Green Smoothie!!!
OK…. This is not nearly as bad as it may appear to you newbies!!! In fact… This is AMAZING and if you are new to green smoothies then I promise you… I promise, promise, promise you that this is the smoothie for you!
The key to green smoothies is citrus. Oranges cut away that ‘bitter’ or ‘dirty’ taste that scares most new comers!
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups frozen mango
1 cup frozen strawberries
The fresh juice of 3 large oranges
1.5 cups baby spinach
2-3 leaves de-stemmed kale
*optional*
1TB raw acai powder
Slurp up and enjoy the boost of energy!
Healing smoothies! Antioxidant powerhouse this smoothie is! Ooops! I broke a rib! Over the past week I have had to eat some foods I wish I hadnt. OK so they were REALLY good, however really fattening, cooked and processed. When you have to rely on others to take care of you, you cant really be to damanding. So, I have had a week full of cooked fatty foods, laying on the couch and So You Think You Can Dance and Friends marathons. Also, it turns out that I have a RAGING sweet tooth when I am layed up. I am determined to get this rib back in proper form ASAP. I get depressed quickly when I cant be active. I just started working with a personal trainer and was STOKED for the amazing results I was seeing. So I am out of commission for what will hopefully be just another week. I LOVE training and miss it! I look forward to starting a video series on raw nutrition AND fitness! I am on a mission to dance again so my trainer is working with me on obtaining that goal! So, here I am. Broken rib and in need of detox AND healing foods. I am now able to walk around and relatively fend for mysel so my diet will be more to my bodies liking! Started this morning off with this beautiful smoothie. Hope you enjoy! I took my MSM RIGHT before drinking this amazing smoothie! 1.5 cups Organic frozen Mango 1.25 cups Organic Blueberry Juice (I juice my own) 1 Banana 1Tbl Maca (Adrenal Support) 1Tbl Acai (Antioxidant Powerhouse) 1Tbl Sun Warrior Vita Mineral Greens
I remember someone asking me a question about MSM ( sulphur) a while back and its about damn time I responded!
I recently added this super awesome supplement (natural mineral) back into my diet. Why you ask? Only because I want to feel great and look amazing! David Wolfe (you know that guy who is kind of a leader with the raw food movement?) was quoted saying ”Producing a flame like tint in the skin and creating a subtle lustre as delicate as the halo around the full moon on a clear desert evening.” Well, I want my face to glow like a delicate halo around the full moon dammit!
There are so many benefits to MSM that I am going to break them down. Starting with why I personally take it!
- Reduces Inflammation Due to Injury or Inflammatory Diseases:
Pain stems from nerves INSIDE inflamed soft tissue——-> MSM reduces inflammation in soft tissues by balancing the water pressure s on the outside of the cells AND the inside of the cells creating an equal balance. MSM enhances the permeability of the cell walls (therefore allowing pressure on BOTH sides to be equal) which in turn relieves pain caused by inflammation. It helps get the flexibility back in joints! Hopefully that simplifies it enough!
Please, if you have problems with arthritis or other joint inflammation diseases, do yourself a favor and try this supplement. I was prescribed a duo of anti inflammatory AND serious pain meds and am happy to report I take neither! This is not to say my pain isn’t present, however, it is a pain I can live with and is manageable with diet and this supplement. The only problem is sometimes my pain will completely go away and I forget to take it! Not to shabby of a problem right!
I will more than likely never be a distance runner again and a lot of exercises may be out of the question for now on but I consider myself lucky. It is so crucial that I keep my diet in check because even a couple days of poor eating and I am back to square one! Square one is painful so I don’t want to be there!
**This is a topic I will bring up rather often as I have Hip Bursitis and have serious issues with the inflammation in my hips**
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I am currently into day 8 of my juice fast and I will not lie. I want food! I will say however that I have noticed some positive changes in my body that are worth mentioning! As I stated previously, one of the areas I was looking for some relief was with my eczema on my hand. It has almost completely disappeared. My hand had been covered. On my palm, between my fingers, a patch on the top side of my hand and the top of my thumb. Almost ALL gone! I also had an itchy patch on the very top of my right foot. All gone! I have also had severe chapped lips for over 3 months now (no joke and no remedy) and that disappeared about 2 days ago!
So here I have conclusive evidence (for myself at least) that juice fasting assists in healing eczema. This is the not the first time I have healed eczema through juice fasting!
Cheers and good health!
