7 Easy Green Smoothie Recipes for Rapid Weight Loss

Research proves that Green Smoothies are one of the best ways to quickly lose weight. However, it can be tricky to consume green smoothie unless you have proven recipes. Here are some easy to follow recipes of Green Smoothies that you can use.

#1. Mint Mojito Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups of fresh spinach
• 1 large handful of fresh mint
• 3/4 cups of coconut water, or regular water
• Juice of 2 limes
• 3 teaspoons of hemp seeds (optional)
• 1 frozen or freshly chopped banana
• ice cubes (optional)
• 2 teaspoons of honey (optional)

Directions

Add the mint, spinach and coconut water (or regular water) into the NutriBullet together and blend until the mixture is smooth. Add the hemp seeds, lime juice and banana into your juicer, you can also add in the honey and a few ice cubes if you'd like then blend until the mixture is smooth. Garnish the mixture with mint and lime.

#2. Love Your Body Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• handful of spinach
• handful of kale
• ¼ cup of fresh parsley
• 5 frozen strawberries
• ½ a lemon
• ¼ sliced cucumbers
• 3 teaspoons of hemp seeds
• 1 cup of almond milk

Directions

Combine all of your green vegetables and liquids into the NutriBullet, blend until the mixture is smooth. Adjust the speed and add in the remaining ingredients, blend unto the mixture is smooth.

#3. Avocado Grapefruit Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 med. frozen banana, chopped
• ½ med. peeled grapefruit, chopped
• ¼ med. peeled avocado
• 1 lg. handful kale and spinach
• 1 in. of ginger root
• 1 tsp. of wheatgrass powder, or of choice
• ½ cup of filtered water, or regular

Directions

Gather all of the listed ingredients and combine in your juicer then blend the mixture until it is even.

#4. Kale Aide Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• Juice of 1 whole lemon
• 5 mini apples
• Lg. chuck of peeled ginger
• 3 teaspoons of hemp seeds
• 1 stalk of celery
• ¼ cup of chopped cucumbers
• ¼ cup of fresh parsley
• 4 stalks of de-stemmed kale
• 1 cup of water

Directions

Combine all of the greens into the NutriBullet then pour in the liquids. Blend the mixture until it is smooth. Lastly, add in the remaining ingredients then blend until the entire mixture is smooth.

#5. Apple Kale Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• ½ an apple
• 1 cup of de-stemmed kale
• ½ cup of frozen pineapple
• ½ of a fresh squeezed lemon, or 1 tsp. of lemon juice
• 1 cup of water
• 1 serving of Vega One French Vanilla
• Ice (optional)

Directions


Gather all of the ingredients and add them into your juicer. Blend the mixture until it is smooth.

#6. Restorative Detox Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

• ½ of a grapefruit
• 1 cup of coconut water
• 8 fresh basil leaves
• Directions

Add all of the ingredients into your juicer and blend until the mixture is smooth.

#7. Holiday Detox Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 lg. peeled and quartered oranges
• 1 lg. quartered and cored apple
• 1 16oz. bottle of Kombucha, or apple juice
• 3 cups of fresh spinach
• Directions

Put the apples, kombucha (or apple juice) and oranges into the juicer. Blend the mixture on low until the fruit is even. Add in the spinach to the blended fruit and increase the speed to high then blend the mixture until it is even and creamy in texture.

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Vegetable Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss

There are an endless number of different weight loss diets and methods we can choose from these days. Some are proven to work and some aren't. Some are natural while others are highly synthetic and should be avoided.

One or another of them may work better for us than others. However, low calorie or other restrictive diets can leave us short of the nutrition we need to be healthy. If we include juicing to our diet we will supply ourselves with an abundance of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, living enzymes and phytonutrients that can leave us feeling healthy and happier about ourselves. This basic principle is something on which all weight loss practitioners agree upon. These jucies recipes have previously worked and may continue to work because its "natural"

Juice Vegetables

When it comes to weight loss, vegetable juicer recipes have a distinct advantage over fruit juicer recipes. Vegetable juices are more substantial than fruit juices. Vegetables like tomatoes and carrots can produce a thicker soup like juice that can help you feel more full. Drinking a vegetable juice just before a meal can help improve the feeling of satiety and can also make a great choice for a snack.

Fruit juicer recipes are much higher in sugar than vegetable juices. This gives vegetable juices two distinct advantages over fruit juices when it comes to dieting.

1) The sugar content of fruit juices makes them considerably higher in calories than vegetable juices. Some vegetables are called negative calorie foods. This means that the body requires more energy (calories) to digest these foods than the actual foods provide us! Good examples of such vegetables are asparagus, broccoli and dark leafy greens.

2) The sugar in fruit juices will cause a spike in blood sugar levels followed by a crash that will leave us feeling hungry and irritable.

Some vegetables can provide a diuretic effect that can offload us of excessive water in our cells. This can help us shift a little weight and feel less bloated. Celery and especially asparagus are diuretic vegetables. A word of warning if you juice asparagus - it will make your urine smell obnoxious! This is normal when you drink asparagus juice and is not a cause for concern!

Spicy Fat Burners

There are spices that we can mix into our juicing recipes that have fat burning effects. Hot spices such as chili powder, cayenne, pepper, all spice, cardamom and coriander all have stimulating effects upon the metabolism. This is can help us shed a few extra calories - every little helps!

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