Hello, dear readers! And welcome to my blog! Today I have prepared interesting material especially for those who lead a healthy lifestyle. The main feature of this information will be the green smoothie. Currently, this drink has gained incredible popularity. And for good reason. It is drunk by everyone, from adherents of a raw food diet to avid meat eaters who want to take vitamins and improve their health.
Health shakes (or shakes for raw foodists) include greens and fruits or vegetables. The most useful greens are those that grow wild (clover, dandelion, quinoa, plantain, gooseberry, burdock, nettle, etc.). A complex of useful substances is also found in greens that are grown in the garden (spinach, lettuce, parsley, arugula, tarragon, celery, cilantro, basil, amaranth, dill, fennel, sorrel, mint, lemon balm, etc.). Young grape leaves are also used. , birch, currant, pine cones, etc. In the autumn-winter period, aloe leaves are used in small quantities, greens of grains sprouted on the windowsill: wheat, buckwheat, barley, oats.
The second component is any fresh and frozen fruits and berries (apples, pears, grapes, peaches, apricots, strawberries, blueberries, wild strawberries, kiwis, lemons, oranges, bananas, pineapples, papayas, plums, etc.) or vegetables - these are different varieties cabbage (kale, broccoli, Chinese, cauliflower, cabbage), tomatoes, beet leaves, cucumbers, beets, zucchini, bell peppers, pumpkin, carrots, etc.
Green smoothie recipe for health
Fans of a healthy lifestyle claim that the best proportion of smoothies for excellent human health is:
- greens – 40%
- fruits or vegetables – 50%
- fats (vegetable oils, nuts, avocados, flax seeds, hemp) – 10%. With the help of fats (at least 1 tbsp.) minerals and vitamins K and E are absorbed.
- To make cocktails easier to drink, you can add pure water, juices, and ice.
It must be remembered that in cocktails you must add either only fruits or only vegetables to greens. First chop the greens, then add fruits or vegetables and be sure to bring the contents to a homogeneous mass.
You don’t have to change the fruit or vegetable base of cocktails (use your favorite one), but try to change the greens and choose the darkest one with the maximum chlorophyll content.
It is not necessary to radically change your daily diet; it is enough to drink one glass of green smoothie instead of one meal, or 30 - 40 minutes before the main meal.
There is also a certain rule for making smoothie recipes: Liquid base (1/2–1 cup) + 1 cup of greens + 1 fruit or 1 cup of berries = SMOOTHIE
Do you want a boost of energy, a minimal amount of calories, a deep cleansing of the body and saturation with vitamins? Here are the products that will give us all this:
Let's prepare a super cocktail:
- 1 pear
- 1 cucumber
- 1 orange
- 1 or half lemon
- 1 kiwi
- 1 cup greens
- mint
- water
Squeeze juice from oranges. The remaining components are washed, cleaned and cut.
Place the greens, fruits, cucumber, orange juice and water in a blender and grind.
A very tasty, refreshing, I would say cooling smoothie.
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You can simplify the recipe and prepare a more classic version: 1 pear, 1 cucumber, spinach (a cup), mint, lemon juice, water.
The benefits of a green smoothie for the body and joints
According to Ayurveda, a green smoothie is a sip of liquid solar energy. All the richness of nutrients contained in greens saturates green smoothies. These magical health drinks are easy to prepare and incredibly healthy .
Green smoothie has the following beneficial properties:
- Normalizes blood pressure and the functioning of the cardiovascular system (since the chlorophyll contained only in greenery is very saturated with oxygen), improves the condition of varicose veins, prevents atherosclerosis, increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood, helps with hemophilia, destroys harmful (anaerobic) bacteria, promotes the development of beneficial (aerobic) bacteria. bacteria), healing wounds, ulcers, erosions, treats any inflammation and eliminates bad breath.
- Produces alkalization (greens are the most alkaline food on earth) of the body, which is excessively acidified by dairy, confectionery and meat products, promoting the development of acid-loving pathogens of various diseases.
