If you love the alkaline lifestyle you probably already know all about green smoothies. They are a delicious, healthy and quick way to get your alkaline boost and add more alkaline vegetables to your diet.
What Is The Alkaline Diet? The main premise of the alkaline diet is that our bodies function more efficiently when in an alkaline state. Our metabolism improves, our internal organs work more efficiently and we generally feel more energised. We can determine whether our body is alkaline or acidic (the opposite of alkaline) by monitoring our PH level, watching what foods we eat and paying attention to our general lifestyle. Generally speaking alkaline foods are fresh, have a relatively high water content and give your body loads of nutrition. …show more content…
It is an easy and quick way to prepare a meal or a snack with fresh foods that will give heaps of nutrition to your body.There are 3 main ingredients for your green smoothie: your green leafy vegetables or leaves, your fruit (to add sweetness to the smoothie) and your liquid to help the smoothie blend. You can choose to use water, fresh fruit or vegetable juice, tea or even commercial juice. You can add additional spices or herbs to make your smoothie taste better. However, you should check that mot of the ingredients for your smoothie are alkaline - otherwise the smoothie could do you more harm than good! 3 Great Alkaline Vegetables To Add To Your Smoothie
Kale - Kale is a leafy form of cabbage that is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin, and reasonably rich in calcium. By itself it tastes quite bitter, but if combined with some nice fruit, it can make a fantastic green smoothie. You can choose to remove the main stem and just use the leaves around it if you prefer a very smooth smoothie without bits and pieces (unless you have an extremely powerful blender!). I love to combine Kale with banana and orange, and add some ginger for
What Is The Alkaline Diet? The main premise of the alkaline diet is that our bodies function more efficiently when in an alkaline state. Our metabolism improves, our internal organs work more efficiently and we generally feel more energised. We can determine whether our body is alkaline or acidic (the opposite of alkaline) by monitoring our PH level, watching what foods we eat and paying attention to our general lifestyle. Generally speaking alkaline foods are fresh, have a relatively high water content and give your body loads of nutrition. …show more content…
It is an easy and quick way to prepare a meal or a snack with fresh foods that will give heaps of nutrition to your body.There are 3 main ingredients for your green smoothie: your green leafy vegetables or leaves, your fruit (to add sweetness to the smoothie) and your liquid to help the smoothie blend. You can choose to use water, fresh fruit or vegetable juice, tea or even commercial juice. You can add additional spices or herbs to make your smoothie taste better. However, you should check that mot of the ingredients for your smoothie are alkaline - otherwise the smoothie could do you more harm than good! 3 Great Alkaline Vegetables To Add To Your Smoothie
Kale - Kale is a leafy form of cabbage that is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin, and reasonably rich in calcium. By itself it tastes quite bitter, but if combined with some nice fruit, it can make a fantastic green smoothie. You can choose to remove the main stem and just use the leaves around it if you prefer a very smooth smoothie without bits and pieces (unless you have an extremely powerful blender!). I love to combine Kale with banana and orange, and add some ginger for