrine System Work?

Your endocrine system is a complex network of organs and glands that work together to create, distribute, and regulate the hormones your body needs to function properly.

The head honcho of your endocrine system is a part of your brain called the hypothalamus. It calls the shots on just how much (and when) different glands in your endocrine system release hormones into your bloodstream so they can get to work regulating your metabolism, cell growth and repair, sleep cycles, stress levels, and sexual function.

Another part of your brain, called the pituitary gland, relays messages between the hypothalamus (the boss) and your hormone-producing glands.

Whether you’re male or female, your endocrine system includes your hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland (another part of the brain), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and pancreas.

Your gut and your liver aren’t usually grouped in with your endocrine system, but for all intents and purposes, they should be, since they produce a significant portion of the hormones your body uses on any given day. (More on that below!)

If you’re a woman, your endocrine system also includes your ovaries. If you’re a man, it includes your testes.

Endocrine System Organs and Hormones

If you want to know what people mean when they say that the human body is a marvel of engineering, just take a look at the endocrine system organs and hormones. When they aren’t bogged down by chemical disruptors (which we will discuss), your endocrine organs and hormones work together seamlessly in an intricate, fascinating dance every moment you’re alive:

Hypothalamus

Like I said above, the hypothalamus is located in your brain and calls the shots (based on information it gets from your pituitary gland) on when and how much hormone your other glands create.

The hypothalamus also regulates your body temperature and your metabolism. It’s the reason you get a fever when you’re sick, to weaken the invading virus or bacteria.

Pituitary Gland

This endocrine organ is located in the brain and stores important hormones (and distributes them as needed). It also runs traffic control with the other glands in your body, relaying signals back and forth between your hypothalamus and making sure everything is running properly.

Your pituitary gland creates and regulates all of the following hormones:

TSH (Thyroid-stimulating hormone): This hormone prompts your thyroid gland to kick into gear and produce its own hormones.

Growth hormones: These hormones are critical to growth and development, as well as maintaining a healthy overall body composition of bone, fat, and muscle.

Follicle-Stimulating Hormones and Luteinizing Hormones: These hormones regulate the levels of sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, steroids) your body produces.

Prolactin: This is the hormone that triggers the body to produce breast milk in women!

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH): ACTH triggers the adrenal glands to produce cortisol and other steroids that metabolize food, control blood pressure, and lower inflammation.

Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormones): These hormones help your kidneys manage water loss.

Oxytocin: Also called “the bonding hormone,” oxytocin helps regulate your emotional health and reduce stress. It also causes uterine contractions during childbirth.

Thyroid Gland

Your thyroid, which is located at the front of your neck, is in charge of creating thyroid hormones. These thyroid hormones are absolutely vital to metabolism and digestion,3 as well as a whole host of other body functions including your muscle tone, how well your reproductive system works, nervous system and brain development in children, and how effectively your body can control its blood pressure and heart rate.

Parathyroid Gland

You have two parathyroid gland, that sit right next to your thyroid. Their biggest job is to create something called parathyroid hormone, which controls how much calcium is funneled to your bones and bloodstream.

Pineal Gland

Located deep in the brain between the left and right hemispheres, this tiny gland has one big job: producing melatonin, which controls your sleep/wake cycles. When you wake up, when you fall asleep, and how well you sleep all hinge on melatonin produced in the right amounts, at the right time.

Adrenal Glands

Your adrenal glands are in charge of creating hormones called corticosteroids. Every time you feel your heart rate rise or drop, that’s your adrenal glands. These tiny but mighty glands live right above your kidneys, and they regulate your metabolism, how your immune system functions, how well you deal with being stressed and how quickly you recover from stress, and even your sexual function.

Pancreas

Your pancreas is tucked just behind your stomach. It’s in charge of creating digestive enzymes and controlling your blood sugar by producing the hormones glucagon and insulin, which break down carbohydrates and sugar.

Ovaries

In women, the ovaries are the main source of sex hormones including estrogen and progesterone. These hormones are critical to sexual development, sexual health, and sexual function (including arousal, menstruation, and fertility.)

Testes

In men, the sex hormones are mostly made in the testes, which produce androgens like testosterone. Testosterone is the biggest factor in onset of puberty, sexual development, how much facial hair you grow, your sex drive, and your sexual health.

Gut

Until recently, the gut was pretty much ignored when it came to hormone production. But, to many people’s great surprise, the gut is actually extremely important to hormone production.

The bacteria in your gut (and the short-chain fatty acids they help create) are responsible for 95% of your serotonin and 50% of your dopamine4 not to mention some melatonin and adrenaline.

Your gut health, then, is directly linked to your mood, your sleep cycle, your appetite, and your ability to stay alert, among other important functions.

Liver

The liver is another unsung hero of the endocrine system. This organ creates bile to break down excess hormones to regulate hormone levels. It also produces some of your estrogen and testosterone.

Risks and Results of Endocrine Disruption

Think of endocrine-disruptors as identity thieves–chemicals that can flip the same switches as your body’s own hormones5–but can’t be regulated or reabsorbed in the same way.

And these identity thieves can cause a lot of problems. (More on the specific problems different endocrine disruptors cause below!)

Endocrine disruption in the adrenal and thyroid glands can mean weight gain and problems managing blood sugar,6 difficulty controlling sleep/wake cycles, and thyroid disease.7 Disruption of the sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen can lead to infertility, sexual dysfunction and cancers, and early menopause.

Endocrine disruption can also trigger autoimmune diseases8 as the body struggles to separate friend from foe, and cancer as these chemicals alter cell growth and destabilize DNA.9

Each of the following 14 endocrine disruptors destabilizes and hijacks the endocrine system in different ways. Knowing the names of these chemicals, where you are exposed to them, why they’re so harmful, and how you can avoid them is absolutely critical your health:

14 Common Endocrine Disruptors

Some of these endocrine disruptors may be familiar to you — lead, for instance. Others may have names you don’t recognize at first. But take a closer look at the back of a shampoo bottle, or the lid of your cup of coffee, or the ingredients in your “pet-friendly” lawn fertilizer. Here’s what you need to know:

1. BPA

What is BPA, and Why Is It Harmful?

BPA is a chemical that mimics estrogen. Which might not sound like such a bad thing, at first. After all, don’t a lot of women benefit from hormone replacement therapy?

Unfortunately, this imposter-estrogen derived from plastic (aka, not even remotely biocompatible with our endocrine system) spells disaster. BPA’s fake plastic estrogen can cause breast cancer, prostate cancer, infertility, heart disease, weight gain, and a whole host of reproductive issues.10

Where Is BPA Found?

BPA is everywhere, and is especially common in all kinds of hard and soft plastics. While more products are labeled as “BPA free” now, thanks to (totally justified) consumer outrage, the shelves are still swimming with this dangerous endocrine disruptor:

Sports water bottles

Baby pacifiers and toys

Many foreign-made trinkets and toys

In the lining of metal canned food containers (just another reason to eat fresh, raw foods!)

The coating on the receipts you get at the grocery store.

#7 recycled plastics

Most plastics labeled “polycarbonate.”

How to Avoid BPA

Get ready to feel queasy: One study showed that 93 percent of us have BPA in our bodies. Right now. Only use plastics that are specifically labeled “BPA free,” and be safe instead of sorry by doing your research and assuming the worst if “BPA free” isn’t specifically noted.

Opt for plastics with a 1, 2, or 5 label, if you must use plastic, and use glass instead of plastic whenever you can.

You’ll also want to keep an eye out for BPS or bisphenol S. BPS is nearly identical to BPA, but manufacturers sometimes use it to skirt around BPA laws, despite the fact that it’s been proven to have similar health effects. BPA has gotten the most press, but I believe you will be learning over time that all plastics are problematic.

2. Perchlorate

What Is Perchlorate, and Why Is It Harmful?

Perchlorate is a chemical combination of chlorine and oxygen that’s found, among other things, in fireworks and rocket fuel.

Some types of perchlorate are man-made, while others occur in nature. Perchlorate has the unique ability to rob your thyroid of iodine11–a basic requirement for your thyroid to produce hormones and function properly.

Perchlorate can wreak havoc on your metabolism, your brain function, and how well your internal organs function.

Where Is Perchlorate Found?

Perchlorate has infiltrated the drinking water supply in many areas of the United States because of emissions during military operations, manufacturing, and crop fertilization. It’s also present in varying quantities in some foods, most of them highly processed:

Boxed mac and cheese

Salami

Bologna

Plain bagels

However, even some fresh, raw produce like broccoli, collard greens, and cauliflower may test at high perchlorate levels.

How to Avoid Perchlorate

Educate yourself to find out whether you’re at special risk for perchlorate by finding out whether you’re near any types of manufacturing plants or facilities that use perchlorate. If you are, there’s a high likelihood that this water-soluble compound has infiltrated your water supply.

A reverse osmosis system (paired with a water remineralizer and ionizer) can filter out perchlorate in your water. As for perchlorate for fresh produce, it’s much more difficult to avoid, and a good argument for buying organic produce. However, you can combat the small quantities of perchlorate you may ingest and help your thyroid work properly by making sure you get enough iodide in your diet (use nascent iodide,12 not chemically treated iodized salt!)

3. Dioxins

What Are Dioxins, and Why Are They Harmful?

Dioxins are a class of toxic chemicals that are created from burning fuel or waste, producing pesticides, and other chemical processes in manufacturing. Once dioxins have been released into the air, they quickly settle in the soil, where they make their way into the water supply and plant life.

One of the (many) reasons dioxins are so harmful is that, once consumed, they stay in the body for many years, building up and causing damage to tissues and systems. Dioxins can cause cancer, diabetes, and cellular mutations; wreak havoc on the human immune system; cause learning disabilities and delays; disrupt sex hormone signals; and damage reproductive processes,13 including permanently decreasing sperm quality and count.14

Where Are Dioxins Found?

Make their way up the food chain when animals drink water or eat food that is contaminated with dioxins. Those dioxins are then tucked away and build up in the animals’ fatty tissues. Experts estimate that an incredible 90% of the dioxins humans consume come from the following animal products:

Beef

Dairy

Milk

Chicken

Pork

Fish

Eggs

How to Avoid Dioxins

Since most of the dioxins we’re exposed to as humans come from the animal products we eat, the very best way to avoid dioxins is to eliminate as many animal products from your diet as possible. Just another reason that a raw, plant-based diet is so important to our health!

If you do choose to eat meat, choose lean protein and cut off any visible fat. Another extremely important way to avoid dioxins is eliminating backyard burning of wastes. The EPA says, “Backyard burning of waste materials creates higher levels of dioxins than industrial incinerators and is particularly dangerous because it releases pollutants at the ground level where they are more readily inhaled or incorporated into the food chain.”

4. Atrazine

What Is Atrazine, and Why Is It Harmful?

Atrazine is a type of herbicide that’s used on numerous crops including corn and sugarcane to stop broadleaf weeds. When women are exposed to Atrazine during pregnancy, their children run a higher risk of birth defects including heart, urinary, and limb deformation.15 Atrazine also mimics estrogen and disrupts hormone production16 in the ovaries and testicles, delaying puberty, and causing breast and prostate cancer.

One study17 showed that atrazine exposure effectively sterilized 75% of male frogs, and turned one out of 10 into females capable of producing viable eggs.

