Welcome to The Best Natural Foods Topics of Interest Section. This page provides an overview of the topic of a healthy smoothie recipe. You can find more detailed information about healthy smoothie recipes and other important dietary topics in our new book, The Best Natural Foods on the Market Today.

Imagine improving the quality of your diet, meeting your daily intake of fruit, and adding an array of beneficial phytochemicals into your diet by drinking a fruit smoothie that tasted just as good as a milk shake. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not only possible, but it’s as easy as pushing a button. I spent many years experimenting with the right blend of ingredients to develop the most satisfying and nutritious smoothie possible.  

What’s remarkable about this healthy smoothie recipe is that fits perfectly with a whole foods diet. Most commercial smoothies contain protein powders, refined sugars like high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, and other undesirable additives. (Some even contain hydrogenated oils, a source of trans fat.) Smoothies can be used as a meal replacement: The healthy smoothie recipe below contains 540 calories, six fruit servings, and a whopping 12 grams of fiber.  A healthy smoothie recipe can also be a great way to add other nutritious foods into your diet, like flax seed oil, sunflower seeds, spirulina, chlorella, and wheat germ all of which can be added to the smoothie. Give it a try!

The key to improving your health and the premise for my new book The Best Natural Foods on the Market Today A Yuppies Guide to Hippie Food, Vol. 1, is to make simple changes that improve your health without sacrificing taste. I suggest that you start with easy changes that can make a big difference to your health. For example, I recommend Organic Valley organic milk instead of regular supermarket milk, discovering the benefit of omega 3 eggs, and learning how to cook quinoa in quinoa recipes.  My book explores the health attributes of other foods that you can easily add to your diet, such as almond butter, nutritional yeast, miso, and tahini. It also uncovers several food myths including the truth about free range chicken, the necessity of food additives in the modern diet, and the safety of antibiotics in animal products.

Smoothie Royale by Greg Hottinger, MPH, RD and Jeffrey Magner

1½ cups Edensoy Extra Original soymilk 8 medium-sized dates (pitted) ½ ounce raw or roasted almonds (12 almonds) 1 cup frozen blueberries, strawberries or raspberries 1 medium frozen banana (peel before freezing)

1. Add soymilk, dates and almonds to a blender. 2. Liquefy for several minutes until smooth. 3. Cut the banana into 1” pieces 4. Add the frozen fruit and blend until thick and creamy

Serves Two Nutrition Analysis per Serving: 270 calories, 7 grams fat, 0.5 grams saturated fat, 3.5 grams monounsaturated fat, 2.5 grams polyunsaturated fat, 8 grams protein, 48 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams fiber, 60 milligrams sodium

Nutrients Leading Fast-Food Brand  Vanilla Shake (8-ounces)   Smoothie Royale (8-ounces) Calories 285 270 Fat 16 grams 7 grams Saturated Fat 11 grams (54% Daily Value) 0.5 grams Myristic Acid 2 grams 0 grams Fruit Servings ZERO 3 servings Leading Fast-Food Brand Vanilla Shake Ingredients: Whole milk, sucrose, cream, nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, imitation vanilla flavor, carrageenan, cellulose gum, vitamin A palmitate. Vanilla Syrup: Corn syrup, water, vanilla, caramel color, vanilla bean fiber, pectin, citric acid, sodium benzoate (a preservative), calcium chloride, FD&C Yellow #5 and FD&C Yellow #6. Smoothie Royale Ingredients: Soymilk, banana, blueberries, dates, almonds