A Cherry pie smoothie

Alright this is a little bit more off the path of just being outright healthy.  It is healthy but could be more decadent too.

1 cup whole milk
1 cup Pomegranate Juice  (something very good for the heart)
1/3 cup Cherry Pie filling (Actually this was taken from a cherry pie so there was a few bits of crust in it but hardly noticeable - I really didn't want the cherry pie )

Blend from low to high in stages until thoroughly mixed.  Continue to blend for about a minute to two more to add some froth to it.  Yields 3 servings.
The taste is very close to that of cherry pie, the cherry flavor easily overpowers the Pomegranate.  It is worth repeating, so as taste goes 6+ ( I would prefer my pies to be more chewy than drinkable).


Health Tip: 
A treatment for Cold sores using Vinegar. 
You can usually dry up a cold sore in short order by dabbing it with a cotton ball saturated in white vinegar three times a day.  The vinegar will quickly soothe the pain and swelling.

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Probiotics Smoothie

Sounds medical doesn't it.   But my previous post had a health tip on the benefits of Probiotics.  Well we have on hand some yogurt with prodiotics in them plus Acai and Blueberries.  Too healthy for you junk addicts, so you may excuse yourself.

1 cup Whole milk
1 cup 100% Ruby Kist Pomegranate Juice blend (Apple, Pomegranate, Gape, and Aronia )
1 ounce of Drinkables which has a good mix of antioxidants from fruit and herbs.
4 ounces  of Yoplus (Acai and Blueberry yogurt with Probiotics)

Combine all the above ingredients in a blender, and starting from low work up to high.
Makes 3 servings.

With the whole milk instead of the soymilk we have a slightly creamer taste, this is rates a 7+, for my taste buds, and not as tart.


Health Tip:
Cold Sores and Yogurt.  Eating plain yogurt (with live cultures) is a good way to quickly get rid of cold sores.   As part of a daily diet, it is a good way to prevent them also.  From my own experience, I have found that with an onslaught of cold sores coming on, yogurt as quickly nipped them within a day or two.  Plain yogurt may be more effective, but flavored yogurt has achieved the same results for me.  The active bacteria culture in yogurt is what helps in the fight of cold sores which are brought on by a form of Herpes virus.

It should be stressed that two factors are needed to be watched for in obtaining yogurt:
    -does it contain active cultures ( the yogurt itself can be made from pasteurized milk, but the yogurt shouldn't be pasteurized), it should be clearly labeled containing active cultures.
    - No gelatin listed in the ingredients.  Gelatin can cause a cold sore outbreak, by triggering the Herpes virus.

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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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