Looking for some green tea recipes? We all know about the health benefits of green tea. Green tea contains antioxidants, helps with weight loss, boosts our immune systems and helps protect our body from cancer. Warm weather is iced tea time and iced green tea recipes make the perfect healthy summer drink.
If you think green tea can't be delicious, try this cranberry green tea recipe for your next summer get-together.
Cranberry Green Tea Recipe
Ingredients
2 quarts green tea
4 cups ice
1 can frozen cranberry juice concentrate (Cranberry also has immune boosting properties)
1 c orange juice
12 oz soda like Sprite or 7-up
1/3 c sugar
Directions
Combine cranberry juice concentrate and orange juice in large pitcher.
Add green iced tea and ice, then mix in sugar and stir until sugar dissolves.
Put green tea drink into the refrigerator until it's thoroughly chilled.
Add soda and more ice just before serving. Garnish with orange slices if desired.
Serves 8 - 10.
Blueberry Green Tea Recipe
This green tea recipes makes a beautiful drink for your next party. Blueberries are on every superfood listing right along with green tea so combine the two and you have a nutritional powerhouse in a glass.
Ingredients
1 c fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 c fresh or frozen strawberries
8 c green tea with ice
1/4 c sugar
Directions
Put berries into a blender, leaving out 1/4 c for garnish. Blend until smooth. Add sugar and blend until sugar is dissolved.
Add green tea and ice. Blend briefly to mix.
Pour into glasses and add a few berries to each glass to garnish.
Easy Iced Green Tea Recipe
Did you know that adding citrus to tea increases the body's ability to absorb the antioxidants by up to 20%? Here is a simple iced green tea recipe that adds citrus to your tea.
Ingredients
2 c green tea
1/2 c grapefruit juice
1 tsp honey to sweeten
3 tbs orange juice
Mix all ingredients in a glass and add ice.
Did you know that you can add create green tea recipes for food too? Eating green tea is just as beneficial as creating a green tea drink. Stay tuned for some delicious ways to add green tea to your cooking.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Easy Healthy Living Tips
Here are some healthy living tips that are easy to do:
Add lemon or lemon juice to your green tea before drinking - this helps you absorb up to 13% more of the antioxidants that are in the tea.
Don't drink tea with high iron foods, such as meat. This keeps you from absorbing the iron in meat or whatever you eat.
Remedies for Indigestion
Drink a cup of hot peppermint tea or ginger tea to ease indigestion. Candied ginger also works well for indigestion. If you often suffer from indigestion, drink the tea as a routine after dinner each night.
Tip for a Good Night's Sleep
Sip a cup of chamomile tea before bed to help you sleep. Avoid caffeine after noon and switch to decaffeinated products.
Tip for Stress
Drinking green tea slashes the fattening stress hormone cortisol by 20% helping to control your stress.
Healthy Supplement Tip
Take your iron supplement with orange juice or other vitamin C containing juice or purchase an iron supplement with Vitamin C in it. This helps your body absorb the iron better.
Take your iron supplement separate from your other vitamins as iron blocks the absorption of some vitamins. If iron bothers your stomach, look for a formula that is easy on the stomach.
Drinking 3 or more cups of coffee per day lowers women's risk of utering cancer by 60% according to a study of 54,000 Japanese women.
Easy Tips to Prevent Colds and Flu
Don't dry your hands with hand blow dryers in public restrooms. They blow bacteria back onto your clean hands.
Use your own pen when out in public. Germs can survive on pens for up to 4 days.
73% of the handles on grocery carts tested harbored the germs that cause diarrhea. Use the antibacterial wipes now provided by many stores for wiping down the cart handles. If they don't have some, carry your own in your purse.
Great Weight Loss Tip
Eating protein in the morning, soon after rising. This helps regulate blood sugar and decrease hunger all day long.
Prevent colds and flu with these natural remedies
Add lemon or lemon juice to your green tea before drinking - this helps you absorb up to 13% more of the antioxidants that are in the tea.
Don't drink tea with high iron foods, such as meat. This keeps you from absorbing the iron in meat or whatever you eat.
Remedies for Indigestion
Drink a cup of hot peppermint tea or ginger tea to ease indigestion. Candied ginger also works well for indigestion. If you often suffer from indigestion, drink the tea as a routine after dinner each night.