Where Is Atrazine Found?

Atrazine is sprayed heavily on many of the crops we eat and has made its way into the groundwater around the world. Some of the crops and plants sprayed most heavily for atrazine include:

Corn

Sugar Cane

Winter wheat

Sorghum

Lawn turf

How to Avoid Atrazine

To avoid consuming atrazine that has made its way into your drinking water, use a really excellent water filtration system. You can also keep atrazine out of your life by avoiding pesticides on your lawn (many of which contain atrazine) and buying organic (non-sprayed) produce at the store whenever possible.

5. Phthalates

What Are Phthalates, and Why Are They Harmful?

Phthalates are a family of chemicals used to create solvents and soft plastics. You’ll find this endocrine disruptor in everything from makeup to plastic wrap to medical tubing. Phthalates cause damage to the kidneys, liver, lungs, and the reproductive system. The most common phthalates found in consumer goods are dibutylphthlalate (DBP), dimethylphthalate (DMP) and diethylphthalate (DEP).

Phthalates disrupt the endocrine system and wreak havoc in the human body by acting as an “anti-androgen,” which blocks testosterone from working normally (testosterone is important for both men and women!). This disruption can lead to abnormal fetus development,18 the birth defect hypospadias,19premature puberty in girls,20 and insulin resistance.21

Where Are Phthalates Found?

Phthalates are everywhere. Any time you read the word “fragrance,” assume that this harmful chemical is present.

(Under the EPA regulations, companies aren’t required to disclose the presence of phthalates in “fragrance”). And while many industrialized nations are taking steps to reduce phthalate exposure–especially in hospitals (some of the highest levels of phthalates have been found in NICUs!22), you should know that phthalates may be lurking in all of the following places:

Plastic wrap and other plastic food packaging

Medical tubing and IV bags

Laundry detergent (hidden under the generic catchall “fragrance”)

Candles

Hair spray

Nail polish

Aftershave

Lotion, shampoo, and other personal care products (A study conducted by Health Care Without Harm report found phthalates in a horrifying 70% of cosmetic and personal care items23).

Vinyl shower curtains

Children’s toys made from PVC plastic

Car seats and car parts (that new car smell? That’s phthalates)

Animal fats (like dioxins, phthalates are often stored in the adipose tissue)

How to Avoid Phthalates

Choose plastics labeled “phthalate-free.” especially plastic wrap and food packaging. And whenever you can, steer clear of recycling label #3 or #7.

Avoid anything that lists the ambiguous “fragrance” as an ingredient. It probably contains phthalates. Take special care with laundry detergents, air fresheners, perfumes, shampoos, and candles. Ironically, you’ll also want to stay alert to phthalate exposure if you have a surgery or hospital stay, since high levels of phthalates can be found in plastic tubing and IV bags at hospitals.

You should also think about tossing out any soft plastic toys you’ve had that may have been manufactured before 2009 (when phthalates were outlawed in children’s toys), e.g., fake food or rubber rings.

Avoid animal products like meat and dairy. If you do partake, choose organic produce that was grass-fed (instead of mass-produced corn that was likely sprayed with large amounts of pesticides).

Fortunately, more chemical-free products come on the market every year, so you can purchase non-toxic alternatives at natural products stores.

We really like MyGreenFills for refillable laundry detergent that works, but is free of toxic chemicals.

6. Chlorine

What Is Chlorine, and Why Is It Harmful?

In its pure form, chlorine is a toxic green gas. But most of us know it as our friendly neighborhood pool-pee protector.

Unfortunately, chlorine disrupts the endocrine system by robbing our cells of iodine. And several studies have confirmed that exposure to chlorine can interfere with the production of testosterone. One study showed that boys who spent a significant amount of time in the pool prior to puberty were three times as likely to land in the bottom 10th percentile for testosterone levels.24

Exposure to low levels of chlorine can also cause mild side effects like skin irritation, nausea, trouble breathing, and coughing. And, over time, a decrease in testosterone and thyroid function. Higher levels of chlorine can cause increasingly serious side effects like heart failure or pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs). In WWI, chlorine gas was actually used as weapon.

Where Is Chlorine Found?

Chances are, your skin or your lungs have been in contact with chlorine today. You’ll find chlorine in all of the following places:

Laundry detergent (with chlorine bleach)

City water supplies

Swimming pools and hot tubs

Paper products

Dyes

Insecticides

Paint

How to Avoid Chlorine

One of the best ways to avoid chlorine is to install a chlorine filter in your shower and on your faucets (most city water contains small amounts of chlorine). Be aware that hot showers can turn chlorine into a vapor, and you breathe quite a bit of it, so a showerhead filter is also helpful if you don’t have whole-home water filtration.

You can help avoid the harmful effects of chlorine in pools by showering or rinsing off before you enter the pool. Not only does this keep the pool cleaner, but it avoids a chemical reaction between the perspiration on your skin and chlorine that creates chloramine (another endocrine-disrupting byproduct of chlorine).

Try to choose swimming pools that are treated with UV-light instead of chlorine or bromine, or choose lakes, swimming holes, or the ocean instead!

Don’t wash your clothes in detergents that include chlorine bleach (opt for hydrogen peroxide or baking soda to get your whites extra clean instead!).

7. Fluoride

What Is Fluoride, and Why Is It Harmful?

Fluoride is a water-soluble, colorless chemical compound that is often added to drinking water or used as part of dental care to stave off tooth decay. However, fluoride disrupts the endocrine system by displacing iodine in the cells, which can lead to thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s, thyroiditis, and Grave’s disease.

And that’s not all. In 2014, an important study proved that fluoride is a neurotoxin25 that can delay children’s development and lower IQ. Fluoride has also been shown to decrease bone health.26

Fluoride is also dangerous because it causes lead to leach from pipes that carry drinking water,27 exposing populations to yet another toxic endocrine disruptor.

Where Is Fluoride Found?

Fluoride is found in all of the following places:

City water supplies

Toothpastes and mouth rinses

Dental treatments

Mechanically processed foods

Teflon pans

How to Avoid Fluoride

Most of us have already been exposed to far too much fluoride in the water supply. There’s no need to supplement with additional fluoride through dental treatments, toothpastes, or mouthwashes.

Instead, keep tooth decay at bay by brushing with baking soda, flossing regularly, or rinsing with hydrogen peroxide. You’ll avoid the risk of swallowing fluoride, and you’ll keep your teeth healthy and cavity-free.

If you live in an area where the water has been treated with fluoride, it’s especially important to use a water filter or reverse osmosis system that specifically removes fluoride (many water filters don’t).

You’ll also want to avoid processed foods, and cook with ceramic pans instead of teflon.

8. Fire Retardants

What Are Fire Retardants, and Why Are They Harmful?

Fire retardants are a class of chemicals used to make household and commercial goods less flammable. The most common type of fire retardants are called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) made up of chlorine, bromine, or phosphorus and carbon.

Scientists discovered the pervasiveness of fire retardants by accident–while studying human breast milk. The samples all contained a high amount of fire retardants. And, disturbingly, the percentage of fire retardants found in human breast milk since 1972 has doubled.28

The most common way we come into contact with these pervasive endocrine disruptors is a process called “off-gassing.” Fire retardants aren’t actually bound to the material in your mattress or couch cushions. So they “off gas” into the air, attach to dust particles, and then you breathe them in.

One of the reasons fire retardants are so dangerous is that, like many endocrine disruptors, these chemicals build up in our bodies over time–and stick around in the environment for a long time.

Many fire retardants have been banned or phased out of manufacturing, but are still everywhere in the environment. These extremely common chemicals can wreak havoc in our endocrine system with outcomes like thyroid dysfunction, decreased IQ, brain damage, cancer, and reproductive problems.29

Where Are Fire Retardants Found?

Fire retardants can be found in almost every home, office, and school:

Furniture (couch cushions, chair stuffing, you name it)

Mattresses

Carpets

Blinds

Curtains

Home and building insulation

Wires and cables

Appliances and electronics (computers, phones, tvs)

Polyurethane foam

Seat covers

Plane and car parts

How to Avoid Fire Retardants

Even if you avoid products that contain fire retardants (and you should definitely do just that!) It can be extremely difficult to avoid exposure to these harmful chemicals, because of their staying power in the environment.

In addition to avoiding polyurethane foam and furniture that isn’t specifically labeled “no fire retardants,” it’s a good idea to use a hepa air filter to keep from breathing toxic dust. If you decide to reupholster foam furniture or replace your old carpet or blinds, take extreme caution and wear a high-quality mask.

I recently replaced all my carpet with wool carpet, with no flame retardant or stain-resistant coatings. Next time you’re in the market for new carpet, consider this option.

9. Lead

What Is Lead, and Why Is It Harmful?

While many of the endocrine disruptors in this article might be new information, almost everyone knows how harmful lead can be. This heavy metal (which was once commonly used in paint and pipes), can lead to devastating damage to the endocrine system and body tissues,30 including brain damage, miscarriage, decreased IQ and learning delays, and dangerously low levels of sex hormones.

Lead can also cause problems with your endocrine system’s ability to signal properly, which shows up as mood disorders like depression and anxiety, as well as high blood pressure and uncontrolled stress.

Where Is Lead Found?

While plenty of products that used to have high levels of lead (like paint) aren’t sold anymore, you’ll still find this endocrine disruptor in all of the following places:

Paint and woodwork on older homes

Antique children’s toys

Antique furniture

Older pipes and plumbing, and the solder on many modern pipes

Gasoline

Batteries

Imported candies, especially ones that contain tamarind or chili powder from Mexico, Indonesia, China, or Malaysia

Imported furniture, ceramics or crafts

Vinyl blinds imported from Mexico, China, or Taiwan

Costume jewelry that’s often worn or mouthed by children (in 2006, one child died after swallowing a heart pendant that came with a pair of Reebok shoes. It was examined and found to be 99% lead31).

Kohl (sometimes used for eyeliner).

How to Avoid Lead

There are a few important ways you can help avoid lead exposure. The first is simply to eat a healthy diet. Studies have shown that kids and adults who eat a nutrient-dense, balanced diet full of fruits and vegetables absorb less lead32 than people who eat a lot of processed, empty calories.

Dispose of batteries and electronics properly instead of just dumping them into the trash, to keep lead out of the soil and groundwater. And if you’re renovating or painting an older house, use a contractor that’s certified lead safe.33 And steer clear of costume jewelry, cheap imported metals, blinds, furniture, and ceramics.

Lead exposure is just another good reason to install a reverse-osmosis water filter in your home. If you can’t afford a water filter, you can help reduce lead leaching from pipes by avoiding the hot water tap on your faucet, and running the water on cold for several minutes before drinking or cooking with the water.

10. Arsenic

What Is Arsenic, and Why Is It Harmful?

The poison arsenic is found in nature (in some fruit pits, for instance), the vast majority of arsenic we’re exposed to on a daily basis is human made.

Arsenic is deadly in high doses (“high” doses being as little as 100 milligrams). Moderate exposure from polluted drinking water, proximity to industrial pollutants, or simply low-dose over a long period of time leads to cancer, respiratory and immune dysfunction, reproductive harm, nervous system disorders, and gastrointestinal harm.34

Arsenic disrupts the endocrine system by causing problems with how your body uses carbohydrates in the glucocorticoid system. And when this system is disrupted, the result is uncontrolled weight gain, immune disorders, diabetes, and developmental problems.

