BOOK EXCERPT

Turning "health" into a verb: Try this smoothie for all seasons

Loaded with vitamin C, this is also the perfect smoothie to protect your immune system

Published July 7, 2019 4:30PM (EDT)

 (Skyhorse Publishing)
(Skyhorse Publishing)

The "Protein Smoothie Bible" might just be your new favorite way to start your day. Loaded with over 60 healthy, delicious protein-rich smoothie recipes, the author Erin Indahl-Fink, finds the perfect balance of quick recipes paired with easy-to-find ingredients. Every recipe in the book takes no more than 5 minutes to make and include some really healthy options to fuel your body and kick-start your weight loss journey. Erin Indahl-Fink is the author of the Protein Smoothie Bible, and the creator behind the successful food blog, Delightful E Made. You can find her at www.DelightfulEMade.com and on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter @delightfulEmade.

The Protein Smoothie Bible might just be your new favorite way to start your day. Loaded with over 60 healthy, delicious protein-rich smoothie recipes, the author Erin Indahl-Fink, finds the perfect balance of quick recipes paired with easy-to-find ingredients. Every recipe in the book takes no more than 5 minutes to make and include some really healthy options to fuel your body and kick-start your weight loss journey.

Erin Indahl-Fink is the author of the Protein Smoothie Bible, and the creator behind the successful food blog, Delightful E Made. You can find her at www.DelightfulEMade.com and on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter @delightfulEmade.

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The perfect fresh, fruity flavors that will have you looking forward to breakfast before you go to bed! Loaded with vitamin C, this is also the perfect smoothie to protect your immune system during cold and flu season.i

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Recipe: Strawberry Citrus Sunrise

Serves: 1 medium (8 oz.) smoothie

  • ½ cup vanilla Green yogurt
  • 1 orange, peeled and seeded
  • ½ cup frozen strawberries
  • 1 frozen banana

Add all ingredients into blender, and blend until smooth. If using fresh strawberries, consider adding ½ cup ice. Enjoy right away while cold.

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Turning Health into a Verb

Health isn’t just a condition or state of being; it’s also a state of mind. Making the conscious decision to make healthier food choices requires action. It involves making the choice—the movement, the momentum—to put good quality food into your body.

Healthy isn’t just food; it is activity, motion, moving your body. A body in motion stays in motion— that is real! Move your body and what happens can be life-changing. You will look better, feel better, and honestly, be more pleasant to be around.

Healthy is a choice. Just like happiness, healthy is a conscious decision. The path to health requires putting one foot in front of the other; it requires you to act! To do! No one is going to do it for you. There is only one you, and you were given only one body. How you choose to treat it will literally determine the outcome of your life. You are the only person who can take that step. If you want to be healthy, if you want to be happy, then act. Do. Health is a verb.


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