Tip for a Good Night's Sleep
Sip a cup of chamomile tea before bed to help you sleep. Avoid caffeine after noon and switch to decaffeinated products.
Tip for Stress
Drinking green tea slashes the fattening stress hormone cortisol by 20% helping to control your stress.
Healthy Supplement Tip
Take your iron supplement with orange juice or other vitamin C containing juice or purchase an iron supplement with Vitamin C in it. This helps your body absorb the iron better.
Take your iron supplement separate from your other vitamins as iron blocks the absorption of some vitamins. If iron bothers your stomach, look for a formula that is easy on the stomach.
Drinking 3 or more cups of coffee per day lowers women's risk of utering cancer by 60% according to a study of 54,000 Japanese women.
Easy Tips to Prevent Colds and Flu
Don't dry your hands with hand blow dryers in public restrooms. They blow bacteria back onto your clean hands.
Use your own pen when out in public. Germs can survive on pens for up to 4 days.
73% of the handles on grocery carts tested harbored the germs that cause diarrhea. Use the antibacterial wipes now provided by many stores for wiping down the cart handles. If they don't have some, carry your own in your purse.
Great Weight Loss Tip
Eating protein in the morning, soon after rising. This helps regulate blood sugar and decrease hunger all day long.
Prevent colds and flu with these natural remedies
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes
You can boost energy and improve your immune system by starting every day with an easy to make smoothie. I've been doing this every day for about 5 years and rarely even get a cold. Smoothies are easy to make and you can even make it the night before and grab it from the frig on the way out the door if you're short of time.
Immune Booster Strawberry Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup fresh orange or pineapple juice
1 cup Green Tea to detox wastes, viruses and bad bacteria
1 cup strawberries, use fresh or frozen
1 cup vanilla yogurt-preferably low fat
1/4 cup almond butter
1 Scoop of Nuriche for a powerful boost of antioxidants
1-2 TBS spirulina powder
ice cubes
Set your blender on high speed and blend until smooth.
Spirulina gives energy a boost and it promotes cellular health. It's rich in antioxidants, vitamin B12 and iron, plus other great nutrients in easily absorbable form. Boosts energy and promotes good cellular health.
Fruit Smoothie Recipe - Peach Soy Smoothie
Ingredients
one cup peaches fresh or frozen
1 cup Green Tea
1 scoop of Nuriche
6 ounces tofu
1 TBS flax seed meal-preferably freshly ground
Blend all ingredients until they are smooth.
Flax seed contains beneficial omega 3 oils to protect the heart and soy helps increase your bone density.
Try these other options to boost health and energy. Use whatever strikes your fancy or change them every day!
Immune Booster Strawberry Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup fresh orange or pineapple juice
1 cup Green Tea to detox wastes, viruses and bad bacteria
1 cup strawberries, use fresh or frozen
1 cup vanilla yogurt-preferably low fat
1/4 cup almond butter
1 Scoop of Nuriche for a powerful boost of antioxidants
1-2 TBS spirulina powder
ice cubes
Set your blender on high speed and blend until smooth.
Spirulina gives energy a boost and it promotes cellular health. It's rich in antioxidants, vitamin B12 and iron, plus other great nutrients in easily absorbable form. Boosts energy and promotes good cellular health.
Fruit Smoothie Recipe - Peach Soy Smoothie
Ingredients
one cup peaches fresh or frozen
1 cup Green Tea
1 scoop of Nuriche
6 ounces tofu
1 TBS flax seed meal-preferably freshly ground
Blend all ingredients until they are smooth.
Flax seed contains beneficial omega 3 oils to protect the heart and soy helps increase your bone density.
Try these other options to boost health and energy. Use whatever strikes your fancy or change them every day!
- add a dash of cinnamon to help regulate blood sugar and help lower cholesterol
- Coconut oil
- add one dropper of ginseng extract for energy
- add one dropper of Astragalus as an immune system booster
- add one dropper of gingko to boost brain power
- add one dropper of dandelion extract for cleansing the systems of the body
- add 1/4 cup black cherry extract for joint health
- add 1/8 cup long cooking oatmeal for nerve health
- add one dropper of Echinacea extract if you feel like you're getting a cold or flu.
- add one banana for potassium-necessary for heart health and supports muscle and nerve health
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