In the last couple of months, I have noticed my skin has been awful - like teenage angst awful with a pre-midlife crisis twist. My history with medications and creams for my dermatological issues is not all that great and my mode lately is to try to reduce chemicals as opposed to adding more, so I have been on the hunt for a more natural remedy. I have done a decent amount of reading and am pretty confident at this point that too much sugar and not enough exercise are the biggest factors contributing to my current issue. An injury is partly the cause of my lack of exercise (but only partly) and the sugar, well, let's just say that I wasn't at my best this holiday season but my sweet tooth certainly was. My body alkalinity is all out of whack and my plan is to attack it with some high antioxidant leafy greens, low sugar fruits, and healthy nuts (Omega 3s) and seeds to name a few. This shake fits the bill nicely...with others to follow.
INGREDIENTS:
- banana (frozen if you prefer)
- 6 oz green tea (I let mine cool a bit but am generally too impatient to cool it all of the way when I brew the tea myself)
- 1/8 cup of walnuts
- 1/8 tsp vanilla
- handful of baby kale
- 1/4 tsp chia seeds
- honey (optional)
- ice (optional - if you used cool tea and a frozen banana, you may not need ice)
DIRECTIONS:
Place all ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth. (I use a Vitamix and gradually increase speed from 1-10 and then to high for about 45 seconds.)
Difficulty: easy
Time: a couple of minutes
Source: a combination of several ideas I found when researching
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