094: Tess Masters (The Blender Girl) - The Perfect Smoothie • Does Blending Destroy Nutrients? • Vitamix vs. Blendtec

This week we are featuring Tess Masters, The Blender Girl. She'sa cook, writer, actor, and voiceover artist with a passion forsmoothies and juices. Tess is the author of The Blender Girl, The Blender GirlSmoothies (recipe book) and will release her third book, ThePerfect Blend at the end of this year. Tess is Australian-born and now lives with her partner and WestHighland White Terrier in California. In this episode, we discuss: How Tess got her nickname "The Blender Girl" No one diet works for everyone How Tess went about building her brand and empire You learn from everyone you interact with Tess getting diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus We all need to eat more vegetables Becoming fearless after a breakup Social media and the internet level the playing field in the 21st century Using your own voice and trusting in your uniqueness You haven't missed the boat starting your online business...yet Nobody can do you better than you Managing work-life balance in today's always connected world Smart people surround themselves with smarter people The ultimate smoothie walkthrough Tess' top smoothie tip After you blend a smoothie, are all the nutrients destroyed? Which is better... Vitamix or Blendtec? The best blender in the world Problems with glass blender containers Tess' current favourite smoothie The importance of staying hydrated Related links: Tess Masters - The Blender Girl (book) Tess Masters' website - The Blender Girl Follow The Blender Girl on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Tess Masters - The Blender Girl Smoothies (recipe book) Tess' iOS app - The Blender Girl (available in the US only) The 2016 Culinary Nutrition Conference hosted by Meghan Telpner Vitamix blender Melissa Lanz ProBlogger The Body Ecology Diet website Michael Pollan Cooked - Netflix Documentary Series Blendtec KitchenAid Pro Line Series Blender Breville Boss Blender Sunwarrior Join TUHP Facebook group Add us on Snapchat Habits app for iOS (*no longer available) Related episodes: 301: Kristina Carrillo Bucaram – Thriving On A FullyRaw Diet 055: Tim Van Orden – Authentic Happiness | Battling Lyme Disease | Secrets To A Next Level Salad 023: Smoothies, Juices, Elixirs & Everything In Between 006: Joe Cross – Reboot Your Body With Juice 003: Bethanne Wanamaker – The Power of Superfood Elixirs Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. Making a purchase through these links won't cost you anything but we will receive a small commission. This is an easy, free way of supporting the podcast. Thank you! How can you support our podcast? 1. Apple users, please subscribe and review our show on Apple Podcasts, we make sure to read them all. Android users, be sure to subscribe to our show on Google Podcasts. Subscribers never miss any of the action ;) 2. Tell a friend about The Ultimate Health Podcast. They will surely thank you later. You can use the envelope button below to email a friend or tell them about TUHP in person. 3. Join TUHP Facebook community (FREE). This is where we all stay in touch and ask questions in between episodes. Join our community. 4. Follow our adventures on our favourite social media platform, Instagram. 5. Download The Ultimate Health Podcast app (FREE). This way you'll have our whole library of episodes right at your fingertips. Download our iOS/Apple app or our Android app. 6. Share using the buttons below. Thank you!