A good Antioxidant

Well as previously listed in my previous blog, some of the miracle plants available to us.  Their benefits where highlighted.  These goodies where combined in a Drinkable solution.  A recommended dosage of 1 ounce a day.

So we will oblige them, but mix it in a smoothie, combined with the goodness of Soymilk.

3/4 cup Soymilk 8th Continent used
3/4 cup 100% Ruby Kist Pomegranate Juice blend (Apple, Pomegranate, Gape, and Aronia )
1/2 cup Raspberry yogurt (Yoplait for this one)
1 ounce Drinkable blend

In combine all, the Soymilk curdles just like milk in reaction to the Juice.  We start blending on low working up to High for a good frothy mix. 
Servings about 3. 
Definitely repeatable and rates a 7.  Will have to try with regular whole milk to see how it tastes too.  But for now it tends towards the tart side, with the raspberry seeming to compete with the pomegranate.

Health Tip:

Bacteria lives inside us both friendly and unfriendly.  But there is a balance to these two forces.  We need the good ones to help maintain good health.  "Friendly Bacteria" - such as the lactobacillus and bifda cultures in yogurt - inhibit growth of yeast and other disease causing organisms.  There is evidence they even lower cholesterol levels.

However there is a problem one we get ill, and you take an antibiotic, you kill bacteria in your body (both the good and the bad).  Unfortunately this usually creates an imbalance, and raises your risk of diarrhea, yeast infection, food sensitivity or worse yet Clostridiun Difficile (a bacteria gone out of control in your body).  Also other pills or substances we take can kill the good guys too.  Such as : cortisone, prednisone, birth control pills, and antacids, and our lifestyle - STRESS.

Help is here:   A family of supplements known as probiotics.   These blends of bacteria and rice or milk powder repopulates the bowel with friendly bacteria.  

It has been found that women who ate a daily cup of yogurt had fewer vaginal infections than women who didn't eat yogurt.  The effect would have been even more significant had the women taken probiotics.

To keep your intestinal flora healthy, I recommend eating yogurt regularly.  Most brands contain active cultures (check labels and buy only active culture brands).

Take probiotics in addition to yogurt (there are now yogurts out there with probiotics in them), especially if you suffer from yeast infections or high cholesterol, while traveling, or taking antibiotics, steroids, birth control pills or antacids.

If looking for probiotics in the pill form, watch for those contain at least one billion live organisms per gram.  Check the package's expiration date too.

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