The Live Green Smoothie Diet

Take two Utterly Pedestrian produce ingredients, add a wee bit of many of the most common superfoods raw foodie types tend to keep in their pantries, and you’ve got a rich, tasty, uber-nutritious Live Green Smoothie!

Starting with apples and fresh cilantro (which lends a rather floral-herbal quality here), we add small amounts each of:

* Raw Cacao powder, which is rich in magnesium, antioxidants, and iron, and famed for its appetite suppressant and heart-strengthening qualities.

* Raw Maca powder, which is a potent adaptogen, excellent for stamina, energy, and hormone-balancing, and quite famously for fertility.

* Raw Almonds, for calcium (and they’re great for soft, velvety skin).

* Goji Berries, rich in antioxidants and polysaccharides (which keep our tissues young and “juicy”), with a natural probiotic and the Traditional Chinese Medicine reputation of being the #1 food/herb for longevity.

* Golden Incaberries (also called cape gooseberries), flavor-packed (they are nature’s “sweet tarts”) and full of B-complex vitamins, high in protein, and rich in antioxidants, with antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.

* Chia Seeds, which turn out are not just great for Chia Pets but are a bonafide superfood, rich in protein, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and other good things.

* MSM (an organic, crystallized form of sulfur), which is a potent anti-inflammatory, ideal for athletes and anyone suffering from arthritis because it builds flexible, healthy connective tissue and helps bodies recuperate quickly without post-exercise pain.

* Nascent iodine, an atomic rather than molecular form of iodine for enhanced bioavailability, which pretty much instantly increases energy, aids metabolism, and can actually remove heavy metals (i.e., mercury) and halides (such as fluoride, chlorine, and bromine) from the body.

Excellent Smoothie for both Weight Watchers & Athletes…

There’s no added sugar, honey, or fat in this smoothie, so it is low-sugar, low-fat, wildly rich in amino acids (read: “protein”)… a dieter’s dream loaded with nutrients without overdoing the calories.

But it’s sweet, flavorful, and rich-tasting. The raw cacao in it, even tho there is very little, serves to bring everything together so nicely and give a mellow undertone. Cacao has that special ability wherever it is used, you will find.

Pour this smoothie over ice in your smoothie bottle and use it for an afternoon pickup!

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