On Saturday morning I whipped up my first green smoothie - or 'green chunky' was a better description. I used 12 organic spinach leaves, 1/2 organic lebanese cucumber, 1/2 organic pink lady apple and an over-ripe home grown lime. Hmmmm, interesting combination.
OK I didnt put a lot er, much effort into its presentation but here it is served up ready to drink/eat. That whole lot (thats a 400ml glass) went down the hatch and I almost felt instantly *different*. Its like my stomach went "WHOA, what's that???" It wasnt bad but it sure was unusual. Did it have a cleansing effect? No but I could feel my insides churning which I took as a good thing.
I've had 2 more since then but am unsure if I'll make it a daily thing. Lets just say, the jury's out on that one.
The other thing I want to try is a daily probiotic. I know next to nothing about these so its internet research time before I venture out with some knowledge of what to buy.
Wrapping it up for tonight but have lots more to write about shortly.
Cheers all
M
That's interesting one Magda, I have had a few green smoothies, but found the prep and cleanup etc before work too time consuming... I wonder if you would notice more of an effect after 2 weeks as per the - http://www.greensmoothiechallenge.com/... Hmmm now that I do have more time in the morning and we are coming into Summer I will think about it... I know in summer I do like something cooling and refreshing for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteTry using an apple or pear as the base of your smoothie - makes a big difference to the taste!
ReplyDeleteKristy I found it prepared fairly quickly once the blender got hold of all the ingredients. After I just rinsed out the jug and lid and that didn't take very long either. Plus I mixed up Monday morning's smoothie on Sunday and just kept it in the fridge ready to drink on Monday.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, I think it was the texture that was unusual more than the taste. Having some apple and (semi-sweet) lime in it rescued the 'greenness'. Spinach doesn't have a bad taste and cucumber is refreshing so that combo worked ok for me. Kerry did recommend celery but I detest the taste so that was given a big miss. I'll certainly have it again, just probably not every day.
Add more water to it to thin it down a little, and drink it slowly, don't skull it. You won't taste the celery at all Magda.... trust me!!! lol
ReplyDeleteLOL Kerry. Me + raw celery is a partnership that will NEVER happen.
ReplyDeleteGive the Golden Circle probiotic juice a try, Magda. I had a bit of a *ahem* traffic jam going on recently so grabbed a bottle and chugged down a small glass daily for a few days. I don't know whether it was coincidence or not, but things got moving pretty quickly. The breakfast juice is good - apple, orange and pineapple, I think from memory.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kerryn, that's really interesting as all the stuff I've read about probiotics says they help diarrhoea and not the opposite. Its worth a try though.
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ReplyDeleteThe smoothies will clean you out a bit for a while til your digestive system gets used to them. Stick with it Magda, lots of live enzymes in your fresh smoothies. None is processed juice. xx
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ReplyDeleteThanks Kerry. I'll be back on them tomorrow hoping you are right. 3 big smoothies over 3 days last weekend and there was no 'cleaning out' :-(
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Geez Magda! Where are you storing it??? lol
ReplyDeleteLOL Kerry. 3 smoothies in 3 days (again) and I'm looking 5 months pregnant and no signs of movement. Fibre sup to the rescue tomorrow.
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