Gary's Super Smoothie Recipe for Health and Performance
Be you an athlete or not, and regardless of age, being healthy and performing at your best requires a great deal of effort and dedication. Eating the right foods is one of the most important aspects of staying in top condition.
Introducing Gary's Super Smoothie Formula!
We have been listening and working hard behind the scenes. We are thrilled to announce that we now have our own Super Smoothie. It is a delicious blend of the amazing nutrients that about 80 percent of our people need more of daily, according to hair tissue mineral testing. Our super smoothie is made from the best ingredients we could find. By blending the smoothie and packaging it ourselves, here in New Zealand, we not only simplify things immensely for you, but also save you a lot of up-front money! Check it out by clicking on the image below.
Getting the most out of your daily Super Smoothie
Nutrition is very important for our health and performance. It can be hard to know what to eat to get the most benefit, especially when life is busy and we have little time to prepare nutritious food. In this article, we will look at how eating right can help us reach our best health, mental and physical performance. We will also give you tips on making a delicious, nutrient-dense super smoothie that will give you better health, energy, and resilience.
We will also describe some of the extra essential superfood nutrients to include in your super smoothie.
Functionality First - Taste Second!
We have designed the Super Smoothie with nutritional functionality as the supreme, over-arching demand. It has only a bit of sugar, mostly from the small amount found in freeze-dried blackcurrant powder. Most people love the rather bland flavour, which is mostly influenced by the adding of fresh food ingredients, such as full cream milk, yoghurt, coconut, banana, and avocado to name some. However, you can tart the flavour more by adding ingredients like a ripe banana, cocoa, or vanilla, if you like, or add extra berries.
If you are under a lot of physical or emotional stress anytime, then add an extra teaspoon of NZ blackcurrant which increases the delicious tanngy taste. More ingredient suggestions follow.
Recommended Extra Ingredients for Super-Powering your Super Smoothie
Consider adding a little of each of the following to get that even greater boost to your health and energy (follow the guidelines on the product pages for how much to add per smoothie):
Creating a Super Smoothie to super-boost your nutrition
Gary's Super Smoothie is a great way to get that extra supply of nutrients without adding extra calories or compromising on taste.
Using the scoop included in the package, start with one generous scoop of Gary's Super Smoothie. This will form the bulk of your super smoothie and provide you with the energy and vitality you need to power through your day. My preferred base ingredients include full cream (silvertop), preferably organic A-2 milk, coconut cream, yoghurt, and even fresh vegetable juice — alone or mixed.
Tip: If it turns out to be too thick and rich for you, dilute the smoothie with extra milk, coconut cream, coconut water, or a little water.
Tip: Make your own yoghurt from full-cream milk. Yoghurt is pre-digested milk, making it easier for you to digest.
Once you have your base ingredient, add in some nutrient-dense berries, fruits, and vegetables. These can be fresh or frozen — whatever suits your budget (Freeze-dried NZ blackcurrant powder is an amazing super food that is already in Gary's Super Smoothie). I add a banana, and a dash of flax or olive oil, and a spoon of coconut oil — or a little of all of these wonderful oils.
You may add a fresh raw egg, but make it every second or third smoothie.
Read this article about how to safely consume raw eggs for your smoothie:
Some popular options include spinach, kale, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, avocado, and mangoes. However, go easy on raw spinach and kale because too much of these oxalate-containing leafy vegetables may have a negative effect on your thyroid:
Pregnant and Breast-feeding women - take note:
Just one thing: when we mix all of the ingredients found in this special super smoothie with foods that are nutrient-dense, they all work together. This means you do not need as much of each ingredient to get the most out of them. This is because they work as a team to have you running at your absolute peak of health and performance.
Because you use less per smoothie, it works out as good value since the mixture will give you and the family several weeks of delicious and nutritious meals.
So, what are you waiting for? Begin your journey to excellent health now!
