With the holiday season just around the corner, now is the perfect time to keep your calorie intake in check to ensure you don't overdo it in the coming months.
We tapped celebrity nutritionist Kimberly Snyder (she works with Drew Barrymore, Fergie and Channing Tatum, just to name a few), to share some healthy and fulfilling beverages that help curb the appetite, but also work wonders on the body, too.
As the author of The Beauty Detox Foods: Discover the Top 50 Beauty Foods That Will Transform Your Body and Reveal a More Beautiful You, as well as the owner of her very own juice bar in Los Angeles, Glow Bio, Snyder is an expert at finding the most beneficial nutrients to fuel the body.
Check out these delicious smoothie recipes she recommends:
GLOWING GREEN SMOOTHIE
1 1/2 cups water
1 head organic romaine lettuce, chopped (about 6 cups)
2 stalks organic celery (about 1 1/2 cups)
7 cups of chopped spinach
1 organic apple or pear, cored and chopped
1 organic banana
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
Add the water and chopped head of romaine to the blender for this weight-loss smoothie. Starting the blender at low speed, mix until smooth. Gradually moving to higher speeds, add the celery and pear. Add the banana and lemon juice last.
CHIA SEED SHAKE
2 cups unsweetened almond milk
2 tablespoons chia seeds
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered or liquid stevia to sweeten
Stir chia seeds into almond milk in a glass and let sit 15 minutes, to allow the chia seeds to absorb some of the liquid and begin to create a "gel." Stir in the rest of the ingredients, making sweet to suit your taste—this shake helps give you lustrous hair and strong nails.
RAINFOREST ACAI SMOOTHIE
2 cups unsweetened almond milk
1 packet frozen acai
1/2 tablespoons raw cacao (optional)
Stevia to taste
1/2 banana (optional to make thicker and more filling)
Using a good blender, blend the acai and almond milk at low speed until you've broken down the acai, then move to a higher speed. Once it is smooth, use the stevia. Add the 1/2 of a banana to make a denser snack or dessert, this smoothie helps battle dry winter skin.
DETOX TEA
1 inch of ginger, peeled and sliced
Filtered or spring water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Cayenne pepper
Powdered or liquid stevia
Steep the ginger in a small pot with about a cups and a half of water for a few moments. Pour into a mug. Allow to cool for a few moments, then add the lemon, cayenne pepper and stevia, making as sweet as desired. This yummy tea helps keep wrinkles at bay.
Yum!
To see more healthy tips from Kimberly Snyder, tune into E! News Thursday at 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.