- Green fiber improves intestinal microflora, stimulates its motor function, and helps cleanse the intestines and the whole body. Fiber contains antioxidants that prevent the development of cancer.
- Even people over 60-70 years old with arthritis and arthrosis, osteochondrosis and joint pain stated after two weeks that the pain had practically gone away, their strength had increased and they could walk a lot. What's the secret? The fact is that it is clean, healthy and living food. And most importantly, it’s well ground. Nowadays, few people chew 32 times and few people know why we chew at all. And people chew not just to get food down their throats, but to release saliva, which contains special enzymes involved in digestion.
- Proteins and proteins contained in greens in the most effective form are easily digested, which gives rest to the body and saturates it with a huge amount of energy and enzymes.
- Helps with anemia, activates the body's defenses, and greatly strengthens the immune system.
- Stimulates the functioning of the thyroid and pancreas glands, removes waste, toxins, heavy metals, and excess cholesterol from the body.
- Promotes weight loss , since smoothies are very nutritious and cause a feeling of fullness and lightness in the stomach; In addition, greens speed up metabolism and contain a minimal amount of calories while containing a large and varied amount of beneficial substances.
- Improves sleep, overall well-being, complexion, cleanses the skin, and prevents premature aging.
- Charges with strength and energy, relieves drowsiness, promotes a great mood.
- Thrush, stomatitis, tonsillitis and other symptoms of candiosis go away. After all, Candida loves an acidic environment created by yeast, meat, and sweets, but it does not live well in an alkaline environment. Tested by personal experience. I have had thrush and stomatitis all my life and I treated it endlessly, even with injections. A month after switching to fresh vegetables, fruits and smoothies, I didn’t think about it. And now it’s been 5 years since I’m not a raw foodist, but my body improved so much during that period that these problems still don’t bother me.
Beneficial features
A green smoothie for weight loss at home has a number of truly unique properties. One of them is energy saturation. Excellent in addition to the main dish and as a snack. Allows you to forget about the feeling of hunger, on average, for 3 hours, which in itself already activates the process of losing weight, because the calorie content of such a cocktail is very low. And most importantly, such a drink is much healthier than any other snack or energy drink, for example, a cup of coffee or a sandwich.
Thanks to the active ingredients in the composition, the cocktail significantly speeds up metabolism; the vitamin value of such a drink is very high.
Green smoothie recipe for weight loss at home
Greens are an incredibly important food product that maximally satisfies human needs for nutrients. Nutrients are contained in plant cells and to release them, the walls of these cells must be destroyed. Since they contain cellulose and are biologically extremely stable, this process requires prolonged chewing and a large amount of gastric juice.
A blender copes well with these problems, and cocktails prepared with its help are quickly absorbed by the human body. Fans of green smoothies drink from 0.5 liters to 2 liters of drinks per day. Only freshly prepared smoothies are consumed.
When purchasing a blender, you need to pay attention to the following requirements:
- he should have 4 knives, not two;
- you need a bowl blender, not an immersion one;
- its power should be from 1000 watts
Large vegetables and fruits must first be chopped with a knife and then in a blender with added liquid.
Recipe with ginger and spinach:
- Ginger 1-2 cm.
- Spinach 1/2 bunch
- Parsley 1/2 bunch
- Sesame 1 tsp.
- Flax seeds 1 tsp.
- Water 100 ml.
- Lemon juice from 1 lemon slice
Chop the ginger and place it in a blender.
Greens on top, you can chop them a little with a knife.
We also add flax and sesame seeds. If they are added with the other ingredients, they will only be partially crushed.
Whole flax and sesame seeds are good for cleansing the intestines, but if your goal is to obtain benefits from digesting them, then you first need to grind them into flour with a blender or coffee grinder and only then add them to the cocktail.
Peel and cut the apple. We also peel and cut the banana. But we don’t add them yet to make it easier to grind the greens.
Add 100 ml of water and lemon juice to the greens in a blender bowl. And we chop everything up.
When the greens are chopped, add the apple and bananas. You can do this in batches to make it easier for the blender.
If you have a powerful blender, you can grind all the ingredients for the cocktail at once.
