This is becoming one of my favorite smoothie recipes. Only a few ingredients, yet packed with powerful nutrients and phytochemicals.
12 oz Water
1/4″ Fresh Ginger
12 RAW Almonds (soak overnight)
1/4 – 1/2 Raw Beet (the more, the better)
1 C Cherries (frozen or fresh)
3 Dried Apricots
1 TBSP Coconut Oil
1 TBSP Agave or Honey (optional)
Let’s talk about beets for a few minutes. Of the many phytochemicals in beets, the most active are BETALAINS, which give it the deep rich red color. Betalains contain LOTS of nitrogen. In fact beet is the highest food in nitrate, which converts to nitric oxide. Nitrate Oxide is loaded with oxygen. In a recent clinical study, nitrates were shown to benefit cyclists “oxygen levels” and performance by having 8 oz of beet juice prior to competing. It is wildly believed this benefit comes from the nitric oxide, which helps blood circulation, exercise and helps to lower blood pressure.
Beets are also high in a nitrogen protein called BETAINE, which is composed of 3 amino acids. Betaine is shown in clinical research to reduce the amount of homocysteine in the body. The higher your homocysteine the higher the risk of a heart attack. When you cut open a beet what does it remind you of? Blood! The next time you cut open a beet look at the beet, it looks like a blood cell! Nature knows best. To have a healthy heart eat your beets.
NOTE: Do not peel the beet to clean it off. Instead, scrub the beet because some of the phytochemicals dwell on the surface. Purchasing organic beets is best. Keeping the peel on the beet is why juicing is inferior to making a beet smoothie. Leave nature alone and eat the whole beet.
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