| Every season brings with it a scrumptious gift that | | | | To make this smoothie, cut up and freeze the ripe |
| can do wonders for your health now. Mangoes are | | | | fruit from two or three mangoes, after peeling and |
| one such fruit. I just returned from the Tropics and | | | | removing the large flat seeds. The beta-carotene |
| mangoes of many varieties, shapes and sizes were in | | | | gives this smoothie a comforting sunshine yellow |
| season and bountiful in backyards every where. I | | | | color. |
| consider it good fortune to have a mango tree in | | | | Because mangoes bring an alkaline quality to body |
| your backyard. | | | | fluids, it helps to keep blood fluids out of the acid |
| Mangoes are the quintessential tropical fruit. They | | | | range. This is excellent for anti-aging because |
| might be new to you, but mangoes have been eaten | | | | neutrality keeps aches and pains away and body |
| and enjoyed for over 4000 years. This fruit | | | | organs working properly. Use this quick drink as a |
| originating from India is also used in chutneys, an | | | | daily fresh start to slow your internal aging processes. |
| Indian condiment. | | | | You can expect to look and feel great for a long |
| The fruit is used green or ripe. The ripe fruit is quite | | | | time. |
| sweet. In the tropics there are many varieties of all | | | | This recipe also has Vitamin D fortified orange juice |
| sizes and shape. They all have distinctive flavors with | | | | to give your bones and immune system a daily boost. |
| yellow flesh around a large flat stone. The ripe fruit | | | | Mangoes are high in fiber and low in sodium. You get |
| has an outside skin ranging in colors from yellow to | | | | all this and you don't even have to ask your doctor... |
| deep red. Be sure to pick up some of the fruit in | | | | Just pick some up at the grocery store and look |
| your local grocery store and keep at room | | | | forward to having a happy, healthy body. |
| temperature until you are ready to enjoy. | | | | Ingredients |
| Mangoes are rich in vitamins A, C and beta-carotene. | | | | 1/2 cup fresh frozen mango pieces |
| This means that all summer long you have a natural, | | | | 4 oz. calcium and vitamin D-fortified orange juice |
| delicious food to slow your aging, particularly for your | | | | 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt |
| eyes. | | | | 1/2 tsp. vanilla or almond extract |
| A scrumptious thing to do with mangoes is to make | | | | 3 to 5 ice cubes |
| smoothies. | | | | 1 tsp. of honey, if you want a sweeter drink |
| Here is a delicious mango smoothie. You would want | | | | Steps |
| to make this if you are looking for natural antioxidant | | | | Put ingredients in a blender, starting with the liquids |
| action to scavenger up your free radicals. Free | | | | first. Blend until smooth about 20 seconds. You can |
| radicals are danger to human cells and play a major | | | | make variations of this smoothie by adding 1 piece of |
| part in pre-mature aging, heart disease and even | | | | fresh ginger about 1 inch, and use soy milk instead of |
| cancer. Making this smoothie often in the mango | | | | yoghurt. |
| season will start you on the path to having a happy | | | | Enjoy every chance you get when mangoes are in |
| healthy body | | | | season. |