Understanding nutrition for maximum health and performance
Good nutrition is vital for peak performance and health. It plays an important role in providing the body with the nutrients it needs to function optimally, as well as helping to prevent disease. The food we eat supplies both macronutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals. Each of these play a part in maintaining our health and guaranteeing that our bodies perform at their best.
The different food groups each offer unique benefits to health. Carbohydrates provide energy for physical activity, while proteins are important for muscle growth and repair. Fats are essential for energy production, healthy cell membranes, hormone production, nutrient absorption, and satiety. Vitamins and minerals are also important for many bodily functions, including energy metabolism, immunity, and wound healing. Think of minerals as being the spark-plugs of life, as well as providing structure, as is the case with calcium. Then there are foods that are rich in antioxidants and other substances that protect and cleanse the body.
Understanding how these different nutritional food groups interact is key to optimising the diet for maximum health and performance. Eating a balanced diet full of nutrient-dense whole foods is recommended for optimal nutrition. Gary's Super Smoothies increase nutrient density without adding extra calories. They provide an easy, economical way to get more out of your diet while still enjoying delicious meals!
Ultimately, good nutrition is essential if we want to reach peak performance and disease resistance, and Gary's Super Smoothie is the convenient key to achieving these in life!
The benefits of eating healthy for peak performance
A nutrient-dense diet gives your body the fuel it needs to stay energised, active, and resilient throughout the day, and to recover overnight. It can also help maintain a healthy lean weight. Nutrient density and variety are important for reducing inflammation and risk of chronic disease. Eating healthy also helps to boost your immune system, making it easier to fight off illness and infection.
Mental clarity is another important benefit of a nutrient-dense diet. Most cases of cognitive decline with age are the consequence of malnutrition and medication side effects.
Finally, eating healthy as you age can help maintain a lean body weight while still providing vital nutrients for health and performance. This is important because as we age, our bodies get less efficient at breaking down food and controlling hormones like insulin become less effective. Our total energy needs go down, but our nutritional needs may stay the same or be even higher than when we were younger.
Most of what we consider to be the inevitable decrements of ageing, are, in fact, controllable nutrition and lifestyle factors. Bear this in mind going forward!
The key basics for your healthy diet and eating
Keep it simple:
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Have two generous, nutrient-dense meals per day, such as a Super Smoothie in the morning, then the main meal later in the day.
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Prepare your meals from fresh raw ingredients — become a Master Chef!
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No snacking between meals, unless you are very active.
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Don't eat if you are not hungry.
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Keep carbohydrates and sugar very low.
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Be on the high side with quality, organic proteins from a wide variety of sources, including plant and animal.
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Be on the high side with fresh quality fats and oils from a wide variety of sources, including plant and free-range animal.
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Party food and fast food are occasional treats — not staple foods, especially when it comes to children.
Is Breakfast the most important meal of the day?
Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day — For most people, the most important meal should be lunchtime! It is better for your health to fast for a few hours each morning — burn a little fat each morning. Then, you should break the fast with Gary's Super Smoothie and other foods, like eggs gently fried in coconut oil — food that is high in nutrients at or near mid-day. After that, you should eat a smaller meal at the end of the day.
The Super Smoothie is delicious as well as being nutritious. You do not have to sacrifice taste for health benefits either — try experimenting with different flavours and ingredients until you find something that works for you! There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to nutrition, so take some time to figure out what works best for you.
Just Two Final Things:
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My Super Smoothie recipe is formulated to be functional, rather than for taste. If it is too bland for you, then add your own flavouring, such as cocoa or cacao, or vanilla, or some extra berries. It already has blackcurrant in i but you can always add more. I quite like blending in a few spoons of desiccated coconut into some of my smoothies — yummy!
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My smoothie has beta alanine in it, so you might feel a little tingly or pins and needles on parts of your body, like your cheeks, several minutes to half an hour after drinking it. This is normal and will pass within half an hour at the most. The way to look at it is this is reassurance that these amazing nutrients are getting into your circulation and working their magic!
