If you only had 5 ingredients for a healthy smoothie what would they be?

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Kelly Powers, MA, RD · Answer

If you only had five ingredients for a healthy smoothie, what would they be? Definitely I would start with fruit. That would be the base of my smoothie. Always is. Likely a banana and blueberries. I know that's two ingredients. We're going to count it here as one. I would then throw in a couple of handfuls, about two cups of spinach. I would add a healthy fat. My ingredient would likely be peanut butter. It's just a preference. Love it. It also gives me a little bit of protein. A good alternative or substitute in this space would be hemp seeds or chia seeds. Next, I would add in some protein powder and or some collagen peptides to increase the protein content, balance out my blood sugar levels, and have a well-rounded meal, really. I use smoothies often as a meal replacement. Finally, I would do almond milk or milk of choice. Cashew milk is really good here as well, and so is regular dairy milk or cow's milk. Hope you enjoy. I'll add a recipe below.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD · Answer

All right, I am loving this question. If you only had five ingredients to make a healthy smoothie, what would they be and why? So, here's mine, I would start with the green. I know that's probably more than one. You could use spinach, you could use Kale. But I, it doesn't matter what I would just get that green in. So I would probably use spinach because it's a little bit more mild and it Blends really well. So I'd go a spinach number one. That's my first one. My second one is going to be hemp. Did so why the hemp seed? So I think in a smoothie, let's get bang for our nutritional Buck. Let's add some protein in the hemp seed will give us a muggy Three fatty acids and it will give us some protein as well. The other seed, I'd like to put in our chia seeds and that's going to help it thicken and also give it a little bit more omega-3. So that's my other one that I love apples and I'm talking the meat and the peel, so apples have so much benefit they're in season. So let's go with something that's local. Let's go with something that has a lot of benefit. And then, finally, what do you use? As your liquid, I would use almond milk that you make yourself or you get a really high quality one. So those are my ingredients. Hopefully, you can put those together. I know that there's probably a lot of people that are thinking well, where's the berries? I need some sweet. So you can put a little bit of stevia in the Apple will give you some sweet as well. So there's some options there. That's my smoothie.

Meg Gerber, RD, LD, IFNCP, CGN · Answer

Okay, I'm going to give you kind of my specific Pro tips for five ingredients. I love for gut friendly smoothie one. I love a bone broth protein. I would definitely recommend a plane flavor with no added sugar sweeteners. I like the ancient nutrition brand. They have just a simple bone broth protein. The difference there is that if you like collagen collagen is within that bone broth, protein and so, and it has all of the essential amino acids, whereas collagen is Complete protein with all those Essentials, it's just mainly predominant in those collagenous. Amino acids like Glycine and Proline which are great. They're great for muscle repair, restoration of the body and like recovery. But you'll get that benefit by been getting more of the full spectrum, complete protein in a bone broth protein. So that's number one. Number two, would be, I love to add soaked, Chia specifically, so chia seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, they're great. Source of fiber namely soluble fiber. So when you soak them they form this like gel-like liquid, that's the soluble fiber component. And I find for people with digestive issues, diarrhea or constipation people, it brings a benefit to their regularity. So I really like, soaked to you. Specifically what I mean by that is just like, put it in a container or glass jar, with a little bit of water, shake it, let it sit overnight and it will soak for you and you just add it to the blender in the morning. All He's adding some Fiber, domes carbs as important. So when I think about a smoothie protein fat, fiber dense carbs, we've got the protein, we've got the fat fiber, tons cards, I love Frozen, cauliflower rice. It's a sneaky source of fiber of detox cruciferous vegetable great for the liver, and it adds a nice texture without you even tasting it. So, we're getting Frozen, cauliflower rice. Also raw cacao powder. So, yes, it adds a yummy chocolaty flavor, but it's It's actually a Prebiotic fiber and it's a bitter. So it's really supportive to digestion specifically. Motility, we have the most amount of bitter receptors aligning our gut, the full gut lining and so getting a bitter in it. Every meal is important for digestion motility and moving things along. Lastly, I would add green banana. A greenish yellow budget. Banana is a rich source of Prebiotic fiber as well.

Jessica Jackson, APD · Answer

If I only had five ingredients for a healthy smoothie, what would they be? Well, I love this question and I'm going to share with you a recipe that I do make often at home. The first ingredient is milk. It's a great source of protein and a great source of calcium. The second ingredient is oats. I always put oats in my smoothie. There are great source of fiber particularly soluble fiber. They're a source of protein and it's a low GI carbohydrate. So it's going to give me A sustained release of energy, the third ingredient is fruit. So for this recipe, I'm going to put in some banana but it's going to be frozen banana. Now, that's going to make this recipe nice and creamy and cold, which I absolutely love the third. The fourth ingredient is actually chia seeds. Now, I know the other nutritional experts have mentioned this one as well, but that is because chia seeds. I just simply amazing, great, source of antioxidants and a great source of Omega-3s. So I always throw some chia seeds. In the fourth, ingredient is going to be nuts. Blending in some nuts, for a great healthy source of fats is an awesome ingredient for a smoothie. Now, in Australia, if I didn't have any nuts in the cupboard, I actually throw in a product called super spread which works fantastic in smoothies. It's a blend of four different nuts as well as some chia seeds in there. It's got no added salt, no added sugar and it works great in smoothies. So there you have it. They are my five ingredients. Give my recipe a go. I hope you. Joy it and let me know what you think by.

Carol Earle · Answer

If I only had five ingredients for a healthy smoothie, what would they be? I like to gather mine from three categories. A liquid, a protein, fruits and vegetables. I like to vary mine based on the time of year and what's fresh, how warm or cold it is outside. So I'll give an example of what I like to put in my smoothie right now. And again, this isn't for everybody because I know that there are food allergies, but this is just what I have right now. So for liquid, I go for either water, coconut water or oat milk. Protein, I like to use Greek yogurt. I like to do about a 2% fat because I get a little bit of that fat. It helps me feel more satisfied. Fruits and vegetables, I like to use bananas, kiwi, pineapple, mangoes, berries. If I can't get fresh, I like to buy frozen because that also gives a little bit of thickness to the smoothie, always organic. If I'm going to go vegetable, I like spinach because it tends to be the most flavor neutral out of all of those. In addition to that, right now, I'm using a scoop of collagen powder. I have a little bit of osteoarthritis in my knee. I read a study that 10 grams of collagen a day can help rebuild that cartilage. So I'm giving it a test on my own. I like things to be as fresh as possible. So those are the ingredients that I go for. I'm not a big fan of anything that tastes artificial or adding too much extra sugars in it. It all helps.

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS · Answer

If I only had five ingredients to make a healthy smoothie, what would they be? Well if the person is going to be water and that's a healthy ingredient, right? Let's assume that's going to be the basis. There are other choices but let's go with water for now, a protein powder, I use berries, I would use nuts. I love putting a handful of almonds into a smoothing just, you know, giving them that nutty texture, which also adds wonderful, minerals and good fats and all kinds of good stuff like that. And the fifth ingredient Would be a fiber supplement. I like some Fiber. I've mentioned that many times. I would add a scoop of that. Now let's go back to the water. If you don't want to use water, your you got a lot of choices. I am not dairy aversive. It doesn't affect me badly. So I love raw milk or unpasteurized, unhomogenized, milk, or goat's milk. You can use all those nut milks. I'm not a big fan but there's nothing terrible about them except just watch the sugar content. I would not use juice so you're sort. It's of fluid berries are a handful of berries all the time. I love them blueberries. Go particularly well in smoothies protein, powder nuts and apart. We supplement

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