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Healthy in a Hurry: Tip # 5 - Boost your Breakfast with a Smoothie

Posted January 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Shannon Martin

Section: Her Health, Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating

Smoothie You may hear it time and time again—breakfast is the most important meal of the day. There is actually a plethora of research to back up this claim. A recent study by Harvard researchers found that people who ate breakfast every morning were half as likely to have blood sugar problems, which for the short term promotes steady energy levels and for the long term reduces risk for diabetes and high cholesterol.

I find that the majority of my clients who skip breakfast do so because they are in a rush and far too often, if they do opt for breakfast, they end up grabbing a white bagel and butter, which they devour on their commute to work.

How can you establish a quick healthy breakfast routine? Making a super smoothie is one way! All you need is a blender, some frozen fruit, and some skim milk, rice milk, or soymilk. This will provide you with excellent antioxidants and nutrients from the fruit, and calcium and protein from the yogurt and choice of milk.

A favorite recipe of mine is chopping up a banana the night before and keeping it in the freezer; the next morning, I blend the chopped frozen banana with rice milk, and a tablespoon of almond butter. And if smoothies seem messy to you—they’re really not. Just rinse the blender out with water and a couple of drops of dish soap, or fill it with water and save the rinse job for when you get home.