A healthy green smoothie that isn’t just packed with a ton of fruit, but balanced with the perfect combinations of nutrients to keep you full. Here is my little formula.
Why Green Juice
It’s a simple, practical way of making sure what you’re eating is not only packed with nutrition, but is balanced with the right nutrients to curb those cravings, eliminate those feelings of just wanting to keep eating, and keep you feeling energized, through fulfilling the needs of your hunger hormones.
Your hunger hormones control your appetite, satiety, and whether you feel “hungry” or “full”. But when not eating balanced meals/ not having balanced blood sugar, along with some other lifestyle habits, these hunger hormones can go all haywire, which can cause us to overeat.
Instead of trying to find the “willpower to stop eating”, why not balance your meals and snacks, balance your blood sugar, and as a result, keep those hunger hormones happy and working correctly!
Balancing act
Smart Carbs: Carbs are NOT bad. It’s just about keeping your blood sugar stays happy by trading processed carbs, for wholesome, nutrient-dense ones.
Healthy Fats: Fat does NOT make you fat. Healthy fats are absolutely necessary for hormonal balance and protecting vital organs.
Protein: Adequate protein in our daily diet is super important for not only lean muscle synthesis, but for essential processes in your body (including metabolism!).
Fiber: Add volume to your meals to help you feel full, and helps stop the release of the hunger hormone Ghrelin by stretching the stomach lining
Flavour bombs: Simply to boost the flavour to make healthy eating TASTEFUL, without a ton of empty calories. This can be anything from extracts to spices to powders and more!
Healthy Green Smoothie Formula
Formula locked in below:
1) A Carbohydrate (1 cup or 1 fruit such as small banana):
Frozen Banana
Frozen Blueberries
Frozen Strawberries
Frozen Mixed Berries
Frozen fruit is just as nutritious as fresh fruit and is your ice for your smoothie.
2) A Healthy Fat:
Nut Butter (1 tbsp)
Avocado (¼ of fruit)
Chia Seeds (1 tbsp)
Flaxseeds (1-2 tbsp)
Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (1-2 tbsp)
3) A Protein:
Greek Yogurt (½-1 cup) - My recommendation
Protein Powder (1 scoop)
4) Fiber:
Spinach (1 handful)
Greens Powder (1 scoop)
Chia Seeds (1 tbsp)
5) Flavour bombs
Essential oils (orange, peppermint, ginger oil.. etc)
Cinnamon (battles inflammation)
Ginger (battles inflammation)
Cacao Powder
Maca Powder (hormonal health)
Turmeric Powder (anti-inflammatory)
Acai Powder (antioxidants)
Ice
Vanilla Extract
6) Finally the Liquid*
Unsweetened Almond/Non-dairy Milk
Coconut Milk/Water
Natural cows milk
Water
*1-1.5 cups of any of the above, depending on desired thickness