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DRINK YOUR GREENS

DRINK YOUR GREENS


In this week challenge you must Drink Green Smoothies Every Morning . Green smoothies are nutrient-rich blends of fruits and vegetables. They’ve become a popular way for people to meet their recommended daily intake of vitamins and minerals. Green smoothies are similar to traditional fruit smoothies, but contain more green veggies and can include spinach, lettuce, kale, collard greens, parsley, dandelion greens, watercress — any leafy green veggies your palate desires. Bananas, apples, pears, avocado, and mango are great companions for these types of smoothies and work well to enhance the overall flavor and texture.


Spinach Smoothie

Benefits of Drinking Healthy Smoothies


  1. Helps You Lose Weight Smoothies can help you lose excess body weight without skipping any meals. The fruits and berries that are used to prepare these drinks serve as excellent companions for keeping you healthy and feeling cooler on a hot summer morning. The enzymes present in several fruits help dissolve body fat and clear up your circulatory system.

  2. Improves mood and helps fight depression Green veggies contain lots of folic acid which is a natural antidepressant. The folate contained in greens helps fight memory loss and increases serotonin levels which results in improved moods.

  3. Helps to improve mental clarity and focus Leafy green vegetables are full of antioxidants and carotenoids, which boost your brainpower, and help protect your brain. They are also also full of B-vitamins, which are proven to help your memory, focus, and overall brain health and function. They are also rich in folic acid, which improves mental clarity.

  4. Chlorophyll Rich Green smoothies are rich with chlorophyll which some natural health experts say enhances the immune system, purifies the blood and rejuvenates the body. It is one of the many reasons why these delicious drinks are touted by experts as being an excellent source of energy for the human body.

Suggested Reading:

5 Easy Green Smoothie Recipes for Weight Loss - Learn more here.

8 Benefits of starting your day with a green smoothie - Learn more here.


This challenge was closed on 5/16/2021
2  members have accepted this challenge.
2  members have completed this challenge.
Congratulations to these participants for completing the challenge. 
Geeta H Khona 
Hemant v. V Gandhi 

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:
1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

2. At the end of the week, you can declare if you have completed the challenge. You can only mark a challenge as completed from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.

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