Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Quench your thirst with a smoothie for the ADD/ADHD body

Quench your thirst with a smoothie is the final segment for this month on fluid replacement. The ADD/ADHD person may be more sensitive to dehydration than "normal" physiology. Therefore, it is necessary to enjoy what you drink and maximized your daily fluid that will promote optimal health.

As a side note, next week is the fifth Tuesday of the month, and I will start my series on diabetes mellitus, a body symbology. The series will cover definitions, common notions, treatments, pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical management, and finish with body symbology of what diabetes represents. So stay tune next week for a cerebral tantalizing interpretation of a very prevalent disease.

Eight glasses of water a day is the common consensus that I have shared with you previously this month. I’ve mentioned some creative ways to substitute the eight glasses of water such as in soup, juices, and fruits. In addition, be sure to take adequate minerals with your water.

The reason for writing about smoothie is because next week is Memorial Day. It signifies the beginning of summer. With the beginning of summer, there will be an abundance of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetable available at extremely reasonable prices.

Plan your day by incorporating a smoothie in your diet. This could be a breakfast drink, a mid-morning snack, or afternoon refresher snack. Use your imagination to make your smoothie personal favorite by using the fruits you like as the ingredient. Add protein powder, supplement powders, or any soy product that are compatible with your taste.

Place in the blender a glass full of ice cube. Add summer fruits of your choice. The fruit ingredients could be strawberry, pineapple, peeled orange segments, ripe banana, apples, melons, etc. You may add juice to the mixture. Blend together the fruits and ice until it becomes a slushy consistency. Add protein powder to taste if so desire.

Experiment with the ratio and combination of ingredients until you are satisfy with your concoction. This is what you’ll be drinking throughout the day at the office, fieldwork, or at home. Anticipate the slush separating out over time during the hot summer days. Therefore, have an ice chest for storage when your job is fieldwork. If in the office with a freezer/refrigerator, place your smoothie in the freezer for a short time followed by relocating it to the refrigerator section so you won’t have a frozen smoothie. Frozen smoothie is tough to drink!

If you make a large batch, you could divide it up and freeze it in the freezer for future use. This is very convenient for the person on the go. Just take out the frozen smoothie and place it in the blender with your favorite juice and blenderize. You’ve got yourself a quick smoothie when you come home from work on a hot August night!

This is intended to be a fun exercise to get you to enjoy the fluid replacement and receive the added benefits of the antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins present in fresh fruits. After the abundance of seasonal summer fruits have weaned, I suggest continue with antioxidant supplements such as OPC3 in your daily routine for better health.

There are other antioxidants for your choosing. One kind of oxidant is Isotonix Antioxidant. Another similar oxidant is ORAC.

If you are an ADD/ADHD person who smokes or live in the large city with compromise air quality, Oxygen Plus may be needed to help the sensitive ADD/ADHD system to help protect our body from free radicals that can cause damage to your cells, impairing the immune system and leading to various degenerative disease.

Whatever works for your unique ADD/ADHD physiology by trial and error is something you should stick with. Vary the ingredients and amount of fluid according to your physiological workload.

Remember, next week I will start the series on diabetes mellitus. So, please stay tune. Should you have any comments and constructive opinions, I would appreciate you email them to me. The feedbacks are designed to help me serve my readers.

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