This is so exciting, from Victoria Boutenko’s latest e-newsletter:

Anti Cancer Green Smoothie

Whirl the following up in your Vitamix:

1 pint broccoli sprouts

1 pint ripe organic blackberries

1 cup water

Blend all ingredients well. - Enjoy

Nutritional facts:

In 1992, scientists found that broccoli sprouts are rich in a compound that provides significant protection against breast cancer and colon cancer. The compound is called sulforaphane glucosinalate.

Black raspberries (blackberries) have been shown to reduce the risk of oral, esophageal and colon cancer in animal models, according to the researchers.
Source: http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.aspx?docID=610680

As I wrote in my last post, VitaMix is sponsoring a couple of Ultra Marathoners as they run across America as their contribution to finding more solutions around the burgeoning epidemic of childhood obesity across America and the world. VitaMix will be right there with them (I’m thinking in a camper that doesn’t exude too much exhaust– maybe a hybrid?). The runners, Charlie Engle and Marshall Ulrich, will need massive amounts of calories and nutrients to fuel them each 70-mile day. I don’t have access to the soups, etc., that they will eat, but the smoothies are looking like lacto-vegetarian fare. I would think that these would be excellent for your run-of-the-mill marathoner.

I suggest that the absolute best nutrient-dense thirst-quenching sport drink mix can be found here and I have also provided links to the finest sports protein mix on the market. (VitaMix provided the recipes)

Skøl!

Banana Apple Oatmeal Smoothie
1 ½ cups soy milk or low-fat milk
¼ cup oats
1 banana
1 apple, quartered
½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup vanilla yogurt
¼ cup almonds
3 cups ice
Yield: 2 (3 cup) servings

Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Smoothie
1 banana
1 ½ cups soy milk or low-fat milk
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
1 scoop protein powder
2 cups ice
Yield: 1 (3 cup) serving

Green Protein Smoothie
1 ½ cups pineapple juice
1 banana
2 cups fresh spinach
1 scoop protein powder
2 cups ice
Yield: 4 ½ cups (1-1.5 servings)

Banana Split Power Smoothie
1 cup tofu
1 cup plain yogurt
½ banana
1 cup strawberries, frozen or fresh
1 ½ cups pineapple, frozen, fresh, or canned
Note: If using fresh or canned fruit, add 1-2 cups
of ice before blending
Yield: 1 (3 ½ cup) serving

Recipe Instructions:
1. Place ingredients in the Vita Mix container in order
listed and secure lid.
2. Select Variable #1.
3. Turn machine on and quickly increase to Variable #10,
then to High.
4. Blend for 45 seconds. Serve immediately

Ultra marathon runners Charlie Engle and Marshall Ulrich are attempting to break the world record, running 3,100 miles across 11 states in 45 days! They will be running to raise money and awareness of childhood obesity—and Vita-Mix will be running right along with them!

Vita-Mix power smoothies, that are rich in essential nutrients and high in energy, will fuel Charlie and Marshall’s journey. (They need a minimum of 10,000 to 12,000 calories per day!) Vita-Mix meals, quick and easy to consume, will keep them running 70 miles each day for 45 days without taking unnecessary breaks. Click here to see their route map.

Go here to read more about Run America and VitaMix’s healthy solutions.

Download the fantastic nutrient-dense smoothie recipes by clicking here.