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You can change the amount of water to your taste. I like it more liquid, so I add a whole glass. Can be sweetened with dates or honey if desired.
How to take a green smoothie for weight loss
Having a beautiful, healthy body is a task that is very easy to cope with if you love yourself and pay at least a little attention to your health. Nowadays there is a lot of talk about physical activity and proper nutrition. On my website you will find enough information on these issues. The collection of such useful information will also include this article, where I will tell you how to take a green smoothie for weight loss.
The easiest way is to replace one meal with a cocktail. For example, breakfast or dinner.
The course of admission is 30 days. Although within a week you will see changes in your skin and your well-being and even in your weight. This is enough to look slim and fit throughout the year. But your body will be grateful to you if you don’t stop making yourself such a healthy breakfast or dinner.
There is another way to take this drink: make 1 day a month a fasting day. Replace all meals with a cocktail. On this day you need to drink at least 1.5 liters of water.
Green smoothie with parsley
Who doesn't love parsley? You? I bet you won’t feel it?! Green smoothies are what is simply necessary to cleanse the body after New Year's feasts!
Recipe 1:
- Kiwi - 1 pc.
- Pear - 1 pc.
- Banana - 1 pc.
- A little parsley.
So the preparation is as simple as always. The main thing is to add a little water to give the blender a chance to speed up.
So, let's turn it on at maximum speed!
How I wanted it now. I went to cook. This is the taste of spring!
The second option is for avocado lovers. Avocado is one of the most beneficial fruits for our beauty. There is more parsley here, but it fits in perfectly here. This option is quite suitable for a hearty breakfast.
Avocado recipe:
- Avocado - 1 pc.
- Pears - 2 pcs.
- 1 bunch of parsley⠀⠀
Cooking method:
Peel the avocado, remove the pit and cut into large pieces. Peel the pears and cut into slices. Combine the ingredients in a blender bowl, sprinkle them with chopped parsley, and puree thoroughly. Add 1-2 glasses of water and beat the smoothie again.
Cocktail with carrots and orange
The resulting cocktail is not quite green, but this does not negate its benefits.
Products:
- One orange.
- Two carrots (if the fruit is large, you can take one).
- Ginger root.
- A few lettuce leaves.
- Water – 200 ml.
Preparation: Peel the orange and divide into slices. Wash the carrots and cut into several pieces. Wash and chop the ginger root too. Place all ingredients in a blender and mix thoroughly.
Green smoothie with celery for colon cleansing
Celery is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent. Destroys:
- harmful bacteria
- mold
- fungi
- viruses
Removes toxins from the liver and intestines, and these pathogenic microorganisms often cause inflammation, making it difficult for all body systems to function.
And another bonus is that it supports beneficial bacteria. And their absence leads to the proliferation of pathogenic organisms, disruption of microflora, and dysbacteriosis. Without them, normal digestion, and therefore the absorption of nutrients, is impossible.
Some researchers believe that the love drink prepared for Tristan and Isolde consisted of 100 grams of celery juice, with the addition of 50 grams of apple juice and 50 grams of pear juice.
But this love potion is a hundred times better!
- 1 bunch of mint
- juice of 1/2 lime
- ice
- water
- 1 apple
- 3 stalks of celery
Wash, clean, and cut the celery and other ingredients into pieces. Make sure to remove all tough fibers from the celery.
If the blender is powerful, then throw it all in at once and grind it. If not, then first chop the greens from the liquid, then add the fruit.
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What blenders are needed for a green smoothie?
I have two blenders that I use, a large vertical one, 2 liters, with a power of 800 watts. Exactly as in the picture:
And a small cup Magic Bullet with a power of 500 watts.
I rarely use the small one, only if I’m doing an “experimental” version or if I’m doing it for once. I mostly grind everything in my large glass bowl blender with more power.
To make grinding easier , I cut the greens into large pieces or tear them with my hands , break the banana, and cut the tomatoes/cucumbers into large pieces. This makes it easier for the blender to handle.
Grinding takes about 2-3 minutes, I make sure that I get the consistency I need. If I make it in a large blender, I cut it larger, if in a small one, I cut it smaller.