Where Is Arsenic Found?

Most of the manmade arsenic we’re exposed to on a daily basis comes from industrial activities and treated timber.

Pesticides

Preservative treatments of timber (up to 70% of the arsenic we make goes to treat timber that’s used in garden containers, play structures, and decks)

Glass treatments

Deeply drilled wells

Groundwater

Rat poison

Cigarettes

Mining activities

Burning fossil fuels

Rice, which absorbs arsenic at higher rates than other plants

How to Avoid Arsenic

First of all, don’t smoke. You’re already being exposed to enough arsenic as it is! You can lower your everyday exposure by investing in a good water filter that has the ability to filter out arsenic. You can avoid arsenic exposure through rice by boiling your rice in larger amounts of water (and then draining the excess), or by simply mixing up the types of grains you eat on a daily basis.

Don’t build garden boxes out of treated wood (arsenic can leach into the soil), and don’t burn, saw, or eat food off of treated wood on decks, garden containers, or playgrounds.

Avoid old wood play structures, and make sure your children wash their hands afterward if you do visit one!

11. Organophosphate Pesticides

What Are Organophosphate Pesticides, and Why Are They Harmful?

The history books will tell you that we dodged a bullet in World War II when we stopped the Nazis from deploying its stockpile of chemical weapons called organophosphate compounds. But the truth is, we took that same technology and created pesticides from it–which are commonly sprayed on crops around the country every day.

This type of pesticide destroys insects’ nervous system and, unsurprisingly, cause neurological harm in other animals too (including us) by causing nerve signals to go haywire. These pesticides disrupt the nervous and endocrine system by damaging an important enzyme called acetylcholinesterase. The disastrous results can include decreased testosterone and sex hormone dysfunction, neuropathy, leukemia, brain cancer, thyroid dysfunction, and tumors of the pancreas, thyroid, and adrenal glands.35

Where Are Organophosphate Pesticides Found?

Organophosphate pesticides are used in home gardens, veterinary clinics, large- and small-scale agriculture, and pay-to-spray pest control services. You’ll find them by all of the following names:

Insecticides

Malathion

Parathion

Diazinon

Fenthion

Dichlorvos

Chlorpyrifos

Ethion

Herbicides

Tribufos (DEF)

Merphos

How to Avoid Organophosphate Pesticides

Whenever possible, opt for organic produce. And don’t use pesticides in your own home garden, or pay for so-called “pest control services.”

Thankfully, these pesticides aren’t likely to enter the food chain (most of the concern is from residue and contact with food or surfaces that have been treated). But organophosphates can enter groundwater if they’re sprayed heavily enough in an area, so get that water filter up and running!

At least get a water ionizer and purifier on your sink, for your drinking water, from our favorite water company, that’s Objective #1! But if it’s in the budget, also ask them about the wholesale price they give our readers, on whole-home filtration to get all the impurities out of the water you shower and bathe in, as well.

12. Mercury

What Is Mercury, and Why Is It Harmful?

The toxic metal mercury is generally content to stay underground. Except, that is, when we burn it as coal — which releases the mercury into the air, and into our oceans, and into marine life.

Mercury disrupts the endocrine system in several ways, and it’s especially dangerous for pregnant women–since consumed mercury from seafood is delivered straight to the developing baby’s brain, where it can accumulate and cause brain damage and delays.36

Mercury disrupts the way adrenalin, insulin, estrogen, and testosterone function in the body and can lead to disease and disorders of menstruation, ovulation, Addison’s disease,37pituitary problems that can result in mood disorders and even suicidal thoughts, thyroid disorders,38 and insulin resistance or diabetes.

Where Is Mercury Found?

The most common way most of us are exposed to mercury is though seafood. However, you should know that batteries and fluorescent light bulbs also contain mercury (and should be disposed of properly). These fish and crustaceans have been identified as the highest sources of mercury:

Mackerel (King Mackerel)

Orange Roughy

Marlin

Shark

Tilefish

Swordfish

Tuna (Bigeye, Ahi, Yellowfin, and canned Albacore)

Striped Bass

Cod

Halibut

Lobster

Mahi Mahi

Perch

Snapper

How to Avoid Mercury

If you do choose to eat seafood, your safest bet is still wild-caught fish. While many people believe farmed fish a “safe” bet, these mass-produced fish kept in dirty water and fed a processed diet aren’t going to do your health any favors.

These wild-caught seafood sources have the lowest levels of mercury:

Salmon

Catfish

Clams

Crab

Flounder

Haddock

Herring

Scallops

Shrimp

Squid

Tilapia

Freshwater trout

13. PFCs (Perfluorinated Chemicals)

What Are PFCs, and Why Are They Harmful?

PFCs, or perfluorinated chemicals, are commonly used to repel stains on carpet and upholstery and food residue on cookware. But the irony is that this chemical, intended to be “non-sticky,” stays in the environment and living organisms for an incredibly long time.

An astonishing 99% of us have perfluorinated chemicals in our bodies.39 Which means that 99% of us are at risk for PFC endocrine disruption of the thyroid, liver, testes and ovaries,40 resulting in thyroid disorders, dangerously low birth weight, decreased sperm count, and fertility problems for women. PFCs have also been linked to ADHD and high cholesterol.

Where Are PFCs Found?

Perfluorinated chemicals are commonly used anywhere “nonstick” or “stain resistant” is the name of the game. Keep a particular eye out for these items:

Carpets labeled as “stain resistant”

An optional (or included) “stain-resistant” or “pet-resistant” spray applied to couches, upholstered chairs, or other plush furniture

Coated frying pans, woks, and other cookware (like Teflon)

Fast food wrappers

Paper plates

Carpet cleaner

Windshield fluid

Cleaning products, polishes, and waxes

Paint

Waterproof clothing (e.g., Gore-tex)

Beauty products with ingredients that start with “fluoro” or “perfluoro” such as shaving cream, powders, and lotions

How to Avoid PFCs

Steer clear of pans and other cookware that’s labeled “nonstick,” like Teflon-coated anything. Instead, opt for ceramic cookware that’s naturally nonstick. And avoid carpets, couches, and other upholstered surfaces with an alluring “stain-resistant” coating or spray that’s been applied. Stains might not stick to these surfaces, but PFCs will stick around in the environment — and your body.

You can also cut down on your exposure to PFCs by avoiding takeout and packaged, processed foods and keeping a close eye on the beauty products you use (avoid anything with “fluoro” or “perfluoro” in the ingredients.)

14. Glycol Ethers

What Are Glycol Ethers, and Why Are They Harmful?

Glycol ethers are a class of chemicals commonly used in cleaning products and paint.

Long-term exposure to glycol ethers has been linked to reduced fertility, decreased sperm count and quality, testicular atrophy, miscarriage, and harm to a developing fetus. And babies and children whose rooms were painted with paint containing glycol ethers had higher rates of asthma and allergies.

Sudden exposure to glycol ethers has been linked to extreme liver damage, kidney damage, or pulmonary edema. Long-term exposure at low levels has been shown to cause anemia, nausea, neurological problems, decreased bone marrow production, liver damage, oxidative stress, anemia, and autoimmune disorders.41

Where Are Glycol Ethers Found?

The most common source of glycol ether exposure comes from cleaning products, but that’s not the only source. Be wary of all of the following products:

Cleaning products that include any of the following ingredients:

2-butoxyethanol

methoxydiglycol

Diethylene glycol

Triethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol

Propylene glycol

Dipropylene glycol

Tripropylene glycol

Paint

Oven cleaners

Glass cleaners

Floor cleaners

Liquid soaps

Varnishes and lacquers

Perfumes

Inks and dyes

Cosmetic products

How to Avoid Glycol Ethers

You’d be surprised how many things you can keep clean with simple, non-chemical cleaners like vinegar, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide. Avoid industrial or chemically laden cleaners, and you’ll go a long way in avoiding glycol ethers.

Check your makeup for any of the ingredients listed above, and consider switching to a makeup brand that uses only natural and organic ingredients.

Best Practices to Protect Your Endocrine System from Disruption

You might have noticed some common themes when it comes to avoiding these 14 endocrine disruptors. In a nutshell, you can make a big dent in eliminating these harmful chemicals from your life by doing the following:

Eating organic food that hasn’t been sprayed with endocrine disrupting pesticides and fertilizers

Taking extra care of your liver and thyroid–they’re two of your frontline endocrine organs, and they need extra care. Supplement with nascent iodine and vital minerals, eat nutrient- and enzyme-rich raw foods, and add a liver or whole-body detox to your healthcare routine.

See a natural hormone practitioner to evaluate where you’re at, hormone-health wise.

Get a reverse-osmosis water filter to get the nasty stuff out of your water.

Eat foods that will help you flush toxins from your body–not add to them. Raw, unprocessed foods should be the bulk of your diet. Steer clear of fried, packaged, or fast food.

Get your house in order: Get rid of mystery chemicals and cleaners, dangerous plastic containers, pesticides, sprays, and fragrances. Use an air filter to catch and eliminate the rest (get the GSG discount on my favorite one, here).

Limit your intake of animal fats, and take great care with which seafood products you eat.

Conclusions About Endocrine Disruptors

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are everywhere: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the products we use— with dire consequences like thyroid disease, sexual dysfunction, infertility, and cancer.

And while it might be true that we live in an increasingly chemical world, it is also true that nontoxic alternatives are becoming more and more available–and every dollar you spend on safer products is a vote for more! Protecting your endocrine system and your health from dangerous chemicals is increasingly possible, through diet, education, and everyday choices.

–Robyn Openshaw, MSW, is the bestselling author of The Green Smoothies Diet, 12 Steps to Whole Foods, and 2017’s #1 Amazon Bestseller and USA Today Bestseller, Vibe.

Learn more about how to make the journey painless, from the nutrient-scarce Standard American Diet, to a whole-foods diet, in her free video masterclass 12 Steps to Whole Foods.

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Garden Of Life Protein Blondies + Smoothie [vegan -sugar Free]

Drop your healthy protein powder scooper and pointer far from the blender ...

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* Keep in mind: I have actually preferred to be ironic using a raw protein powder for a baked great instead of the smoothie. *

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BLONDIES (use organic and also preservative complimentary components whenever feasible!)

1 1/2 cups of gluten cost-free flour mix (I used buckwheat flour and also wild rice flour with a little bit of coconut flour)

1 tsp of baking soda

1/4 tsp of coriander

1/ 2 tsp of cinnamon (I want to make use of a little much more)

1/4 tsp of cardamom

1 pack of Raw Healthy protein Vanilla Chai healthy protein powder

1/ 4 tsp of guar gum tissue (optional yet keeps ish together)

1/ 2 cup of unsweetened almond or cashew milk

1/ 4 mug of cold pressed virgin coconut oil (thawed)

3 tsp of alcohol free vanilla

6-10 packs of stevia (use your palate discernment)

1 mug of vegan, stevia-sweetened dark chocolate (portions or chips - your telephone call!)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Oil an 8 x 8 square baking frying pan with some oil.

Whisk with each other dry ingredients in a big bowl. Except chocolate! Mix together wet active ingredients in another bowl.

