Muscle repair post-workoutĪny serious workout session that tears muscles will require repair by having protein based foods within half an hour of the finished workout. Smoothies on the other hand maintain their fibre which are particularly useful to keep your gut moving, control blood sugars and fill you up when you need to run out the door. Whilst juices are great to get the vitamins and nutrients immediately into the body they are not fibrous. Having a diverse range of fruits and vegies in the fridge and taking 10 min to prepare a smoothie as a snack or light meal will help towards the required daily intake. Unfortunately, busy lifestyles often means that we take shortcuts with our eating habits. It’s widely understood that a person needs to have 5 servings of fruits and vegies on a daily basis. Thirst quenchers can aid with cooling the body temperature post a workout whilst ingesting vitamins and nutrition derived from the blended fruits and veges. With its high speed function, smoothies can be turned into thirst quenchers by adding ice to the mix and blending till the ice cubes are completely crushed. Kids will most likely love them in this form. To maintain the nutritional value poor the remainder of the juice into popsicle moulds and freeze them for a healthy frozen desert. Let’s say you whipped up a smoothie but 600ml is too much. The blender itself has a convenient handle to hold with one hand freeing your other hand to carry the ingredients to the staff kitchen for preparation. It would tie you over until you go home for dinner. One way around these awkward times is to have a couple of fresh ingredients along with protein powder in the office and prior to the meeting blend a protein-packed smoothie that you can drink instead of guzzling more coffee. ![]() Let’s suppose you work awkward hours, like my hubby, and find yourself usually teleconferencing during meal times. The blender itself is small, lightweight and easy to store. Multiple bottles allows us to have our own preference with minimum fuss. In our household flavours vary as hubby likes vanilla, I prefer coffee and our daughter is a strawberry fan. Couples with different tastes can make their preferred version. ![]() By buying an extra bottle there’s a spare in case a bottle is lost or left in the office. Extra bottlesīlend’n go is a great theory if you are a single person drinking smoothies or couples with different tastes. There’s no such risk with the MyBlend because the bottle only has one open end, either for the blending blades or the lid for sealing the contents. Have you ever been distracted and forgotten to put the lid on your blending jug and you’ve turned the power on? If not, you can still imagine the outcome followed by the clean up time. No such problem with the MyBlend 600ml bottle. Research studies, whilst not conclusive, have indicated that BPA can seep into food and beverages from containers and potentially be harmful to ones health. Here’s why: BPA free bottleīPA is an industrial chemical known as Bisphenol-A and it’s a main component of polycarbonate that is used to make water bottles and food storage containers. Putting their motto to the test, hubby and I have been experimenting with creamy, icy and non-dairy recipes and concluded that the Oster MyBlend is a terrific addition to our kitchen appliances. For the last 55 years the Oster Brand has been a trademark of Sunbeam Products. When Oster’s company bought Steven Electric Company in 1946 with the acquisition came the patent for a liquifying blender. Having never heard of the Oster brand, I was surprised to discover that it’s been around since 1924 when John Oster established a small company specialising in hair clippers. The Oster MyBlend delivers on all four criteria plus more and finally supersedes my hand held blender with its open beaker, a power button that I have to constantly hold whilst blending and its inability to crush ice. DurabilityĪs a smoothie junkie, I like to have gadgets that are fast, space efficient, easy to clean and convenient to handle. The Tritan plastic sport bottle is dishwasher safe and includes a carry handle and spill-proof lid with snap closure, making it easy to take it with you anywhere.The Oster® Brand Promise: Performance. One-touch blending action ensures simple operation, so you can easily fill, blend, and reuse. The motor with 400 watts of peak power vigorously crushes ice, while the stainless steel blade pulverizes frozen fruit into chunk-free smoothies. This personal smoothie blender is perfect for protein shakes, smoothies, and frappes and blends directly into a BPA-free sport bottle for quick, on-the-go enjoyment and easy extraction of your daily dose of vitamins and nutrients. Whether you're off to work, the gym, or just relaxing, the Oster MyBlend Personal Blender helps get you out of the door with blended drinks in hand.
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