Since a few years, mostly in the United States but it is spreading fast worldwide, a popular symbol of health are the vegan green

smoothies. Thanks to Victoria Boutenko (author of Green for Life; 12 Steps to Raw Foods), the probably top of human nutrition is now widely known.

A healthy vegan green smoothies simply refers to a fruits and greens smoothie.

Combining the enjoyable taste of fruits with the extraordinary benefits of greens in a single glass makes it easier for people who are concerned with their health to eat nutritiously without wincing. For many people, greens (kale, collard, parsley, arugula, spinach, clover, pumpkin leaves, chicory, dandelions’ greens, and so on) are disgusting, even though they are great for health. Interestingly, when mixed with fruits, they add a “green” taste to them, but the flavor of the fruit prevails, for an extremely palatable result.

Why make a healthy vegan green smoothies?

Green smoothies are a complete food: very nutritious, full of proteins, complex carbohydrates, good lipids, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, they are full of fiber and of everything we need, and they are easy to digest, easy to prepare and quick to clean up afterwards. Greens are probably the most important food in a healthy diet, the food that most humans crave so much that they overeat in order to fill a lack of nutrients, sometimes becoming obese and still starving for good foods. The chlorophyll contained is excellent for so many aspects of our health I can’t even name them all. Please take time to learn chlorophyll’s virtues…

How to make the perfect healthy vegan green smoothies?

Nothing is simpler. You just need to keep a few rules in mind. (Those rules come from the Boutenko family). First, only blend fruit, greens, water, and nothing else. No starchy vegetables, yogurt, nuts or else. Blending too many kinds of foods will harden the digestion and will remove some of the great benefits of it all. Second, keep it simple. Mixing too many flavors will flood them together, and make the result much less palatable. And finally, rotate the greens. Greens contain small amounts of alkaloids which are excellent for health in small quantities, but which may become harmful in large quantities. All greens have different types of alkaloids, so if you rotate them, you’ll be ok and absolutely healthy.

As always, the most important rule is to have fun and enjoy the smoothies. The goal is to bring a healthy habit of consuming greens on a daily basis in our life, so make sure you enjoy the taste of it. At first, you may need to put more fruits than greens, but as time goes, you may become to crave for more greens. If you start with too much greens, you may not even be able to finish your first glass… Always keep in mind that the perfectly healthy vegan green smoothies are the ones that you love enough to drink often!

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