Today I would like to introduce you to green smoothies in detail. As a healthy breakfast option, before exercise or as a cooling drink in summer. The good thing about green smoothies is that you don't need any exotic and hard-to-find ingredients to prepare them in the blender. Basically, you don't need many ingredients to make a delicious and healthy green smoothie.
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What exactly are green smoothies?
Green smoothies are made from sweet fruits such as apples and bananas and plant greens such as lettuce, spinach and kale blended with water. The plant green gives the green color and the fruits the sweet taste. Plant greens are particularly rich in vitamins, minerals, trace elements and phytochemicals. Blending in a blender not only gives the green smoothie its creamy consistency, it also improves the release of nutrients.
Preparing a green smoothie in a blender
Ingredients
1 celery stalk (cut into small pieces)
1 cucumber (diced)
1 apple (cut into small pieces)
1 lime (peeled and quartered)
3-4 sprigs of parsley
1-2 dl water or coconut water, as required
Preparation
- Wash, peel and chop the ingredients.
- Blend all the fruit and vegetables in a powerful blender for about 1 minute and add enough water or coconut water to achieve the desired consistency.
Why is the green smoothie so helpful in hot weather?
A green smoothie contains lots of electrolytes. Celery is rich in minerals, potassium and sodium, which are important for regulating fluid balance and pH levels.
Cucumbers are 95% water, have an anti-inflammatory effect, are rich in potassium and calcium, magnesium and vitamin C and also have a draining and digestive effect.
Apples, which are rich in pectin, also have an anti-inflammatory effect and help to detoxify the body. detoxifyby removing toxins from the body. Apples also lower cholesterol and uric acid levels and add sweetness to the smoothie.
Limonene is also rich in potassium and aids digestion and detoxification.
Parsley adds a dose of extra chlorophyll to the drink and is known to be an effective blood purifier.
Now I'd like to know: what do you like to eat or drink to cool your body when it's so hot outside?