You won’t need any special super-powerful blender here.
A small Magic Bullet type blender is convenient because:
- it is very easy to wash
- It also grinds greens well, you just need to grind a little longer
- it's easier to experiment with it
- and it’s very convenient to make a cocktail for 1 person
If you plan to drink green smoothies alone, this blender will more than suffice for you.
Well, if your household wants to join, then you will need a lot more cocktail and it will not be so convenient to make it in MagicBullet. In this case, take a vertical blender with a good power of 800 watts or more from any well-known company (such as Philips, Moulinex).
Raw food cocktail according to Victoria Butenko's recipe
“Green smoothies” were invented by Victoria Butenko, the author of the book “Greens for Life.” Nowadays, smoothies have become popular all over the world.
To draw attention to greens that bring health to a person, you just need to cook them tasty and beautiful. Since people have different tastes, and there are a great many ingredients for cocktails, choosing “your favorite” can only be done through testing and a creative approach.
Favorite cocktails of Victoria Butenko:
- dandelion leaves and flowers + nettle + 2 bananas + 2 pears + 1-2 glasses of clean water;
- a large bunch of parsley + 4 ripe pears + 2 glasses of water;
- dandelion leaves and flowers + spinach + 1 can of strawberries + water.
Green smoothie according to Vadim Zeland's recipe
Vadim Zeland, in one of his books on Transurfing, “Clean Nutrition,” describes recipes for healthy, living food, including recipes for green smoothies. Such a cocktail can be an ideal breakfast that will not burden you, but, on the contrary, will energize you and help your body cleanse itself.
You only need 5 ingredients, a glass of water and a blender. Start your morning with energizing and healthy foods that will help you stay alert and alert throughout the day!
Recipe:
- 1 banana
- 2 stalks of celery
- 2-3 lettuce leaves
- 1 orange
- 2-3 strawberries
Place the washed and peeled fruits and herbs into a blender, add water and grind until smooth. This option is not green in color, but very tasty!
We recommend using live Zeland water, prepared using a special device. But you can also use destructured melt water.
Water can also be infused with shungite and silicon.
Author MK
This option is not green in color, but no less useful.
What are the benefits of green smoothies?
Reviews from those who have introduced green smoothies into their diet are always positive. The drink is very satisfying, which means less harmful foods are consumed. As stated above, smoothies can allow you to consume large amounts of greens raw, without seasoning or oil. In addition to their benefits, the drinks have a pleasant taste and can be drunk instead of snacks throughout the day.
A green smoothie, the recipe for which is very simple, does not require a lot of time for preparation and subsequent cleaning. All ingredients can be found in any store at a low price.
Among other things, cocktails can help in the fight against excess weight and improve some health problems. And thousands of combinations of ingredients will help even the most fastidious gourmet find a drink to suit their taste. Another advantage is that their use forms the right habits. People who are keen on a raw food diet or who care about their figure and health have long appreciated green smoothies. Reviews from those who drank them regularly say that if earlier you wanted to snack on chocolate or fast food, now you want to eat an apple, pear, orange or other fruit.
Cocktail recipe for joint pain
In fact, there is no specific recipe for joint pain. Yes, it is not needed. Its effect does not depend on the proportions and list of fruits and herbs, but on the fact that you replace at least one meal with high-quality, live food, without salt, chemicals, or boiled dead food.
And it actually works. Here is the story of a man to whom doctors offered only one thing - to replace his joints with glands. He could not get out of bed, not even to go to the toilet. And it seems like a miracle, but he was quickly healed with live nutrition. But it’s not a miracle, it’s just that the body, receiving healthy light food that does not poison and does not require a huge expenditure of its capacity to digest it, began to self-heal and remove waste, including from the joints. I recommend a video in which a man tells how and what he did.
Well, a recipe for a snack. This recipe is recommended for joint problems, as it contains a lot of lemon juice and even zest. Healthy breakfast for joint and back pain:
- bunch of greenery
- harvesting spinach
- lemon - 1/4
- dried apricots - 8-10 pieces
- prunes - 4-6 pieces
- apple - 1 pc.
