Super Fruit Blitz

Summer. I love summer.

I love to complain about how hot it is. I love being able to jump into a crystal clear pool after sweating out toxins stored over winter. I love the tan my pale and pasty legs sometimes accomplish. And I LOVE the fruit that comes into season when the weather is hot, hot, hot! And I love making my favorite frozen drink to share with the family on those days that is just perfect for grilling and picnics.

Before I get to telling you my secret recipe, let me tell you a few secrets about this easy fruit blitz. As a mom and someone who came from a messy combo of crazy genetics with all kinds of messed up family illnesses running through my blood- I am pro-super foods in an obsessive way. And in my opinion - the only three necessary ingredients to my blitz drink are all pretty darn super.

Watermelon and Diabetics Are A Power Team

First let’s talk about fruit number one: Watermelon. I have only met a couple of people in my life who do not like watermelon. My two-year-old could eat watermelon for every meal if I let her. It’s sweet with natural sugars so it keeps me away from the junk food cabinet. It’s juicy, it’s messy, it’s pretty much just amazing. But it’s also full of antioxidants- which help prevent free radicals in our body. Translation: it can be anti-cancerous and good for your heart.

Plus with it being 90% water, and choked full of electrolytes, it can help replenish what that summer sun (and all that soda we drink) takes away from our bodies. Like Gatorade... but better. Way better. Watermelon doesn't have that chemical medicine aftertaste like Gatorade does. I can't express the importance of hydration, especially if you live in a place that gets hot.

Also, one cup of watermelon provides about 15% of our daily vitamin C. What a way to fight a summer cold, which is way worse than winter ones let’s be honest. Something about being super hot and super sick is just miserable. And that 4th of July show you're going to go see with hundreds of people? Take your watermelon people, germs are everywhere all the time.

Without boring you with all the details, watermelon also fights bad cholesterol, high blood pressure, and systolic blood pressure. Funny enough- I have found that many women with cholesterol and blood pressure issues crave watermelon. Also fellows- I bet you didn’t know that watermelon has an antioxidant in it that can help prevent prostate cancer.

Watermelon also has choline, an antioxidant that helps the brain function and the nervous system. This means watermelon is good for muscle movement, muscle soreness, learning and memory, early brain development in children, and the transmission of nerve impulses.

Watermelon is also great for weight loss believe it or not. It has good fiber content, and people who eat 4 cups of watermelon weekly will see improvement in their weight loss efforts- especially those with metabolic issues! Watermelon has natural diuretic properties- and people who retain water and suffer from edema should play around with eating watermelon as studies have shown that watermelon is an almost equal natural match for furosemide pills (otherwise known fondly in my family as “pee-a-lot-pills).

Oh, and it reduces the physical effects of stress. Have I sold you on the watermelon yet? Pfft. As if you didn't already like watermelon, right?

Let’s talk about our berry friends now.

Strawberries. Full of antioxidants once again- it’s great for prevention of cancers. Strawberries are also an excellent source of vitamin C, which not only helps prevent and fight flu and colds but also prevents cataracts and skin wrinkles by helping form collagen.

Strawberries also have Ellagic acid and flavonoids. That basically means it helps with and prevents heart disease. Not to mention they’re a natural anti-inflammatory. Pretty neat huh?

Blueberries do all of the above- with the added benefits of helping your bones with iron and zinc, aids in digestion health, and your mental health by helping boost your happy hormones.

So basically- this drink is a triple whammy for total body goodness- and this drink is quite surprisingly healthy for diabetics (provided in moderation of course, because fruit is naturally sugary, so please eat with caution. )

A little too healthy for your taste? Don’t worry- at the end of the recipe, I’ll show you how to make it more adult-friendly.

Recipe:

1 cup strawberries

1 whole package of blueberries

1 half large watermelon (or whole mini watermelon)

(Optional: 1 cup of tequila or vodka or Moscato wine)

The Process

After gutting watermelon and trimming the leaves off of strawberries, throw the fruit in a blender (in batches if you have to) and blend until smooth.

If you like it a little sweeter- add a few teaspoons of Splenda or Truvia.

Add your alcohol of choice - mix well. And enjoy.

*A handful of ice turns this into an amazing adult or kid summer fruit slushie.

Literally the easiest drink. Ever. Well. Not really. Because some work is involved. But it IS the most delicious.

Hope you all enjoy it! If you make it, leave a comment telling me how you enjoyed it, and if you made any changes to it, let me know so I can try it too. :)

Time is precious, thank you so much for taking some to read my article. I hope you enjoyed it and it proved useful in some way!

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