Kale Lemonade With Ginger & Apple |
| 1 inch | |
| 1 whole | |
| 1 lbs | |
| 1/2 whole |
1. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and core the apple.
2. You can make kale lemonade in a juicer or a blender. You may need to chop the kale, or toss it in a food processor if your juicer or blender has trouble grinding it up. If you plan to use a blender, add all ingredients plus 1c of water, then blend and strain.
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Active Ingredients: Kale, Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Kale
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Kale, Lemon
Active Ingredients: Kale, Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw), Lemon
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
STRONG STIMULATES-PERISTALSIS An herb that promotes involuntary smooth muscle contractions to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract.
Active Ingredients: Kale
Active Ingredients: Lemon
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG CARMINATIVE Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG SIALOGOGUE A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG STOMACHIC An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon, Apple (raw)
Active Ingredients: Lemon
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
Active Ingredients: Lemon
Active Ingredients: Lemon
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Kale
STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Lemon
STRONG VASODILATOR A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lemon
STRONG ALTERATIVE Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
STRONG BLOOD-THINNER Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
STRONG HYPOLIPIDEMIC Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG LOWERS-THYROID Reduces thyroid function. Useful for people with hyperthyroid.
Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR An herb that lowers blood sugar.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
STRONG GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG ANTIARTHRITIC Herbs that ease arthritic pain and promote joint health.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG ANTISPASMODIC Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG POLYPHENOLS Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG FLAVONOIDS Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Lemon
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
STRONG QUERCITIN Active Ingredients: Kale, Apple (raw)
STRONG VITAMIN-E Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG CALCIUM Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG RUTIN Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Lemon
MILD CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Apple (raw)
MILD TANNINS Active Ingredients: Apple (raw)
MILD POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Apple (raw)
MILD SALICYLATES Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.
Active Ingredients: Apple (raw)
MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Apple (raw)
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.
Founder of Joyful Belly Ayurveda, John Immel, answers the question ‘What is Ayurveda?’
Do you like 'kale lemonade with ginger & apple'? Why or why not? What makes it unique? Is there something else you'd like to know about 'kale lemonade with ginger & apple'?
Dear Beth - A cucumber would make the recipe a bit cooler. Otherwise a nice addition!
Dear Michelle - Vata generally cleanses naturally without effort, as long as the digestion is clear. Most Vata people need very little cleansing in the spring, but need more cleansing in fall.
Dear Tracy - How about wild chickweed? It's growing everywhere this time of year. Otherwise, for store bought greens - some of the lettuces? Many other greens are too high in oxalic acid. Spinach can be a bit taxing on the liver."
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Although bitters in excess can deplete Vata, Kale Lemonade balances bitterness with sweet taste. The result is that the bitters actually help Vata stimulate persistalsis and bile production. The lemons rehydrate the bowels."