- water
Place parsley and dill in a blender.
Then spinach and 1/4 lemon straight with peel.
Then 5-6 pieces of prunes and 8-10 dried apricots, which also have a positive effect on the condition of bones and joints. Dried apricots help remove uric acid from the body, which accumulates in the joints in the form of microscopic crystals.
We cut apples. We do not remove the middle, since the seeds contain a lot of iodine.
Add a glass or more water (to taste).
And grind until smooth. Bon appetit!
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Pumpkin cocktail
It is recommended to drink this miracle before bed, since nothing will calm you down like a glass of pumpkin cocktail. An anti-stress cocktail rich in microelements will come in handy, including for men suffering from inflammation of the prostate gland.
Preparation: mix in a blender until foam forms: 3 tablespoons of pumpkin puree, 1 frozen banana, 150 ml of orange juice and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream.
It is important to know! The cocktail is recommended for everyone without restrictions, but allergy sufferers should be careful: it contains orange juice!
Green spring cocktail made from nettles
This is a real elixir of youth and health! When starting to introduce green smoothies into your diet, do not rush to load a lot of greens into one serving at once. It's better to start with a small bunch or a few branches. And gradually increase the amount of herb with each smoothie. Believe me, by drinking cocktails regularly, your health will improve significantly and your taste habits will begin to change. The body will begin to ask for more wholesome, healthy food and less harmful, waste food.
Nettle is a valuable multivitamin plant, a kind of natural concentrate of vitamins. It contains twice as much ascorbic acid than blackcurrant fruits and lemon, the carotene content is higher than in sea buckthorn berries, carrots and sorrel, and only 20 nettle leaves provide our body with the daily requirement of vitamin A. In addition, nettle is rich in vitamins K, E and B and microelements: including iron, magnesium, copper, calcium, etc.
Nettle leaves also contain flavonoids, tannins, tannins, phytoncides, organic acids, chlorophyll, glycosides and others. Such a rich set of biologically active elements explains the wide range of restorative and therapeutic properties of nettle. Nettle allows you to restore the functions of vital organs and normalize the functioning of the body as a whole.
Recipe with nettles:
- bunch of nettles
- 2 bananas
- juice of a quarter of a lemon
- honey to taste
- water 1 glass
Place everything in a blender and blend until smooth. You can add berries to taste or other fruits.
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Recipe from sprouted wheat and kefir
I don’t drink milk, so I suggest a recipe with water, but kefir will fit perfectly into this recipe according to taste. And the cocktail will become more nutritious and taste familiar.
This is a very tasty recipe. Sweet sprouts, pineapple, banana, what else do you need for happiness!? Of course, you can simplify it and just make banana + sprouts + kefir. But you can also pamper yourself with exotic things.
If you don’t yet know about sprouts, then let me tell you that when sprouting, all the beneficial substances become active and their quantity increases. For example, the content of vitamin C and B increases 5 times, vitamin E – 3 times, folic acid – 4 times. Therefore, eating them gives the human body an incredible charge of vigor, youth and beauty.
Recipe
- 1/4 pineapple
- 1 pear
- 1 apple
- 2 bananas
- 0.5 - 1 cup sprouts
How long should the sprout of sprouted wheat be? Wheat with sprouts up to 2 millimeters is the healthiest, since the grain in this case is in an ideal state of “awakened vitamins”, ready to give all its strength and juices for growth.
We clean and cut the pineapple into pieces. Don't forget to cut out the hard center.
Place in a blender. Peel the apple, pear and banana, cut into pieces and put in a blender. Then the sprouts. If you added pineapple, then you don’t have to add water, since pineapple is very juicy, just a little water to help the blender. Although this is a matter of taste, I like a liquid green smoothie, so I add water to all recipes. Instead of water, you can use kefir, yogurt or milk (you can use nut milk). All that's left to do is grind it.
And a delicious, satisfying and most importantly healthy breakfast is ready!
You can add chia seeds.
