This smoothie is the perfect way to start your day or a great mid-day boost. It’s loaded with essential nutrients for the body that help to support the liver and the entire glandular system. Here is my simple recipe for a nutrient boosting hormone balancing smoothie.
Hormone Balancing Smoothie:
- Maca (where to buy)
- Dandy Blend (where to buy)
- Collagen Peptides (where to buy)
- Dairy Free Milk (where to buy)
- Organic Banana
- Vanilla Protein Powder (where to buy)
Optional add On’s
- Hemp Seeds (where to buy)
- Cinnamon (where to buy)
- Bee Pollen (where to buy)
Throw all the ingredients into a high powered blender, which is an important tool to have in your kitchen when cooking real foods. Here is the brand that we use.
Benefits of Maca
Maca is a powerful superfood that acts as an adaptogen, meaning it benefits us all uniquely. Because of its adaptogenic properties, it supports your whole endocrine system to produce the right amounts of hormones you need. Maca can help your body “adapt” too stressful life situations that might otherwise deplete your body’s hormone production and cause symptoms. You can click here to read more about the benefits of Maca.
Benefits of Dandy Blend
Dandelion is a wonderful food to support the liver, which is the body’s main detox organ. This is important for hormone support because our liver breaks down excess hormones that the body is no longer using. You can read my post here about the benefits of dandy blend over coffee.
Benefits of Collagen Peptides
Collagen Peptides are another powerful superfood. You can click here to read more about the benefits of collagen. Some surprising benefits that are lesser known include hormone balancing. Collagen is a great source of amino acids which is essential to produce healthy levels of hormones and can support healthy thyroid function and offset cortisol (stress hormone imbalance).
How to Easily Make Your Own Dairy Free Milk
If you haven’t tried making your own dairy free milk it’s so easy! You can click here to watch my DIY video which shows you how it only takes a few minutes for you to make homemade coconut, cashew, hazelnut or favorite nut milk! All you need is a few things like a high-powered blender and a nut bag.
Benefits of Bananas
Bananas are loaded with essential vitamins and minerals such as potassium, calcium, manganese, magnesium, iron, folate, niacin, riboflavin, and B6. These all contribute to the proper functioning of the body and keeping you healthy. The high content of potassium in bananas makes it a super fruit.
Benefits of Hemp Seeds
These seeds are nutritious, rich in essential fatty acids, great for heart health, help with immunity. Hemp seeds are high in gamma-linolenic acids (GLA) which is great for hormone support. They are also great for digestion, they improve decrease stress and anxiety and many other benefits.
Benefits of Cinnamon
Cinnamon is helpful for balancing blood sugar which helps our body to function properly including our menstrual cycle. It also has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory and is a powerful antioxidant. Cinnamon helps to improve circulation to the body and release stagnation, which can cause a cold uterus, which can result in PCOS, endometriosis and irregular periods.
Benefits of Bee Pollen
Bee pollen is flower pollen collected by honey bees. It’s a wonderful source of essential nutrients, antioxidants and other elements with nutritional value. It provides nourishment and energy, reduces tiredness and combats fatigue, contributes to resolving nutritional imbalances, boosts immunity, reduces inflammation, offers antioxidant protection, has anti-tumor benefits, improves mood and appetite and can even boost fertility in women