Stir to incorporate both bowls into one. Fold up in chocolate chunks/chips. Do not be thrifty! Next, spoon the battery into the greased frying pan as well as smooth down with a spatula or the back of your spoon. Add much more chocolate if you please. And please do.

Bake the blondies for 16-18 minutes or till light gold brown. Eliminate from oven and also allow cool down for 20 minutes before cutting right into preferred squares. Attack, feed on and repeat.

Then enjoy this smoothie:

GREENIE SMOOTHIE

Half of a small frozen banana

1/4 cup of frozen strawberries

Handful quantity of infant spinach (I say the even more the better!)

1 charitable scoop of Organic Plant Protein Yerba Companion Smooth Energy

2 tbsp of raw cashews

1 tbsp of chia seeds

1 cup of bitter almond milk

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

4-6 ice (I typically much more create I like it creamy!)

Blend it. Love it. Drink it.

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Summer Green Smoothie Recipes

Whether making a green smoothie or adding summer greens to a fruit smoothie, these blended concoctions are healthy and revitalizing.

The last year or so of high school through college, a close group of friends and I would go rollerblading or bike riding along the river. We would travel between three and 10 miles each trip and when we returned we would quench our thirst by preparing oversized, revitalizing smoothies. The smoothies acted as our vegetable, mineral, fruit, and protein source. The blender masticated our drink, which allowed us to take in a large amount of nutrient-rich calories to feed and rebuild our muscles and aid in our digestion.

Today, I still enjoy a fruit- and vegetable-based smoothie multiple times a week after a hearty workout in the backyard. Smoothies can act as a meal replacement and are easy to consume on the go. The main difference between my smoothies today compared to my college years is that my green smoothies presently change according to the season and what I am currently growing in my yard. Since I am blending produce that I have an overabundance of from my garden, I am saving money and reducing food waste.

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One of my favorite tips for creating a smoothie is to prepare it in the container you are going to drink it from prior to putting it in the blender. This way you know exactly how much liquid and vegetables will fit. This method allows you to easily rinse out the blender before it gets hard to clean. Enjoy these spring and summer themed smoothies that you can make straight from your garden. Blend responsibly and stay healthy!

InGREENtients

These leafy greens are popular for green smoothie recipes. They can be combined or used individually to form the leafy green portion of any recipe. The best way to decide what makes it in the final formula is to see what is growing best in the garden at the time of the smoothie, whether I’m growing arugula from seed or planting kale.

• Arugula • Beet greens • Bok Choy • Collard greens • Dandelion greens • Green and red leaf lettuce • Kale • Parsley • Romaine lettuce • Spinach • Swiss chard • Turnip green

Citrus Celebration

2 peeled citrus (lemon, orange, tangerine or grapefruit) 3 cups leafy greens 1 banana Half a cucumber A sprig of cilantro Chunk of peeled ginger 8 ounces of filtered water

After a year or so of fighting to keep my cucumber vines alive I have now found a few varieties that do well in my area–including the exotic, yet tiny, Gherkin. Now, I am happily being inundated with these juicy, high water content, fruits. The combination of cucumbers and freshly peeled citrus is a cause for a celebration. The piece of peeled ginger brings a spicy quality to the drink, as well as aiding in digestions, reducing nausea and fighting the common cold and flu.

Powerful Parsley

1 cup fresh parsley (Italian, Japanese or curly) 1 ripe mango, peeled and pitted (papaya or kiwi are great alternatives) 2 large ripe bananas, peeled 3 cups leafy greens 8 ounces of filtered water

Blend until smooth

Parsley is not just a garnish. Parsley easily grows in my herb bed and I consider it a superfood. One cup of parsley contains around 22 calories, 2 grams of protein and 2 grams of fiber. It is also a complete protein containing all of the essential amino acids. One cup of parsley contains 3.7 milligrams of iron, making it the richest source of iron from any leafy green. Since papayas and bananas are easy to obtain from my Southern garden, this green smoothie is a popular one to make. Peeling, cutting and freezing the bananas prior to making the smoothie will result in a refreshing frozen treat.

Mighty Mulberry

1/2 cup of mulberries (blackberries, raspberries as alternatives) 2 ripe pears or apples, chopped 1 1/2 cup almond milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Blackberries are great, but growing a mulberry tree that is thornless and does not take up a large footprint on your property seems like a better alternative. Mulberries support our immune system, provide antioxidants and can help maintain our blood sugar. Mulberry trees are generally hardy in Zones 4 to 8.

To make your own almond milk, soak almonds in water for 24 to 48 hours. Rinse the almonds and blend the soaked almonds with water until smooth.

PB & J Greens

PB&J Greens

2 cups leafy greens 1 cup strawberries 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 1 banana 8 ounces of filtered water Protein powder (optional)

If you are craving the comfort of your childhood, this healthy alternative to the classic PB & J will do your body good. Fresh strawberries, leafy greens, and protein-rich peanut butter will give you the taste of nostalgia without the empty calories of white bread. If you don’t grow your own strawberries, you can visit a you-pick farm or purchase them in a flat for a fraction of the store cost.

Tomato Twister

4 medium carrots 6 medium tomatoes Pinch of salt and black pepper 1 stalk of celery 2 tablespoons of lemon juice Hot pepper to taste

Just as the growing carrots and celery are ending their season, tomatoes and peppers start coming in by the bushels. An added benefit of blending fresh tomatoes is that the small blemishes disappear in the whirlwind the blender creates. Raw tomato juice provides us with vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamins B1, B3, B5, B6, B7, vitamin C, folate, iron, potassium, magnesium, chromium, choline, zinc, and phosphorus.

What are your favorite green smoothie recipes?

Kenny Coogan, CPBT-KA, is a pet and garden columnist and has authored an ecological themed children’s book titled “A Tenrec Named Trey (And other odd lettered animals that like to play).” He enjoys cooking and blending produce from his yard. Please search “Critter Companions by Kenny Coogan” on Facebook to learn more.

Originally published in Countryside July/August 2016 and regularly vetted for accuracy.

Summer Green Smoothie Recipes was originally posted by All About Chickens

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List Of 58 Best Fruity Alcoholic Drinks

Fun mixed fruity alcohol drinks can be always spicing up any party. If you are planning for an important party, then these fruity alcoholic drinks would be probably ideal suggestions added.

List Of Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – The Best And Healthiest Alcoholic Drinks To Serve Without Fruity Flavors Added

In the entire article today, people will have a chance to learn some amazing recipes of alcoholic drinks with some special flavors added taken from fruits. In fact, some of the following drinks can even help a lot in weight loss. Let’s take a full look throughout the whole list:

1. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Fruity Pebbles The Drink

This is the very first recipes that I would like to share with readers in the entire article today! Just feel free to try making this wonderful drink at home and give your friends and family members to amaze them!

This drink could be used to serve well and will satisfy the taste buds of all your guests this Christmas. Everyone will love it after it – an amazingly healthy and easy to make drink – because people can flexibly adjust the recipe to get both kid and adult versions to fit everyone. Add ices to the top and enjoy!

Ingredients

1 cup vodka

2 cups lemon-lime soda

2 cups frozen strawberry daiquiri mixer

2 cups orange juice

Directions

In a pitcher, mix vodka, lemon-lime soda, daiquiri mixer, and orange juice together.

This is the perfect combination of vodka, lemon-lime soda, strawberry daiquiri mixer, and orange juice!

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2. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Boat Drink

This can be simply considered a dish coming from Mexico, and it is actually perfect to be served on every occasion. You can change the name of this drink as it can be adjusted flexibly in ingredients to fit your own taste bud! Try it yourself!

Ingredients

1 wedge orange for garnish

1 maraschino cherry for garnish

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger orange juice, or to taste

1 splash lime juice

1 splash grenadine syrup

1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger sour mix

1/4 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger triple sec

1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger melon liqueur

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger good quality silver tequila

Directions

Prepare some crushed ices to fill a margarita glass. Pour melon triple sec, liqueur, and tequila into the glass. Top with orange juice, lime juice, grenadine, and sour mix. Use a wedge of orange and the cherry to garnish the drink.

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3. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Fruity Banger

If you are trying to find a proper drink with fruity side flavors, then the ‘Fruity Banger’ is perfect for your taste bud! It is all about fruity fragrance and happiness.

Ingredients

3 fluid ounces orange juice

1 ounce triple sec

1 ounce peach schnapps

2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers vodka

1 cup ice cubes

Directions

Fill a tumbler with ice, and pour in the orange juice, triple sec, schnapps, and vodka. Stir well and enjoy!

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4. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Caribbean Healthy Drink

This is a drink that is chock-full of minerals and vitamins. Make it at home and enjoy!

Ingredients

1 cup ice cubes

1 cup chopped pineapple

1 apple – peeled, cored, and sliced

1 kiwi, peeled

1 banana

1 cup chopped carrot

rum

Directions

Blend the ice cubes, rum, pineapple, apple, kiwi, banana, and carrot in a blender till all ingredients are smooth.

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5. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Polynesian Watermelon Drink

Polynesian watermelon drink is a fruity alcoholic drink originally coming from Tonga and is often made to serve as a refreshing drink for hot summer days. It is a blend of coconut milk, water, and any type of pulped tropical fruits; for example, pineapple, mango, watermelon, and coconut. However, watermelon is almost always used as it is very rich in Tonga. Although this drink is considerably sweet on its own, you can also add a small amount of sugar as desired. Make this drink and relax with ice cubes added on top to get a super tasty and refreshing drink! Serve over ice cubes.

Ingredients

1/2 lime, juiced

2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste (optional)

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1 (12 fluid ounce) can of evaporated milk

1 (15.25 ounce) can crushed pineapple

3 cups water

1 seedless watermelon, halved and sliced

Vodka

Directions

Use a fork to grate watermelon from the rind into a large bowl. Do not leave any large chunk. Stir vodka, coconut, evaporated milk, pineapple, and water into the grated watermelon. Add sugar as desired; stir until every ingredient is well-dissolved. Add some lemon juice to the watermelon mix.

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6. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Exotic Fruit Drink

This recipe has 3 different fruit juices that would be loved by everyone! Try adjusting the ingredients in this recipe to come up with your own version. In fact, this is also wonderful fruity alcoholic drinks that should not be missed at all costs in hot summer days!

Ingredients

1 (32 fluid ounce) bottle carbonated water

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 cup cranberry juice

1 cup orange juice

Vodka

Directions

Add vodka, lemon juice, cranberry juice, and orange juice into three separate cups. Without mixing all, pour these 3 juices into ice cube trays and freeze.

When frozen, put one cube of each juice into a tall glass and add carbonated water to fill the glass.

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7. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Alcoholic Watermelon Juice

This is actually a simple, quick to make and tasty drink that can satisfy you anytime. You can even make ice pops with this drink to get a brand new exciting snack for break time. You can also add lime soda to replace water if you want a brand new version. You can also try adding ice cubes if you want to enjoy a cold and slushy drink.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon white sugar, or more to taste (optional)

2 cups water

2 cups diced seedless watermelon

Vodka (adjustable)

Directions

Blend sugar, vodka, water, and watermelon in a blender till all ingredients get into a smooth liquid.

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8. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Pineapple Punch Drink

This drink is actually super cool and delicious to satisfy your hot days.

