Diet Frosty Fruit Smoothie Recipe

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The Recipe Instructions
 

 

Ingredients

1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
1 cup sliced peaches - fresh, frozen or c, anned
1 ripe banana, cut into chunks
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup ice cubes
1 peach or banana slices, opt.
2 tsp wheat germ, optional


Directions

In blender or food processor, combine yogurt, peaches, banana, wheat
germ, 1/4 cup orange juice and ice cubes. Cover and blend about 1
minute, or until smooth. Serve immediately, poured into tall glasses
and garnished with peach or banana slices and sprinkled with 2
tablespoons wheat germ. [Karen's note: Methinks that they really
meant "2 teaspoons wheat germ"]

Per serving: About 290 cal, 12 g pro, 57 g car, 3 g fat, 9% cal from
fat, 5 mg chol, 80 mg sod.

Source: Woman's Day 'Low-Fat Meals' (Volume IV, Number 3) Typed for
you by Karen Mintzias

Servings: 2

 

 

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The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi (or glycaemic index) diet is based around the gi index, a list showing types of food and a score illustrating the speed with which the glucose in the food type gets changed to sugar in the dieters body. The claim is that slow acting types of food (ie those with a low Gi score), keep you feeling full longer and help to injest less food without starving yourself.
It is also especially beneficial for diabetics, as the low GI food types are useful in minimizing surges in glucose amount.


Foods containing lycopene
(includes grapefruit, red bell peppers and tomato puree)

Lycopene is a natural coloring compound and one of the phytochemical group known as 'carotenids'. It is accountable for the dark red hue of some types of food.

Intrestingly, unlike many other nutritional compounds, this useful phytochemical is not damaged during the cooking process, but is in actuality made more effective by going through the cooking process.

. Its main theraputic value is that it is an antioxidant and appears to be of use in the battle to lower the risks of cancer.

This useful phytochemical is the most potent fighter of singlet oxygen, which is correlated with skin aging. It is also believed to impede the growth of atherosclerosis.
 

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"Walter Savage Landor"


"A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit."

"Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life"
Phillip C. McGraw

 

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