Recipe for making a smoothie with sprouted wheat. Author
Dandelion Green Smoothie for Health
How to wake up in the morning without your usual coffee? Very simple! Make a cocktail with the following composition - banana, flax seed, dandelion leaves and water - blend everything in a blender for 2-3 minutes until smooth.
Did you know that dandelion has another popular name - “bitter chicory”. Dandelion contains vitamins A, B, and C, folic acid, potassium, silicon, iron and tannins. If you have swelling in the morning, then this smoothie is for you! Dandelion helps remove excess fluid from the body and prevents its re-accumulation.
We need to cleanse our liver, improve our skin, make a smoothie with dandelion.
Leaf Recipe:
- 1 bunch of wild plants (plantain, dandelion, clover), you can take pure dandelion
- 1 banana
- 1 apple
- 1 liter of water
- Dietary supplement at will
Place the greens in the blender, cut the apple and banana and also place in the blender. Pour in about 0.5 liters of water and blend until the green leaves are crushed to an almost homogeneous mass. Pour in the remaining water and mix again. Banana and apple are used to flavor this smoothie, so you can experiment with any fruit and vegetable until you find your favorite flavor.
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And most importantly, dandelion cleanses the body of toxins. Therefore, it is recommended for diseases and conditions such as high cholesterol and uric acid (that is, gout, diabetes, kidney stones).
Green smoothies: benefits and harms
The beneficial and harmful properties of any green smoothie depend on their specific composition, since all vegetables and fruits, as well as greens, have a unique vitamin and mineral composition. However, it is absolutely obvious that all green cocktails have common properties, which allow them to be classified as a separate group of drinks.
Green smoothies, regardless of the exact composition, almost always have the following valuable properties:
- they are a source of chlorophyll, which is essential for plant life. For humans, this substance is not vital; it is not produced in the body. However, once in the body, it exhibits its antioxidant and anticancer properties;
- all green fruits and vegetables contain a significant amount of ascorbic acid and other vitamins, and in terms of the concentration of microelements, greens are superior to any other products. Thanks to this, drinks made from them can strengthen the immune system, improve the condition of the skin and hair, prolong youth, and energize. The body especially needs such a natural supplement during periods when a person experiences vitamin deficiency, increased mental or physical stress, or is on a diet;
- greens, vegetables and fruits contain a lot of fiber, thanks to which smoothies help cleanse the body of waste and toxins.
In addition, it was noted that green smoothies satiate well, while remaining low in calories, and speed up metabolism, which increases the effectiveness of any weight loss diet.
You can feel the positive effect of drinking a green smoothie after just one glass, but a lasting result can only be observed after 10-15 days of regular use of these smoothies.
Can smoothies cause harm to the body? Yes, if you use it incorrectly or in excessive quantities.
- Green smoothies can worsen the condition of a person suffering from gastrointestinal diseases associated with high acidity. Such people should not drink more than one glass of detox drink per day, and it is better not to drink such cocktails on an empty stomach at all.
- The periods of pregnancy and lactation, early childhood and old age always put a person at risk for consuming foods containing certain substances in concentrated form. Without consulting a specialist, people belonging to these categories should not get too carried away with smoothies, especially if we are talking about green drinks.
- Any smoothie has a complex composition, and it may contain products that your body does not accept. Choose recipes that do not contain fruits, vegetables or greens to which you are allergic.
If you eat only smoothies during the day, refusing more solid foods, diarrhea and other unpleasant consequences may occur.
Three servings of a green smoothie per day is the maximum daily dose, but to get the positive effect from their effects, it is enough to drink one glass of the drink per day for two weeks.
We have already talked about the basic principles of the smoothie diet for weight loss and popular detox programs based on them. If you need details, we advise you to follow the link and get acquainted with this material.
Below we will recall a few basic rules for preparing diet smoothies, after which we will move on to the promised recipes.