Ingredients

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 lime, thinly sliced

1 lemon, thinly sliced

1 orange, juiced

1 lime, juiced

1 lemon, juiced

1 (2 liters) bottle fruit punch

1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice

1 (750 milliliters) bottle Burgundy wine

1 (750 milliliters) bottle rose wine

Directions

Mix together the fruit punch, pineapple juice, and burgundy and rose wines in a large container or a punch bowl. Add the orange, lime, and lemon juices. Float the lime, lemon, and orange slices in the punch as a garnish mixture. Chill the drink and enjoy!

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9. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Pineapple Sunrise

Pineapple sunrise – a romantic name just like its taste!

This is a refreshing way to start your day with only 4 simple ingredients but chock – full of vitamins and excitement! This is a perfect choice for people who hate the excess sweet taste of carrot juice. The lime and pineapple really tone down that sweetness, and a little vodka will really “boom” the drink!

Ingredients

ice, as desired

2 cups fresh pineapple chunks

1 pound carrots, chopped

1 lime, halved

Vodka (optional and adjustable)

Directions

Process lime, carrots, and pineapple through a juicer, respectively; add ices to the top and enjoy!

10. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Wedding Sangria

People will not believe it when you tell them about the ingredients contained in this simple sangria. This would be perfect to be served in wedding parties!

Ingredients

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 lime, thinly sliced

1 lemon, thinly sliced

1 orange, juiced

1 lime, juiced

1 lemon, juiced

1 (2 liters) bottle fruit punch

1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice

1 (750 milliliters) bottle Burgundy wine

1 (750 milliliters) bottle rose wine

Directions

Mix together the rose and burgundy wine, pineapple juice, and fruit punch in a punch bowl or large container. Add the orange, lime, and lemon juices. Float the lime, lemon, and orange slices in the punch as a garnish mixture.

11. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Fruity Flavored Water

If you are too tired with the boring flavor of plain water, you should try to “boom” your taste bud with this brand new flavor. It is a fruity and cool twist for you. All you need to do is just to mix fruit juices with ice and water, and some vodka added will completely bring a brand new taste and sense of feeling to you! Berries and citrus fruits will work best for this recipe. If you want less flavor, use less fruit; and if you want to increase flavors, add more fruits. You can use juices to add colors to the water or just simply add berries fruit slices into the water glass.

Ingredients

1 lime, sliced

1/2 cup small strawberries

1 cup ice cubes (optional)

5 cups water

Vodka (optional and adjustable)

Directions

Pour water into a pitcher. Add strawberries and ice. Cut lime into slices and squeeze to get some pure lime juice into the water before putting those slices to the glass. Stir to mix the flavors well.

12. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Sangria Ala Felicia

When I had this sangria at my mom’s, I knew I needed the recipe. She’s not even sure where she got the recipe. Always a favorite! Just ready to mix up a batch for New Year’s Eve! Enjoy!

Ingredients

10 strawberries, halved

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 apple, thinly sliced

1 cup rum

2 cups orange juice

2 1/2 cups simple syrup

1 (750 milliliters) bottle sweet red wine

1 (750 milliliters) bottle Chardonnay wine

Directions

Stir together orange slices, apple slices, rum, orange juice, simple syrup, red wine, and Chardonnay in a large pitcher.

Put the wine mix into the fridge for at least three hours or overnight. Add strawberries just before you serve it.

13. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Hot Spiced Tea For The Holidays

This is an old recipe coming from a family. The holidays officially start with Christmas carols and this hot spiced tea! It will definitely give you a familiar and warm comfort! You should combine juices with pulp for a brand new taste. Every flavor is special and different from each other. It is best for you to dip canned pineapple into the light syrup. Keep the leftovers in the fridge and reheat when necessary.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/4 cup pineapple juice

1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup orange juice

6 tea bags

1 (1 inch) piece cinnamon stick

1 teaspoon whole cloves

6 cups water

Vodka (optional and adjustable)

Directions

Pour water into a pot; add cinnamon stick and cloves. Boil the water; turn off the heat. Add tea bags to the water and allow it to steep aside as desired, within five minutes at least. Remove and discard tea bags, cinnamon stick, and cloves.

Stir together lemon juice, pineapple juice, sugar, and orange juice in a saucepan; boil the mixture. Cook and stir the juice mix till the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour this mix into your spiced tea, add some vodka and enjoy when it is still hot.

14. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Strawberry Mint Chia Fresca

This is a refreshing, energizing, and healthful drink that contains mint for a cool taste and coconut water for electrolytes. Chia seeds contain high levels of antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. The juice could be drunk without having to wait for half an hour, but the seeds might stick more to the glass. Use a juicer to juice the mint and strawberries. This will allow you to enjoy stronger fragrance and taste of mint and will also help to save a number of mint leaves used.

Ingredients

1/3 cup chia seeds

2 tablespoons agave nectar

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup lime juice

Water

2 (17.5 ounces) cans coconut water

1 cup fresh mint leaves

1 cup water

2 cups ripe strawberries

Wine or vodka

Directions

Blend mint leaves, 1 cup water, and strawberries in a blender till smooth, within twenty to thirty seconds; strain into a two-quart pitcher. Stir agave nectar, lemon juice, lime juice, 1 cup water, vodka, and coconut water together into the strawberry mix.

Combine the vodka-strawberry mix with chia seeds in small increments, stirring continually to keep clumping together. Put the mix in the fridge till the chia seeds fully absorb the solution. Allow it to stay for half an hour or longer as needed, even overnight.

15. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Lemon Verbena Mint Detox Tea

This is an easy to make tea with the detoxifying power. Lemon verbena is super tasty and can be served well in any occasion of your family! It is made from some natural herb plants combined with a little vodka. This might be new to you; but trust me, it is actually an awesome treat. These herbs have some amazing medicinal and detox benefits, actually. With lemon verbena, if you hate the strong acidity nature of lemons due to its teeth damage effect, then this drink really comes to you without adding any acid – the enemy of your teeth – yet is still full of wonderful lemon flavor.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon honey, or to taste (optional)

1 sprig fresh mint (about 15 leaves)

1 sprig fresh lemon verbena (about 10 leaves)

1 cup boiling water

Vodka (optional and adjustable

Directions

Pour boiling water over mint and verbena sprigs; steep till it gets the taste you desire, within three or four minutes. Add vodka and stir in some honey.

16. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Raspberry Iced Tea

This would be the best, simplest drink for hot summer days EVER!

Ingredients

ice cubes

1/2 cup powdered lemonade mix (such as Country Time®)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 cup fresh raspberries

3 (3 ounces) gallon-size tea bags

1 gallon water

Vodka

Directions

In a large pot, boil the water, and stir in the sugar, raspberries, and tea bags till the sugar gets dissolved. Let the mix steep to reach the desired tea flavor level, within three to five minutes; throw away the tea bags, and stir in the lemon juice mixture and some vodka till every component gets dissolved. Pour tea into pitchers, and serve with ice added.

17. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Sangria (Red)

Like most of other recipes in this entire list, red sangria is a mixture of many ingredients that you can adjust according to your own desire. This would be always a big hit whenever you serve it!

Ingredients

1 (12 fluid ounces) bottle or can lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

1 cup orange juice

1 (750 milliliters) bottle red wine

1 lime, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

1 orange, sliced

1 green apple, cored and sliced

1/3 cup white sugar

3/4 cup rum

Directions

In a large pitcher, stir sugar and rum together to dissolve the sugar; add lime slices, lemon slices, orange slices, and apple slices.

Slightly crush fruits against the bottom of the pitcher for squeezing some juices into the rum mix. Pour into the pitcher orange juice and wine; stir. Add lemon – lime soda and stir just before you enjoy it!

18. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Sangria (White)

Red sangria is refreshing, but the white version is even greater for the upcoming hot summer days

Ingredients

1 cup seedless green grapes, or to taste, frozen

1 (12 fluid ounces) can or bottle lemon-lime soda

1 green apple, cored and sliced

1 lime, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

1/3 cup white sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

3/4 cup rum

1 (750 milliliters) bottle white wine

Directions

In a large pitcher, stir sugar, orange juice, rum, and white wine together until the sugar is dissolved; add lime, lemon, and apple slices. Stir lemon-lime soda gently into the wine mix.

Place frozen grapes into separate glasses and cover the grapes with sangria.

19. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Super Sangria

This is also a white sangria version that can fit any party as a real hit! If you plan to serve this drink in your party, then prepare them for one night before or early in the day as needed. Be careful, though. Your guests will definitely get a big surprise as they would not even know this is an alcoholic drink till they fall all over the floor! It is actually a killer tasty drink for parties!

Ingredients

3/4 cup pomegranate seeds (from a fresh pomegranate)

1/2 cup tonic water

1/4 cup frozen cranberry juice concentrate, thawed

1 cup orange juice

2 (750 milliliter) bottles dry white wine

1 1/2 cups gin

1 orange, sliced

1 lime, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

Directions

Place the orange, lime, and lemon slices in the bottom of a punch bowl or a pitcher. Pour the gin onto the fruit slices; cover. Put the mix into the fridge and allow it to stay over one night.

Pour the pomegranate seeds, tonic water, cranberry concentrate, orange juice, and wine into the gin just before serving; stir well.

20. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Virgin Sunset

This recipe is called with a very beautiful and “sexy” name – the Virgin Sunset. I also refer to this as a cherry, orange, and pineapple cocktail. The grenadine would sink to the bottom causing layering of red and orange; thus, you have the word ‘sunset’ in its name. If you wanted to turn this drink to be a fruity alcoholic drink, you can try adding a shot of champagne, but vodka and tequila can be also added instead. Flavored schnapps might also be an exciting mix.

Ingredients

1 splash grenadine syrup

1/4 cup cranberry juice

1/4 cup pineapple juice

1/4 cup orange juice

ice cubes

Directions

Add ices to fill the glass. Pour orange juice, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice over the ice and stir well. Float a splash of grenadine syrup atop the combination and enjoy.

21. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Knock Your Socks Off Sangria!

This easy to make and tasty sangria version comes to ensure that you guest will definitely love it and want more! The best thing about this recipe is that you can adjust the component flexibly with every type of fruits you love. Trust me – every fruit will work perfectly in this drink! Stock up on the supplies because only one pitcher will surely not be enough.

Ingredients

1 lime, sliced

1 cup halved seedless grapes

1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

1/2 cup rum (optional)

1/2 cup sour apple schnapps

1 (750 milliliters) bottle sangria wine

Directions

Stir together the grapes, strawberries, rum, schnapps, and wine in a large-size serving pitcher. Put the mix in the fridge for one hour at least before enjoying it.

22. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Fuss Free Hot Cranberry Tea

This is among the best cranberry tea recipes that are very easy to make and do not require too much time to prepare and process. Adjust the quantities of the ingredients according to your own taste.

Ingredients

8 tea bags

1/2 gallon water

2 (2.25 ounces) packages small red cinnamon candies

1 (16 ounces) can pineapple juice

1 (64 fluid ounces) bottle of raspberry – cranberry juice

1/2 gallon orange juice

Directions

In a large stockpot, combine the cinnamon candies, pineapple juice, raspberry – cranberry juice, and orange juice; over high heat, cook till the candies are all dissolved.

