| There a number of key ingredients and tools needed | | | | smoothie is of course the types and qualities of |
| for making the proper smoothie or green smoothie. | | | | ingredients you choose to use among the many |
| The first and most important part is making sure you | | | | additional colon cleansing products. As always you |
| have a high quality blender so that you can get a | | | | should try to buy local and organic if at all possible, |
| quality and consistent smoothie each and every time. | | | | not only does it mean produce with less chemical and |
| The two best models currently available are the | | | | pesticide exposure, but you're supporting your local |
| Vitamix blenders and the Blendtec total blenders, my | | | | produce farmers as well. The types of produce you |
| personally recommendation is to go with the Blendtec | | | | choose is also very important, you generally want to |
| as it's more durable and easier to clean, but both | | | | blend fruits more than veggies, and leafy greens |
| models are vastly superior to most department store | | | | don't count here because they are technically not a |
| blenders. | | | | vegetable and are able to blend very well with almost |
| One of the key aspects of picking out a blender is | | | | anything. |
| looking at the power rating, the higher end models | | | | The best types of fruits and leafy greens to help |
| generally have three or more horsepower motors | | | | detox your body is subjective, frankly you're better |
| and that's generally what you want to stick with. The | | | | off getting less exotic produce if it means it will be |
| reason for this is because high speed and high | | | | local and fresher, but if you cannot get local produce |
| powered blenders give the most consistent smoothie | | | | or don't have local farms/ farmers markets to buy |
| due to the sheer power and speed at which they | | | | from, when you do buy organic from the store make |
| blend. The other reason is that they are the only | | | | sure most of it is from within the country you're in. A |
| blenders that can mince leafy greens down to a | | | | simple addition to a colon cleanse diet but effective |
| fineness that is suitable for smoothies, and after all | | | | starter smoothie would consist of frozen organic |
| green smoothies are one of the best ways to help | | | | mixed berries such as blueberries, strawberries, and |
| cleanse the body. | | | | raspberries, and a mix of leafy greens such as kale, |
| The other important factor in creating a proper | | | | spinach, rainbow chard, and green lettuce. |