Guest Post by Debbie Lawrence from Chef2Chef: Peanut Butter Smoothie

 I love peanut butter! Salty and sweet in the same time...the perfect combination! I guarantee that you'll love this smoothie. I made it myself and took some photos so all of you could see how good it looks. It is so refreshing but filling at the same time. I recommend it for breakfast; it is ideal for those of you who are always in a hurry because it's ready in less than 3 minutes! 

Debbie Lawrence is a content editor for a student chef and culinary school blog at Chef2Chef.net.With an eye for design and a passion for baking, Debbie is currently researching top culinary schools in Georgia to further her career – and hopefully advance her cooking skills. You can find her on Twitter here or here.

If you’re a huge peanut butter fan like me – and I mean beyond the peanut butter sandwiches and peanut butter-honey English muffins – than you are in for a serious treat! I recently went to a beach town in Mexico where the touristy hotel tries to make “American-inspired” dishes to please their home-sick customers. One of these treats was a peanut butter smoothie that I fell in love with. Simple, delicious, and healthy, here is the recipe your taste buds will remember forever.

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Why milk and dairy products are bad for your health

Cow's milk is for cows. There is nothing wrong with drinking milk from birth until the age of two with only one condition, that the milk is breast milk, or fresh, unprocessed, natural cow/goat milk.

Cow's milk is rich in protein, minerals and fats, a necessary condition for the calves to grow in weight in a year between 136 and 226 pounds. Needless to say that babies do not grow at the same pace. Cow's milk is at least four times richer in protein content and has a concentration of minerals six times higher than human milk. Such concentrated milk is very difficult to digest for babies. The amount of enzymes produced by the body to digest dairy products is much smaller than the amount produced by cows. In the absence of the necessary enzymes, human newborns will have digestive problems and an excessive secretion of mucus in the sinus cavities, lungs, brain and ears. Many forms of allergies are the result of excessive congestion originating in the consumption of cow's milk.

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