LIFESTYLE SMOOTHIES: BANANA BEACH

Mangos, passion fruit, guava, bananas and vanilla yogurt.

Source: Booster Juice.

Choices in ingredients:

-       Consider getting the fruits frozen (e.g.: Europe’s best),

-       Vanilla yogurt: try Activia to help your digestion,

-       Also, consider adding Goji berries and/or whey protein powder to really get you energized.

Ingredient of the month: Agave

Agave is a healthy but somewhat pricey alternative to aspartame or processed white sugar. It sweetens things without adding any favour. It particularly used to sweeten teas. It is also a healthy alternative to honey seeing as you can use less and save calories. It is lower on the Glycemic Index (17 Gl).

In particular the blue agave is considered to be superior among agave varieties (yes, there’s more then one type of agave syrup), and has a delicate floral sweetness. It can be found in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is sweeter then cane sugar and higher in fructose than other agaves, blue agave syrup makes a great alternative sweetener to use in low-sugar diets.

Who knows, it may even be the best alternative for diabetics?

Products:

•       Many syrups can be found in organic food stores, or even Winners,
•       Aunt Patty’s Organic Blue Agave Syrup,
•     Ohgave! organic nectar (flavours include: light (delicate taste), amber (rich flavour), raw (unprocessed at 18 degrees)).

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