Green Smoothie for Diabetes: Recipe & Benefits We all know fresh fruits and vegetables are essential for good health, but cooking often destroys vital nutrients. Vitamins, minerals, and powerful phytonutrients such as flavonoids, carotenoids, and alkaloids are lost when food is heated. These phytonutrients are key defenders against free radicals—unstable atoms that damage cells, caus... https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/start-your-morning-with-green-smoothie-&-control-your-diabetes/1405