Fruit smoothies are a perfect way to add extra nutrition to your diet. By using fresh fruits and vegetables, you can easily nourish your body with essential nutrients. When using fresh fruits and vegetables in your smoothie, you retain the fiber of the whole vegetable and fruit.

Getting your kids to eat healthy foods can sometimes be a challenge. Ripe fruit is often sweet, and when used in smoothies, the sweetness is natural. So most kids will love them.

When being used as part of a low-fat, low-sugar diet, healthy fruit smoothies provide pure nutrients to your cells and bulk from the fiber, which makes you feel full. Increasing the number of fruit and vegetables you eat in a day gives your body an opportunity to shed excess fat and water weight built up from toxins stored in the body.

Making your own smoothies helps prevent fruit from going to waste, while providing benefits that will keep you on the right track towards good health.

It's simple and easy. All you need is a blender, fruit and a base, such as water, milk or yogurt.

Here are a few smoothie recipes for you to try.

Apples are a good source of fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants. Studies suggest that apples may protect against osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease, may help prevent lung, breast, colon and liver cancer, to lower cholesterol, help manage diabetes, and help with weight loss.
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1 apple
1 banana
1 pear
2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
1 stalk of celery
1/2 – 1 cup water

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Green Smoothie with Spinach, <b>Pear</b>, and Ginger

Green smoothies get a lot of attention for "detox" or "cleanse" purposes, but I offer this recipe simply because it's delicious. Packed with immune-boosting ingredients like spinach, pear, and ginger, it's bright and invigorating,

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Simple <b>Clementine </b>Smoothie

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Grapes add a delicious complementary flavor to a green smoothie. They blend well with most other fruits.
Grapes are a popular fruit that grow on vines. They are generally sweet with a slight tartness. There are many varieties of grapes, but the ones used most in green smoothies are red or green table grapes.3

Red <b>Grape</b>-Orange Smoothie

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<b>Avocado </b>Smoothie