10 Simple Hacks To Make Your Smoothie Even More Nutritious
Smoothies are pretty fantastic..
They are these awesome, energizing drinks that we can concoct endless varieties of in a little lab called our kitchen. Many consist mostly of fruit, but you can throw in a vegetable here and there and it will be completely masked by the sweet goodness of our fruit friends. Most people are familiar with traditional smoothies that have either a water or a plant milk base and then are loaded up with fruits. A growing trend in recent years, however, has been the green smoothie, which has a good balance between fruit and leafy vegetables (often 60/40). Green smoothies are ideal because they make meeting your body’s daily vitamin and mineral requirements much easier. Smoothies in general give your body a well deserved break from the effort of digesting solid food; being liquid, they are much easier to digest and the nutrients can be extracted easier, too.
They make for a very light meal replacement but are also satisfyingly filling because of their high fibre content. If you are looking for a few green smoothie ideas, you can check out the ones below from our friends at VegKitchen: You might also want to consider including some of these awesome ingredients below. Check out this infographic from yogacentre.com! .
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