Green spinach vitamin cocktail recipe
Greens have been present in the human diet since time immemorial, and traditional healers have used them to treat various diseases. Only under the influence of solar energy does the plant world around us acquire a green color - it accumulates chlorophyll, and with its participation the process of photosynthesis is carried out. Chlorophyll is a liquid form of solar energy, the “green blood” of plants. The chlorophyll molecule is surprisingly similar in structure and structure to the heme molecule of human blood. Apparently, this is due to the fact that chlorophyll heals and cleanses our body and even destroys our internal enemies such as cancer cells, fungi, and harmful bacteria. We have repeatedly observed how sick mammals are healed by greens. Chlorophyll is a unique source of solar energy, without which life on earth is impossible.
Greens contain the entire complex of minerals and vitamins (especially important for the human body A, C, E, K). Only vitamin B12 is missing from greens, which vegetarians and raw foodists need to pay special attention to, since it is involved in hematopoiesis, fat and carbohydrate metabolism, cell division, and the formation of nerve covering, and its deficiency can lead to irreversible damage to the nervous system. It must be supplemented with dairy products, soy milk, etc.
Proteins (proteins) in plants are contained in the form of free amino acids (including 9 essential ones), which are easily absorbed by the body. In 100 gr. cooked meat contains as much available protein as 80 grams. spinach
Greens contain the maximum amount of fiber, which absorbs and removes waste and toxins from the body.
Green smoothie with spinach - the most nutritious recipe:
- cucumbers
- Kiwi
- Apple
- Spinach
- Parsley, dill (just a little)
- Honey
- Water
- Chia seeds (optional)
A very tasty and refreshing recipe. Place all ingredients in a blender bowl and blend until tender.
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Smoothie with cucumber:
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Spinach - 1 bunch
- Juice of ½ lemon
- Honey - 2 tsp.
- Ice - 1 glass
Peel the cucumber and cut into pieces. Place cucumber pieces in a blender bowl, a bunch of spinach (rinse first), juice of half a lemon, two teaspoons of honey, and one glass of ice.
Beat on high power for 3 – 5 minutes.
To be honest, I cook it much simpler - banana + spinach. Sometimes I add berries when they are in season.
Can I take a green smoothie during pregnancy?
Of course it is possible and necessary. Select the assortment of products carefully; if you know that you are allergic to some fruit or greens, then of course exclude them from the recipe.
At the beginning of pregnancy, everyone is recommended to drink folic acid of synthetic origin. But adherents of a healthy lifestyle, who have understood the negative effects of chemical vitamins and supplements and successfully obtain all the essentials from natural products, and there are a lot of them in fresh herbs!
What are the benefits of drinking cocktails for a pregnant woman:
- Increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood (which is very, very important during pregnancy!).
- Cleanses intestinal tissue (constipation can be forgotten after just a few days of taking the cocktail).
- Improves milk formation.
- Improves the condition of varicose veins.
- Normalize weight (you can replace dinner with a cocktail or use it instead of a snack).
- Saturate the body with calcium, vitamins, acids and other important ones.
Recipe:
- banana 1 pc.
- 1/2 pear
- spinach (can be frozen if cooking in winter)
- avocado 1 pc.
- water 1/2 cup
We clean, wash and cut everything and put it in a blender. Add 0.5-1 glass of water.
Ready! Tasty and healthy.
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How to make a green smoothie as delicious as possible?
Not all people are delighted with the taste of healthy dishes. Natural plant products can give a rather bland taste, and the attractiveness of a fresh aroma does not always save a dish. How to enhance the attractiveness of the taste and make a green smoothie that you will want to eat almost every day?
It's simple! It is important to find “your” recipe for an invigorating health drink. If for some reason you cannot stand the taste of spinach, you do not need to choose a recipe that contains this component. You can find an alternative in the form of another suitable product. And you can easily choose your own favorite combinations. Throw gooseberries, feijoa and pineapple pulp into a blender glass. Try adding ½ teaspoon of flower honey to the composition. Diversify the drink with ice cubes and a sprig of juicy mint. You can be almost 100% sure that this will work. By mixing your favorite ingredients and excluding from the recipe what you don’t like, you can achieve ideal taste and aroma. Who knows, perhaps the result of such experiments will give visitors to this culinary page a new popular recipe for making an incredibly tasty and healthy green smoothie!
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