Breakfast smoothies are highly advantageous to human health. This is why it is highly recommended. Smoothies are highly nutritious. Apart from digesting quite easily they also enhance smooth digestion. Breakfast smoothies are good source of fast energy. Green smoothies are suitable alternatives to vegetables and most of all, they are very easy to prepare.
Health Benefits of Taking Breakfast Smoothies
Natural weight loss
Since most smoothies are made of highly nutritive fruits, they are good for people who are working on their weight. Even though you need a lot of exercises to reduce your weight drastically, cultivating a habit of taking only smoothies as your breakfast will contribute immensely to it.
Enjoy the benefits of consuming fruits
Even though we all know that fruits are highly nutritive and they have little or no side effects but we find it difficult to consume them regularly. Making a breakfast smoothie out of them is easier, tastier and richer. Every smoothie is made of more than one fruit. So, you get to enjoy all the nutritive benefits of all the fruits combined in one smoothie.
Promotes digestibility and nutrient absorption
Regular intake of breakfast smoothies promotes seamless digestion in your system and it also enhances fast absorption of nutrients into the body. In other words, breakfast smoothies improve the overall metabolism of the body.
Prevents stomach upset
Regular consumption of smoothies prevents some forms of stomach upset and it also cures them.
Boosts immune system
Breakfast smoothies prevent the onset of a lot of diseases because they strengthen the immune system.
Mental clarity and improved focus
Yoga experts usually recommend regular consumption of breakfast smoothies because they enhance mental clarity that leads to great concentration. Smoothies align all your thoughts into one powerful focus. they help to focus on a particular goal.
It promotes smooth and glowing skin
Taking breakfast smoothies helps to keep your skin smooth, glowing and well moisturized. Almost all skin diseases thrive on constantly dry skins. Keeping your skin moisturized is a way of preventing skin diseases.
The health benefits mentioned above are just a few. The benefits of consuming smoothies are infinite. More are being discovered every day. Below are some great and highly beneficial smoothies and their recipes.
1. Spinach, Grape and Coconut Smoothie
This combination is great. It is filling and reinvigorating. It tastes great too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of green grape
- 1 cup of packed baby spinach
- ½ cup of ice
- ¼ cup of coconut milk
This one is quite easy to prepare. Just pour all the four ingredients in a blender and blend the mixture until it is smooth and frothy. The quantities stated above are for just one person and it takes just 5 minutes to prepare.
2. Raspberry and Nut Smoothie
Ingredients
- ¾ cup of low-fat milk
- ¾ cup of frozen raspberry
- ½ banana
- 1 tbsp. of honey
- 1 tbsp. of either peanut butter or natural almond
You can try using nectar and peanut butter first and then replace them with honey and natural almond in subsequent attempts. It all depends on your taste.
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend them together until the mixture is frothy and smooth. It takes about 5 minutes or less to prepare it and the quantities stated above are just for one person.
3. Banana Ginger Smoothie
This smoothie like most other ones makes digestion seamless. It is also good for curing and preventing stomach upset, nausea and heartburn.
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- ¾ cup or 6 oz of vanilla yogurt
- 1 tbsp. of honey
- ½ tsp. of grated ginger
First of all, you need to slice the banana into smaller pieces that can be easily blended. Put all the ingredients together and blend them until smooth. This recipe is suitable for just two people and it takes a maximum time of about 10 minutes. What takes most time is the grating of the ginger and slicing of the banana.
4. Orange Dream Creamsicle
Ingredients
- 1 navel orange
- ¼ cup of fat-free yogurt
- ¼ tsp. of vanilla extract
- 4 ice cubes
Peel the orange and then put all the ingredients together and blend until the mixture becomes super smooth. This recipe is just for only one person and it takes about 5 minutes to prepare.
5. World’s Best Smoothie
This smoothie is filling. A glass of it will sustain you till lunch time.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of plain non-fat yogurt
- 1 banana
- ½ cup of orange juice
- 6 frozen strawberries
Put all the ingredients together and blend for about 1 minute. This breakfast smoothie will not take up to 3 minutes to prepare. The given recipe is just for one person.
6. Pineapple Passion
This is recommended for ice cream addicts. Taking this smoothie regularly will gradually kill the desire or craving for ice cream. To prepare this wonderful smoothie.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 cup of pineapple chunks
First, mix the yogurt with the ice cubes and blend until the ice cubes are broken down to smaller chunks. Then add the pineapple and blend until it becomes very smooth and frothy.
The recipe is just for 1 person.
7. Strawberry-Kiwi Smoothie
This smoothie boosts the immune system and it contains heart-healthy polyphenols and a lot of vitamin C.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup of cold water
- 1 apple
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 kiwifruit
- 5 frozen strawberries
- 1½ tsp. of honey
You need to slice both banana and the kiwifruit first. You will then put everything together and blend until the mixture is very smooth.
This recipe is for 4 individuals.
8. Banana Blueberry Soy
This is my best smoothie. I love the taste and my kids already like it too.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup of almond milk
- ½ cup of blueberries
- ½ banana
- 2 tsp. of honey
- 1 tsp. of pure vanilla extract
Add them together and blend for about 30 seconds. You can add more milk if desired. The recipe is for just two people.
This recipe is meant for just one person.
In conclusion, breakfast smoothies are all about combination of fruits. This implies that the number of smoothies that exist is infinite. Despite that, more are still being discovered every day. So, instead of waiting for someone to discover and publicize it, why not engage in your own plethora of experiments?
All you need is a quality blender and all kinds of fruits, sugar and maybe milk. Just keep the quantities small just in case any of them turn out bad. But the only thing that can go wrong is the taste. So no matter how bad it tastes, if the quantity is small, you can still manage to drink it to avoid wastage. After all, having a bad taste does not take away the nutrients in it.
So, what are you waiting for? Begin your smoothie discovery experiments today. Am sure you will thank me for it later.