Mix the tea bags with water in another pot and boil it over low heat; allow the tea to be simmered within five to ten minutes; pour into juice mix. Enjoy hot.

23. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Citrus – Honey Green Tea

Green tea is recommended on a daily basis. This recipe comes to make green tea more exciting. Instead of grapefruit juice, you can try freshly squeezed orange juice.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon honey

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/2 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

3/4 cup hot water

2 teaspoons green tea powder

2 teaspoons boiling water

1 (2 inches) piece lemon zest, cut into thin slivers

Directions

Put lemon zest into a large-size mug or cup. Cover with two teaspoons boiling water and allow it to steep within about three minutes. Stir in the hot water and green tea powder. Add the honey, lemon juice, and grapefruit juice. Mix well and serve.

24. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Peach Tea

This is a very light peach tea – a perfect treat for hot summer days.

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons stevia powder

1 cup water

2 fresh peaches – peeled, pitted, and sliced

3 family size tea bags

3 cups water

Directions

Over high heat, boil three cups water in a saucepan. Add the tea bags, and allow it to steep within fifteen minutes. Take the tea bags out.

Meanwhile, put peaches with one cup of water into the blender’s jar, and blend till the mixture gets smooth. Pour the stevia powder, tea, and peach mixture into one-gallon pitcher. Fill water to the pitcher to reach the top level, and stir till well-blended.

25. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Homemade Peach Tea

This tasty peach iced tea seems to have the flavor eerily similar to a well-known peach tea served in an Italian chain restaurant. Add ice over the tea to serve and use peach slices to garnish if you want.

Ingredients

– Tea:

3 tea bags

6 cups water

– Peach Syrup:

2 slices or more of fresh peach to taste

1 cup white sugar

1 cup water

Directions

Together mix peach slices, sugar, and 1 cup water in a saucepan; boil the mixture. Over medium heat, let the mixture to be simmered; crush the peach slices when stirring, till the sugar gets dissolved, within about five minutes. Turn off the heat, take the saucepan out, cover, and let the peaches infuse the syrup, within about half an hour. Strain to take out all peach slices.

Boil six cups of the rest water in another pot. Turn off the heat, add tea bags, cover, and allow it to be steeped within about five minutes.

Take the tea bags out of the pot, add peach syrup, and let it cool to room temperature. Put in the fridge to cool as desired.

26. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Strawberry Beer Margarita

Use strawberries to beer margaritas get a flavorful twist! Adjust the taste as you like just by changing any type of fruits you love. Raspberries or mangoes can work nicely as well!

Ingredients

1 teaspoon kosher salt for rimming glasses (optional)

ice, or as needed

1 (12 fluid oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed

1 (12 fluid oz.) can or bottle light beer

1 (12 fluid oz.) can or bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

12 fluid oz. white tequila

1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and cut into chunks

Directions

Put strawberry chunks into a bowl. Pour tequila onto the strawberries. Marinate in the fridge within two hours.

In a blender, blend tequila and strawberries till entirely pureed; strain in a large-size pitcher to take out the seeds.

Stir together limeade concentrate, beer, soda, and strained berry mixture in a pitcher. Add ice cubes to get the mixture chilled. Before pouring margaritas, rim glasses with salt.

27. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Super Sangria

This would be always a big hit for you whenever you serve this dish! There is a lot of fruity goodness that everyone would desire to add to a drink, and this recipe will allow people to add anything from that! You can use any type of fruits you like to reach the exact flavors you desire. Here we will use pear, peach, apple, and pineapple. Instead of lemonade concentrate, you can also try adding orange juice to this drink. However, here I will give you a lemonade version to give the drink a zing!

Ingredients

1 (5 ounces) jar maraschino cherries

1 orange, sliced

1 lime, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

1/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

1/2 cup peach schnapps

1/2 cup triple sec

1/2 cup brandy

1 (750 milliliters) bottle Spanish red wine

Directions

Combine wine, orange slices, lime slices, lemon slices, maraschino cherries, peach schnapps, triple sec, brandy, and lemonade concentrate in a pitcher; put the mixture into the fridge for 1 entire day at least before enjoying it.

28. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Hot Spiced Christmas Wine

This is a sweet, spicy holiday wine that brings about a sense of traditional and family feeling.

Ingredients

1/4 cup brandy (optional)

1/3 cup brown sugar, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

3 cinnamon sticks

1 (3 inches) piece of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

1 (750 milliliters) bottle white wine

2 (750 milliliters) bottles red wine

2 oranges

Directions

Remove the oranges’ zest in strips using a vegetable peeler or a sharp knife, being careful to leave the pith behind, just remove the orange part. Then, squeeze the orange juice in a heavy-bottomed, large-size pot.

Pour the white wine and red wine into the orange juice pot you have prepared before. Put the brown sugar, cloves, cinnamon sticks, ginger, and strips of orange zest into the pot with the wine mix; stir to get the sugar dissolved.

Cover and use medium-high fire to heat it until everything is heated through, but not boiling. Lower the fire to medium-low and heat for at least 60 minutes to get a strong flavor mix. Adjust the sweetness by adding less or more brown sugar as needed. Strain and add a splash of brandy. Serve hot if you want.

29. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Homemade Apple Cider

This dish is similar to a normal homemade apple cider, yet with stronger taste and flavor, of course!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon ground allspice

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup white sugar

10 apples, quartered

Vodka or champagne

Directions

In a large stockpot, put apples and add a sufficient amount of water – covering by two inches at least. Stir in allspice, cinnamon, and sugar. Boil the mixture. Uncover and boil it within 60 minutes. Cover the pot, lower the heat, and simmer within two more hours.

Use a fine mesh sieve to strain the apple mix. Discard solids. Use a cheesecloth-lined sieve to drain cider again. Put the drink into the fridge until it gets cold enough as you desire.

30. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Chi Chi

This is actually a tropical fruity alcoholic drink made with coconut, pineapple, and vodka.

Ingredients

1 maraschino cherry

1 slice fresh pineapple

1 fluid ounce cream of coconut

4 fluid ounces pineapple juice

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka

1 cup crushed ice

Directions

In a blender, combine pineapple juice, cream of coconut, vodka, and ice together. Blend till all ingredients get smooth. Pour into a glass and use a cherry and a slice of pineapple to garnish the dish.

31. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Sour Berry Blast Slushy

You can try making this drink and give it to your friends, family’s members, or just for yourself! I love the sourness added, and you should also try once. It is funny if you choose not to tell your guest that this drink is sour! It is perfect for get-togethers, summer, and parties.

Ingredients

1 splash orange juice (optional)

2 tablespoons white sugar (optional)

1/4 cup lemon juice, or to taste

1/2 cup fresh mixed berries

1/2 cup frozen mixed berries

3/4 cup water

8 ice cubes

Vodka or wine (adjustable)

Directions

Blend together sugar, lemon juice, fresh berries, frozen berries, water, ice cubes, vodka, and orange juice in a blender till the mixture reaches a slushy consistency, within about thirty seconds.

32. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Cherry Ginger Infused Tea

This fruity, alcoholic tea is a wonderful beverage for hot weather and can sooth an upset stomach within a short time. Slightly sweetened tea and fruit juice are healthy choices to replace artificially-flavored powdered beverages. Instead of tea, you can also try using seltzer water.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste (optional)

4 lemon slices (optional)

4 (2 g) bags green tea

4 cups filtered water, divided

3 tablespoons white sugar

1 (2 inches) piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

1 cup pitted cherries

Vodka

Directions

Combine ginger slices and cherries in a glass bowl. Over the cherries mix, sprinkle sugar and cover with two cups filtered water.

Use plastic wrap to cover bowl and put it into the fridge within two hours or more (even overnight).

Bring two cups filtered water nearly to a boil; in a pitcher, pour over the tea bags. Allow the tea to be steeped within about 1.5 minute. Squeeze the tea bags into a pitcher and take out the tea bags.

Strain the ginger-cherry water into the green tea pitcher; squeeze out the extra liquid. Enjoy this dish along with lemon juice and lemon slices and some vodka added.

33. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Rum Swizzles

This is a fruity rum drink originated in Bahamas. One of the best secrets of Bahamian is the ginger beer; it is non-alcoholic and can be purchased from any higher-end grocery store. To increase the taste, you can add some pineapple rum.

Ingredients

1/2 cup grenadine

1/2 (12 ounces) bottle ginger beer

2 cups rum

2 cups orange juice

2 cups pineapple juice

Directions

Pour the ginger beer, rum, orange juice, pineapple juice, and grenadine together within a pitcher; gently stir the mixture before serving.

34. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Dave Matthews

This drink actually comes from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. There are various versions of this drink. Try adding lime juice to increase the zing. This dish is extremely fruity to cover the alcoholic taste. The major flavors of this drink are pineapple and coconut. Garnish with a lime wedge, some orange peel, or cherry.

Ingredients

1/2 fluid ounce cranberry juice

3/4 fluid ounce pineapple juice

1/4 fluid ounce fresh lime juice

1 fluid ounce amaretto liqueur

1 fluid ounce coconut-flavored rum

Directions

Pour the cranberry juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, amaretto, and rum into a tall glass and add ice to cool the drink; stir.

35. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Swedish Christmas Glogg

Glogg is widely served well in Christmas in Sweden and other Scandinavian nations because it is warming, spicy, and sweet. This drink contains wine as it is the version for adults, so do not give it to your children! Garnish the drink with slivered almonds and raisins. Serve together with gingerbread cookies and enjoy when it is still warm.

Ingredients

1 cup slivered almonds

1 cup raisins

1/4 cup brandy, or to taste

3/4 cup rum, or to taste

1 cup white sugar, or to taste

1 orange, peel cut into thin strips

14 whole cloves

3 (3 inches) cinnamon sticks

1 (750 milliliters) bottle port wine

2 (750 milliliters) bottles fruity red wine, like Beaujolais

Directions

Over medium-low heat, gently simmer the orange peel, whole cloves, cinnamon sticks, port wine, and red wine within a large-size pot set. Stir in the brandy, rum, and sugar. Keep simmering within five minutes more, stirring to get the sugar dissolved completely, and the mix should be steaming, not boiling.

Mix the almonds and raisins together in a bowl.

When serving this dish, ladle into ceramic mugs, Swedish-style small glass, or coffee cups. Use a spoonful of the almond – raisin mix to garnish each cup.

35. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Bobbing for Apples

Apple cider and Southern Comfort liqueur make a delicious fall drink that can help to calm the nerves.

Ingredients

1/4 cup apple cider, or as needed

2 fluid ounces Southern Comfort liqueur

1 cup ice cubes

Directions

Add ices to fill a highball glass. Pour in the Southern Comfort liqueur, then use apple cider to fill the rest of your glass. Stir well and thoroughly before enjoying the drink.

36. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Zima Plus

Your clear malt drink with blackberry brandy added is actually a fruity treat.

Ingredients

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger blackberry brandy

1 (12 fluid ounce) bottle or can clear malt liquor

Directions

In a tall glass, pour the malt liquor over ices. Stir in a blackberry brandy’s shot.

37. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Heavenly Honeydew Juice

This is an amazingly great honeydew juice that people just can find in Mexican restaurants. However, just by following the steps below, and you will have a chance to recreate it immediately with ease. Sometimes, you can even make a better (more delicious) version!

