Juice and Smoothies for Atheletes

Exercise puts stress on your body and it is important to provide the nourishment it needs during a workout to minimize strain and maximize effectiveness.

Before a run or a workout it is important to ingest juices that are high in calories and protein. Orange and grapefruit juices are perfect. Alpha Beet's From The Ground Up (orange, grapefruit, carrot, mint) and the Florida (grapefruit, orange, pineapple, lime) would be ideal. The same applies when choosing a smoothie. The Nutty Professor (bananas, soy milk, almond butter, dates, maple syrup, and cinnamon) is high in proteins and natural sugars and will keep you energized for your workout.

After a workout it is important to replenish your electrolytes including sodium, potassium, chlorides, bicarbonates, calcium, and magnesium. Fruits and vegetables with high water content like celery and apples work well to replenish these elements as well as rehydrate the body. Vita-C Green (celery, pear, broccoli, kale, lemon) and Fresh (apple, celery, mint, and lime) are both high in electrolytes and low in sugars.

Come visit us at Alpha Beet for more juice ideas!!


Move fast and have fun,
Liz
Bike rider and re-hydrator

Juicing for Weight Loss

There are many reasons that juicing is good for your health including hydration, detoxification, the fast absorption of nutrients, and the energy boost of natural sugars. If you are juicing for weight-loss however, it is important to choose the right ingredients for your juice. Vegetable-based drinks are ideal because of their lower sugar content. The blog Juicing For Weight Loss has a list of ingredients that they recommended for slimming down that includes carrot, cucumber, celery, lettuce, cabbage, beetroot, spinach, tomato, watercress, apple, grapefruit, and lemon.

The juices from Alpha Beet that best fit a weight-loss regime are:

Vita-C Green: Kale, Broccoli, Pear, Celery, and Lemon
Other benefits include a high concentration of vitamins and minerals, and a high chlorophyll content which aids the production of red blood cells.

Fresh: Apple, Celery, Mint, and Lime
Apple juice fights the affect of aging on the brain. That's right, they really do make you smarter. Mint aids in digestion and cleans the digestive tract. Celery is an anti-inflammatory that is full of vitamins!

Red Roar: Carrot, Beet, Apple, and Ginger
This juice is sweeter than the Vita-C or Fresh and contains ginger which aids digestion and increases circulation. The beetroot detoxifies the liver and has betacyanin, a cancer-fighting agent.

So if you're looking to slim down, come on in to Alpha Beet and we'll make some juice for you!

Liz
Juice Drinker and Alpha Beet Blogger