My mom unfortunately just had knee surgery as she torn her ACL while on vacation last week. Thankfully, God protected her and allowed the surgery to go over wonderfully.
Her recovery inspired this amazing apple berry smoothie.
When she woke up the morning after her surgery the night before, she was very hungry and thirsty. She couldn’t eat the day of her surgery, and solid food just didn’t appeal to her. So before I headed off to my 4 hour organic chemistry class in the morning, I created this delicious Apple Berry Smoothie for her.
In recovering from an illness or injury, it is so vital to maintain a healthy and clean diet. My mom just recently came off of the whole30 program, so she is used to eating clean, but I wanted to make sure these first few weeks of recovery were filled with only clean, healthy foods. Definitely no sugar (sugar decreases your immune system greatly)! Also, when being on pain medications, some problems arise (digestive to be exact, I’ll spare the details), so I knew I wanted to keep her smoothie dairy free, and load it up with some healthy and freshonhealthy revia fibrous ingredients. What resulted, was a delicious apple berry smoothie, flavored with apples, berries, coconut, AND free of added sugar, whole30 qualified and paleo-friendly!
Apple Berry Smoothie (Whole30, Paleo-friendly)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Big red delicious apple
- 1/2 cup Mixed berries frozen
- 1 Egg (yes, she likes raw eggs in smoothies, and it's never hurt her!)
- 1 handful Spinach
- 2 tsp Coconut oil
- 1 T Chia seeds
- 1 cup Water/coconut milk
- 2 T Flaked unsweetened coconut
Instructions
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Blend all ingredients together in blender. If desired, add honey (not whole30 qualified).
Apple Benefits
1)Reduces tooth decay by lowering levels of bacteria.
2)Keeps Alzheimer’s away and fights aging effects on brain.
3) Curbs Cancer because of flavonol richness.
4)Decreases risk of diabetes (due to soluble fiber amount).
5)Reduces Cholesterol.
6) High in fiber keeps digestive tract optimal.
7)Neutralize Irritable Bowel Syndrome (high fiber content).
8) Detoxes Liver.
9) Boosts immune system.
Coconut Oil Benefits
1) Fights viruses and bacteria growth in body.
2)Fights yeast, fungus, and candida.
3) Positively affects hormones for thyroid and blood-sugar control which leads to increase metabolism, energy and endurance.
4)Aids in digestion.
5)Absorbs fat soluble vitamins.
6)Lowers cholesterol.
7)Special fat called medium chain triglycerides (Research shows 2T a day allowed women not only to gain less weight but lower abdominal fat).