Ingredients

3 tablespoons white sugar

1 cup water

2 cups ice cubes

1 (5 pounds) honeydew melon, quartered and seeded

vodka

Directions

Scrape flesh of the honeydew melon quarters into a blender; add ice cubes, water, vodka, and sugar. Blend till the sugar has dissolved and all ingredients are smooth. Serve right after making it.

38. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Texas Tea

On hot summer days, nothing would be better or more refreshing than this non-alcoholic, fruity, and sweet summer iced tea.

Ingredients

1 lime, sliced into rounds

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

1 orange, sliced into rounds

1/2 cup lemon juice

2 cups orange juice

6 cups brewed black tea, cold

1 cup hot water

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup white sugar

Vodka or wine (optional and adjustable)

Directions

In a large pitcher, mix hot water, salt, and sugar. Stir till the sugar is dissolved completely. Sir in the lemon juice, orange juice, and tea. Serve in tall glasses with citrus fruit slices and ices.

39. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Strawberry Lemonade Slushie

With just four ingredients and a cinch, then you will be able to enjoy a wonderful drink that is ideal to be served on hot summer days as a refreshing and delighting treat.

Ingredients

1 cup strawberries

3 cups ice cubes

1/3 cup dry lemonade-flavored drink mix

1/2 cup water

Vodka

Directions

Stir lemonade mix and water together in a cup till the mixture dissolves.

In a blender, mix strawberries and ice cubes all together. Pour the lemonade mix into the blender. Blend within ten seconds on high heat. Turn off the blender and use a spoon to stir the mixture. Blend again till everything is smooth, add vodka, and blend within five more seconds.

40. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Lekman Cocktail

This cocktail was invented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in May 2013. Its color, ingredients, and name are inspired well. Try this drink and feel how attractive it is!

Ingredients

1 sour key candy

1 cup ice, or as needed

1/2 fluid ounce blue Curacao liqueur

1 1/2 fluid ounces vodka

5 fluid ounces lingonberry juice

Directions

Pour blue Curacao, vodka, and lingonberry juice into a cocktail shaker. Put ices to the top of the cocktail and shake well. Pour the mixture into a lowball glass. Use sour key candy to garnish the dish.

41. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Ha Ha Juice

This is an amazingly good friend for you as an adult version. It actually packs a punch! You can add pineapple juice to this juice (or 1/2 batch of the premixed liquors) and let them stay in the fridge during the whole summer. This is perfect for busy people, especially those sticking to the deck. However, the fruity taste of this drink can be deceiving and you will get more energy!

Ingredients

2 (46 fluid ounce) cans unsweetened pineapple juice

1 cup peach-flavored bourbon liqueur

1 cup amaretto liqueur

1 cup sloe gin

1 cup vodka

Directions

Stir the pineapple juice, bourbon liqueur, amaretto liqueur, sloe gin, and vodka in a punch bowl or a large-size pitcher; chill the drink in the fridge till it is well-chilled. Serve with ice cubes added

42. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Banana Coconut Smoothie

This is a great smoothie that I had while on vacation in a Caribbean island. Makes you think of a beach when you drink it!

Ingredients

ice cubes

3 fluid ounces unsweetened coconut cream

1 cup milk

1 banana

Vodka

Directions

Blend the ice cubes, coconut cream, milk, vodka and banana within a blender until everything turns smooth.

43. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Tasty Limeade

This is a super delicious lime drink as it is not too sweet. Squeeze about 9 limes so that you will be able to get the proper amount of the juice.

Ingredients

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 2/3 tablespoons white sugar

6 cups water

1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice

Vodka

Directions

In the pitcher, stir salt, sugar, water, vodka and lime juice together until the salt and sugar get all well – dissolved; put the drink to the fridge within about fifteen minutes and serve it cold.

44. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Mimi’s Punch

This is a historical and unforgettable drink that your grandmother often does not need to protect their “appearance”. It is very refreshing but is very rich in punch, so you need to consume it slowly. Add ices to the top of the drink and enjoy.

Ingredients

6 cups lemonade

1 1/2 cups gin

1 1/2 cups Irish whiskey

Vodka

Directions

In a large pitcher, stir gin and whiskey together; add vodka, lemonade, and stir well.

45. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Grapefruit Soda

This soda syrup is reminiscent of sparkling grapefruit drink. To get a refreshing treat, you just need to add plain soda water.

Ingredients

9 cups chilled club soda

1 can (12 fluid ounce) frozen white grape juice concentrate, thawed

1 can (12 fluid ounce) frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, thawed

Vodka

Directions

Mix the vodka, white grape juice and grapefruit juice concentrate together in a one-quart pitcher till all ingredients are well-combined. Put the mixture into the fridge for storage. To serve, pour 1/3 cup of the concentrate mixture into one glass, and combine with one cup of cold sparkling water or club soda.

46. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Pink Crush

This is a tasty, girly drink that all females will love it! It is a perfect suggestion for parties!

Ingredients

16 fluid ounces strawberry-flavored soda

6 fluid ounces pineapple juice

10 fluid ounces coconut flavored rum

Directions

Pour the pineapple juice and rum into a cocktail mixing cup, and stir well to mix. Pour the strawberry soda into the mix gently – pour down the mixing cup’s side to prevent the soda from turning flat. Tilt back the mixing cup and forth 2 – 3 times to combine; pour into a cocktail glass to serve.

47. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Easy Pina Colada French Toast

With just some simple to find ingredients and not many efforts, this drink would act as a perfect breakfast for you, giving your body a wonderful energy boost! You can prepare this dish to serve in holidays, following by French toast. You will notice the drink mixture sitting on the counter from the night before and inspiration struck. Top with maple syrup and sliced bananas.

Ingredients

2 bananas, sliced

12 (1/2 inch thick) slices French bread

1 tablespoon butter, or as needed

1/2 cup bottled pina colada drink mix

2/3 cup milk

8 eggs

Soda

Vodka

Directions

Whisk well the pina colada mixture, milk, and eggs together in a bowl. Over the medium fire, heat a skillet; melt butter in the skillet till the foam is gone. Soak your bread slices in the egg mix, turning the sides of each slice over 2 times.

Lay the soaked bread slices gently into the hot skillet two at a time and try pan-frying till the French toast is golden brown, within two minutes for each side. While you finish cooking, take out the cooked French toast slices and put onto a warmed platter. Top each two-slice serving with many banana slices to enjoy.

48. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Strawberry Bellini

This is a wonderful drink for Mother’s Day, a shower, or a brunch.

Ingredients

3 large strawberries

1 1/2 cups chilled sparkling wine

1 tablespoon brandy

1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar

3 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced

Directions

Blend three cups brandy, confectioners’ sugar, and strawberries together in a blender till all ingredients turn to be smooth and well-combined. Put into the fridge within ten minutes.

Divide the strawberry mix among three champagne flutes; use about 1/2 cup sparkling wine to top each; stir well. Use one strawberry to garnish each glass.

49. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Champagne Punch III

This alcoholic drink is very fruity, yet not too sweet. You can try adding club soda to make its taste somewhat lighter. You can flexibly, freely adjust all ingredients according to your own personal taste. Keep the punch cool with an ice ring or ice cubes.

Ingredients

1/2 cup fresh mint, garnish

1 lemon – sliced, for garnish

2 (750 milliliters) bottles champagne, chilled

1 liter carbonated water, chilled

1 (750 milliliters) bottle white wine, chilled

1 can (6 ounces) frozen limeade concentrate

1 can (12 fluid ounces) frozen pink lemonade concentrate

1 can (12 fluid ounces) frozen cranberry juice concentrate

Directions

In large punch bowl, mix the champagne, club soda, white wine, limeade concentrate, pink lemonade concentrate, and cranberry juice concentrate. Prepare some fresh mint leaves and lemon slices to garnish.

50. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Peach – Pineapple Sangria

This is a refreshing drink that can help to cool you down on hot summer days and nights. It will work well with any white wine.

Ingredients

1 lime, cut into wedges

1/2 pound frozen peach slices

1 1/2 cups chilled pineapple juice

1 cup chilled peach schnapps

1 (750 milliliters) bottle chilled Riesling (or preferred white wine)

Directions

Stir together pineapple juice, peach schnapps, and Riesling in a pitcher; add lime wedges and frozen peach slices to serve.

51. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Refreshing Watermelon Margarita

This is a very refreshing drink that can help to cool you down in hot summer nights before going to sleep.

Ingredients

1/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup lime juice

3/4 cup tequila

1/2 watermelon, cubed

Directions

Put watermelon into a blender; blend till all ingredients become well-mixed and turn smooth. Remove the pulp and seeds through a fine mesh strainer.

Pour into ice cube tray with watermelon juice; put into the freezer within three hours or till frozen.

Put four cups of frozen sugar, lime juice, tequila, and watermelon cubes into a blender; pulse till smooth.

52. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Zesty Lemon Apple Juice

This is a nice, light drink to make with your juicer for an early afternoon snack or a morning breakfast.

Ingredients

1 lemon, halved

2 green apples, quartered

1 cucumber, halved

1/2 cup cool water

Vodka

Directions

Pour water into a glass and put beneath the juicer’s spigot.

Firstly, process the cucumber, waiting about twenty seconds between halves. Continue with all other apple quarters. At last, juice the lemon halves and add some vodka.

53. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Pomegin

You can try other combinations, such as a Mango/Pomegranate blend.

Ingredients

1 wedge lime

4 fluid ounces tonic water

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger pomegranate juice

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger gin

2 ice cubes

Vodka

Directions

Put ice cubes in a small glass. Pour in tonic water, pomegranate juice, and gin. Stir and use lime to garnish the dish.

54. K-Dub’s Raspberry Lemonade

This is a wonderful drink to have when hanging out in the backyard or BBQing with friends. This recipe contains vodka, so of course, do not give it to your children.

Ingredients

2 cups lemonade

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger raspberry vodka

4 ice cubes

Directions

Put the ice cubes into large glasses. Pour the lemonade and vodka over the ices; stir well.

55. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Flavored Water

This is wonderfully thirst-quenching and refreshing homemade flavored water. It is very healthy and ideal alternative to replace soda drinks.

Ingredients

1 drop liquid stevia, or to taste (optional)

2 quarts water

10 melissa leaves (lemon balm), or more to taste

4 slices ginger root, peeled, or more to taste

1/2 lime, juiced

1/2 lime, sliced

1/2 lemon, juiced

1/2 lemon, sliced

1/2 nectarine, pitted and chopped

1/2 small cucumber, sliced thin

Vodka

Directions

Place melissa leaves, ginger, lime juice, lime slices, lemon juice, lemon slices, nectarine, vodka, and cucumber within a large pitcher; gently mash with a wooden spoon. Add water, stir well, and put into the fridge to blend well all flavors, within two hours or more, even overnight. Strain; serve over ices.

56. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Cotton Candy Frappuccino

Here is a tasty remake of the popular ��Secret Menu’ drink of Starbucks®. This drink tastes just like the one served in Starbucks®. Hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

3/4 tablespoon raspberry syrup

1/4 cup vanilla bean powder

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups ice

Vodka

Directions

Blend raspberry syrup, vanilla powder, milk, and ice together in a blender till the ices are crushed.

57. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Cherry Berry Coconut Limeade Smoothie

If you are looking for a tart, but sweet and refreshing drink to cool down your body on a hot summer’s day? This limeade coconut berry cherry smoothie will do the trick!

Ingredients

1 lime, juiced

1/2 banana

1/4 cup strawberries, stemmed and hulled

1/2 cup chilled coconut milk

1 1/4 cups cherries, pitted and halved

Vodka

Directions

Put lime juice, banana, strawberries, coconut milk, and cherries in a blender. Cover and blend till smooth.

58. Fruity Alcoholic Drinks – Breakfast Banana Green Smoothie

It is simple to make so that you will have this smoothie within no time. This smoothie is jam-packed with vitamins and nutrients. It is also perfect if you are rushing your children to school, in a hurry to get to work, or just craving a healthful and refreshing drink to start your day. Instead of honey, organic maple syrup could be added.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons honey

3/4 cup ice

3/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt, or to taste

1 carrot, peeled and cut into large chunks

1 banana

2 cups baby spinach leaves, or to taste

Vodka

Directions

Put vodka, honey, ice, yogurt, carrot, banana, and spinach in a blender; blend till smooth.

Another thing that as an author of VKool.com I want to encourage readers like you to do after the list of the best fruity alcoholic drinks today is to read another writing coming with the same topic – a combination of the most amazing and healthiest alcoholic drinks yet providing low levels of calories – the List Of 13 Low Calorie Alcoholic Drinks For Women article. The alcoholic drinks suggested in this article do not provide high amounts of calories so that they are perfect for people who are trying to lose weight, especially women. Besides, these drinks are proven by science and many people who have tried them to be good for digestion, skin, and overall health of women. They also do not contain high concentrates of alcohol so that women should feel secure about them! In brief, what readers of VKool.com should do is just to try making use of the recipes revealed in the article today and the suggested writing to experience brand new exciting flavors and feelings!

The article today contains 58 best fruity alcoholic drinks that everyone who loves the flavor combination of alcohol and fruits should not skip yet try making use at home as soon as possible! Actually, these are all healthful fruity alcoholic drinks that come with several health and mental benefits, bringing about brand new feelings and experiences to the taste buds. They are also very good for health, and have become the favorites of many people all over the world so that you can add them into meals of the day without concerning about anything. The healthy recipes of fruity alcoholic drinks revealed in the article today 100% come from natural origins, so you should not worry but just try making them at the comfort of your own home for good!

After reading the list of fruity alcoholic drinks and learn how to process these drinks at home, if you see that these recipes are exciting and you want to make use of them – try making at home – as soon as possible, then allow us to know your valuation! Besides, as an author of VKool, responsible for giving readers informative writings, I always welcome the contribution of readers, so if you have any brand new related recipe and want to share it with us and other readers, then feel free to leave your comments and feedbacks in the section below. One more thing, if you want to share this interesting writing with other people you know who also love fruity alcoholic drinks and want to learn how to make at home, then do not hesitate to share this list and the recipes widely! This would be a pleasure for me to serve you with useful information! If you have anything unclear, just ask and wait for soon replication!

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Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Chewy chocolate chip cookies The fact is that some chocolate chip cookies are very easy to do; you just have to follow the steps. Encourage them to make with your kids; sure you spend a fun afternoon making chocolate chip cookies, which then will enjoy the snack with a glass of milk. Use intense chocolate desserts, as they are biscuits with a great flavour of chocolate, ideal for lovers of chocolate, you can also add chocolate chips with milk, but will be a tad sweet. We have a recipe for cookies with chocolate chips that is easy and chewy. They do not require even basic cooking skills, and they will also become your new favourite. They are the combination of all the features that most people use to describe "cookies perfect ", and now you can make them at home even if you wanted to adapt ingredients. Let's cook cookies! Chewy chocolate chip cookies: Ingredients: Calculate that each batch of these delicacies yields about 25 large units, and up to 9 dozen small home-made biscuits (about 3 cm in diameter). Remember that everything will depend on the size of which you do them. To make a batch with these approximate quantities you will need: 450 grams (usually: 2 bars) unsalted butter at room temperature 1 and ¾ cup common white sugar 2 and ¼ cups brown sugar 4 large eggs 3 cups baking powder 3 cups of common flour (flour, bakery, bread) 1 teaspoon of fine salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract (natural) 900 grams of bitter chocolate, semi bitter or whatever you want, in bar or piece (not in sparks). Preparation: Prepare all your ingredients long enough to take the room temperature (especially butter), and also to work more comfortably. Put a large bowl, clean or lightly oiled (if somewhat old) baking sheets, a wooden spoon, a sieve, a stand mixer (or replaced by a wire whisk), a table Chop and a sharp knife, in addition to the measured ingredients. With this entire ready with you, you can start cooking. Follow these instructions to prepare homemade cookies with chocolate chips:

1. Chop the chocolate making sparks sized pieces and other larger pieces. Make sure you use a clean table when chopped put in the refrigerator if you notice that the chocolate begins to soften during the chop. 2. Then put the butter in a blender (or in the bowl, hand to beat with the wire whisk), and stir gently to let it be creamy. 3. Add the white and brown sugars and continue beating until well integrated and achieve a uniform paste. 4. Stir in vanilla. 5. Add eggs at room temperature, one by one. Do not add the next one until the first one is completely integrated. 6. While the last egg is integrated, sifts the flour with the salt, baking powder and baking. Add this mixture a little to the beater, making sure that what you have added is incorporated before adding the next “serving.” If you notice the preparation too light, add up to 2 extra tablespoons of pastry flour. 7. Finally, incorporate the chopped chocolate. 8. Prepare plates covered with baking paper in an oven, or slightly oiled, and even silicone baking sheets, whatever you prefer. 9. It takes lots of preparation using a scoop of ice cream (to achieve large cookies) or spoons for melon balls (to make small cookies). Keep in mind that each portion will be flattened about half a centimeter, so calculate the gap that you should leave between on the plate. And before the doubt: separate them a little more. 10. Take to the refrigerator already full plates, and allowed to stand overnight or even a whole day, if you can. The next day will be the time to bake: 11. Preheat oven to 175 ° -180 ° C (350 ° F) and, cook until cookies are lightly brown and see with a height for about 13 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies and the heat of the oven. Do not open the door until then. 12. Remove the plate from the oven. Let the hot rest stand for about 5 minutes, and then remove the cookies with a flat spatula to allow them to cool completely on a rack. A cold time, these preserves chip cookies homemade chocolate in an airtight container, inside or outside the refrigerator. They are delicious accompanying milk or coffee hot! Tips: Remember to customize the recipe to your liking, adding cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or chopped white chocolate if you want. A texture combined equally: Equal amounts of soft mass of crispy dough, from the combination of sugars which will use. Make sure you try these lip-smacking wonderful cookies, which not only have flavour but aroma too. Trust me; you will never regret making it. Click to Post

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8 Incredible Health Benefits of Chia Seeds

Health benefits of chia seeds were quite famous, centuries back. Today it is regaining its importance and here is why.

Introduction

So, why is chia seeds popular? In the ancient world, these tiny seeds were used as energy boosters.

Reason being that chia seed contains healthy omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, protein, carbohydrates, calcium and antioxidants.

While the health benefits of chia seeds in weight loss is a most frequent question that we hear, let’s discuss even more interesting facts about these tiny seeds today.

Also Read: Weight Loss Tricks That Doesn’t Work!

Chia Seeds Nutritional Facts[1]

Name

Amount (per 100g)

Energy

486 Kcal

Protein

16.5g

Carbohydrate

42.1

Total Lipid

30.7

Dietary Fiber

34.4

Potassium

407

Zinc

4.6

Iron

6.6

8 Health Benefits Of Chia Seeds

1. Chia seeds are fiber rich

Also Read: 11 Fiber Rich Foods You Should Include In Your Diet

2. Chia seeds contains high-antioxidant content

Antioxidants are required by our bodies to fight against several oxidative damages created by free radicals. These antioxidants should be included in a diet through different food sources.

3. Chia seeds are low in calorie

4. Natural source of Omega-3 fatty acid

Chia seeds can be your topmost options for these fats. They are a great source of Alpha-Linolenic Acid, highly beneficial for heart health. These seeds can be easily added in your daily diet. [5]

5. Chia seeds is beneficial in weight loss

Also Read: 13 Superfoods For Weight Loss

6. Benefits in maintaining heart health

The high content of omega-3 fatty acids in chia seeds promotes the raise of HDL cholesterol. This prevents the risks of heart attack and stroke.

The richness of chia seeds in fiber and protein also helps in protecting from the risks of heart diseases.

7. Increases bone strength

Some studies have shown that long term consumption of chia seeds has helped in managing body weight and composition. It has had its effect over the musculoskeletal system as well. [6]

8. Reduces blood sugar levels

Can Chia Seeds Help You Lose Weight?

As per the chia seeds performance over our body, they bulge up into a jelly-like in your stomach after consuming them. This makes you feel fuller and you eat less. Ultimately helps lose weight.

Difference Between Chia Seeds And Sabja Seeds

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When it comes to flavor, Sabja seeds have this mild flavor of basil leaves. This can be sensed even in the drinks or desserts where these seeds are utilized.

Chia seeds on the other hand is tasteless and has no flavor in it. They can be included in any kind of dishes and you will see no difference.

Nutritional facts of both these seeds are extremely beneficial. But as per several researches, chia seeds tops as better than sabja.

Chia seeds contain high amounts of antioxidants, proteins, several vitamins and minerals. Sabja seeds are majorly known for its iron content.[8]

Also Read: How to lose weight through sabja seeds

How Can You Use Chia Seeds

1. Add it in your drinking water

Nothing big or time consuming. Add 1 tsp of chia seeds in hot water and leave it for 5-10 minutes. Have this drink in the morning or night before you sleep. Serves you right!

You can also add herbal spices like turmeric or cinnamon powder into this water.

2. Add it in your morning smoothie

3. Add it to your fruit juice

You can also add these chia seeds into your fruit juice.

4. Chia seed pudding

Ingredients:

Milk – 1 or 2 cups

Chia seeds – 3-4tsp

Sweetener (Sugar or Jaggery or honey)

Instructions:

Take 1-2 cups of milk in a jar or a large cup. Add 3-4 tsp of chia seeds (Take as per your choice for the consistency you like).

Mix it well until there are no clumps in between. Add honey or any sweetener of your choice. Mix it well.

Close the jar and keep it in the fridge for 2 hours. You can have this as a dessert.

Conclusion

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FAQ’s

1. Is it OK to eat chia seeds every day?

A. Yes! Definitely! Chia seeds are highly nutritious. They comprise several health benefits, especially in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

But too much of anything is poisonous. Hence it is important to have limits in its consumption. Otherwise, chia seeds side effects might haunt you.

To start with, add 1-2 tsp of chia seeds in your daily diet. Once your body gets acquainted with it, increase your intake.

2. How much chia seeds should I eat to lose weight?

A. If you are consuming it for the first time, then start with 1- 2 tsp in your daily diet. Once your body gets acquainted with it, increase your intake.

3. How long should you soak chia seeds?

4. Can chia seeds reduce belly fat?

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