Is it OK to grind whole cherries including pits in smoothie drinks?

I’ve been experimenting with health drinks using a Vitamix blender which breaks down whole fruits and vegetables to the cellular level. I include cantaloupe seeds, whole apples but was concerned about cherry pits. Any thoughts?
- gyroglider

how do you make a smoothie with all 5 fruits to be healthy and good? how does this one sound?

1 cup strawberries, 1 cup banana, 1 cup cantaloupe, 1 cup mango, 1 cup pineapple, 1 cup yogurt, and some milk (skim), and a little sweetener? i dont know, i just made it up.
- tinkerbell88

Would cantaloupe be good in a smoothie? watermelon?

I heard it is okay to use any fruit in a smoothie besides grapes. Anyone ever try cantaloupe? or watermelon? Can you give any different combinations of fruits you recommend?
- january jane

So you have heard about a negative calorie diet where you can eat food but lose calories! Pretty amazing but we all know negative calorie diets are more complicated than that. It takes good organization skills to make this diet work and at it’s core you need to know exactly what foods are the best and should be included more often, those than are not too bad in terms of calories and those that you should avoid like the plague! To help you develop your plan here is a free list of negative calorie foods to help you on your way!

Apple – A great snack all the time and can be used creatively in salads

Apricots – good with breakfast cereals

Artichokes

Asparagus

Beets – can be made as sweet or sour recipes

Blackberries – a good snack and an essential part of a fruit salad

Broccoli – One of my favorites, can be enjoyed a bit crunchy or steamed

Brussel sprouts

Buffalo fish – Fish have a lot of other great nutritional advantages too

Cabbage – great for sauerkraut

Cantaloupe

Carrot – don’t dismiss the humble carrot as a snack if you don’t have an apple either

Cauliflower – another great vegetable like broccoli

Celeraic – an unusual vegetable and some say an acquired taste. Great in a stir fry.

Celery Chicory

Celery Root

Cherries

Chervil – Like parsley, a good seasoning. No one said your diet had to be boring!

Chinese Cabbage – Good with some garlic

Chives

Clams

Cod – another fish!

Corn

Crabs

Cranberries

Cucumbers – Good cooked or raw!

Currants

Damson – a kind of plum but quite bitter, often used to make jams

Eggplant – One of the most underestimated vegetables, great stuffed with other foods even!

Flounder – More fish … seeing a pattern?

Frog legs – You don’t need to be French to eat these!

Garden Cress – more nice seasoning

Garlic – a favorite of mine to add to almost any dish.

Grapefruit

Grapes – you can eat these by the bucket load and have some other very nice properties that are good for you

Green Beans

Green Cabbage

Honeydew Melon

Huckleberries

Kiwi

Kohlrabi – A kinds of cabbage, very fleshy and sweeter than its similar cousins

Kumquats

Leeks

Lemon – another useful seasoning, this diet can be quite tasty.

Lettuce

Limes

Lobster – Expensive but if good food can be good for your weight then go for it!

Loganberries

Mangoes – a great summer fruit

Mushrooms – High in protein if you are missing your meat.

Mussels

Mustard greens

Nectarine

Okra

Onion

Orange – High in vitamin C also

Oysters

Papaya

Parley leaves

Parsnips

Peach – Great in a soy smoothie

Pear – Add these to your smoothie too!

Peas

Pineapple

Plum

Prunes

Pumpkin – A must have for pumpkin soup in the winter

Quince

Radishes

Raspberries

Red cabbage

Rhubarb

Rutabagas – Very much like a turnip

Sauerkraut

Scallions

Sea bass

Shrimp – some more crustaceans for your meals

Spinach

Squash

Strawberries

String beans

Tangerine

Terrapin

Tomato – always a good standard vegetable for the salad or just on its own

Turnips

Watercress

Watermelon

Zucchini

While there are more foods like this for negative calorie diets this free list of negative calorie foods should give you some idea of where to start your dieting plan so you can start eating the right foods to shed those calories and lose weight!

- Hengster

Cherry Cantaloupe Smoothie Recipe

1/2 cantaloupe (peeled, seeded, and sliced)
1/2 cups apple or apricot juice
2-3 pitted cherries
1/4 cups raspberries or blackberries
3-4 ice cubes

Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!