(a great idea from Dr Christine)
1- bunch of Kale trimmed of the stem
1- ripe banana
1 cup of fresh or frozen pineapple
1 cup of Coconut water
I enjoy adding protein to my smoothie such as Almond Milk, Ground Flax, Chia, and Help Seeds. You can get creative with this recipe and use what best suits you.
optional: Rice, Milk, Almond Milk, Hemp milk for a creamy texture, Help Seeds, Chia Seeds, and Ground Flax Seed
Benefits of these wonderful ingredients:
*Pineapple: Just one cup of pineapple provides 73% of the daily recommended amount of manganese. The benefits of these can affect the growth of bones in young people and the strengthening of bones in older people. It also helps with weight loss.
Since there is a strong correlation between overweight and hypertension, pineapple diet serves for both the cases. You also get a decent amount of copper and thiamin, plus more than a third of your recommended vitamin C needs.As it is very alkaline in nature, it can stop the production of acid in stomach.
Bromelain, a natural anti-inflammatory with analgesic properties, encourages healing, promotes well-being and has many other health benefits. Bromelain is very effective in treating bruises, sprains and strains by reducing swelling, tenderness and pain.
* Banana:
Hangovers: Making a banana shake, sweetened with honey is one of the fastest ways on how to treat a hangover. This is due to the reason that banana calms the stomach and with the aid of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels while the milk soothes and rehydrates our system.
Constipation and Diarrhea: Bananas are high in fiber. It can restore normal bowel movement if included in the diet. Thus, it can help overcome the problem without using laxatives.
Depression: Bananas can help reduce depression since it contains tryptophan, an amino acid which can be converted to serotonin, leading to recover mood.
Anemia:Bananas are also relatively high in iron, thus, helps the body's hemoglobin function.
High blood pressure and stroke: This tropical fruit is high in potassium yet low in salt, yielding to a perfect food for preventing high blood pressure. Furthermore, the US Food and Drug Administration has just permitted the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's capability to help lessen the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.
Ulcers:This raw fruit helps reduce acidity and irritation and stimulates the cells on the internal stomach lining to produce thicker mucus that protects against acid.
* Coconut Water: It is 99% fat free, making it one of the healthiest drinks available in the market. It offers low carbohydrates and sugar, and is recommended over drinks such as processed milk, orange juice, energy drinks, and soft drinks. It is ideal for people with lactose intolerance as well as growing children. It is also great for new born babies as it offers Lauric acid, an important constituent of mother's milk. It is a great drink for replenishing your body's water after a day's work or workout in the gym. Coconut Water improves metabolism, digestive detoxification, digestive cleansing, and diabetes control.
*Kale: rich and abundant in calcium, lutein, iron, and Vitamins A, C, and K. Kale has seven times the beta-carotene of broccoli and ten times more lutein. Kale is rich in Vitamin C not to mention the much needed fiber so lacking in the daily diet of processed food eating Americans. The "Icing on the Kale" are the natural occurring all important phytochemicals sulforaphane and indoles which research suggests may protect against cancer. Let's not forget the all important antioxidant Vitamin E.
-side note: Science has discovered that sulforaphane, helps boost the body's detoxification enzymes, possibly by altering gene expression. This is turn is purported to help clear carcinogenic substances in a timely manner. Sulforaphane is formed when cruciferous vegetables like kale are chopped or chewed. This somehow triggers the liver to produce enzymes that detoxify cancer causing chemicals, of which we all are exposed on daily basis. A recently new study in the Journal of Nutrition (2004) demonstrates that sulforaphane helps stop breast cancer cell proliferation.
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