Pineapple & Banana Kale Smoothie |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 lbs | |
| 1/4 c |
1. Peel banana. For best results, juice kale in a vegetable juicer. This will be easier to digest. Otherwise, chop the kale.
2. Blend all ingredients until creamy in a blender. Serve chilled or room temperature garnished with a pineapple slice.
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Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Banana, Pineapple, Kale
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Kale
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Banana, Pineapple
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: Pineapple
STRONG QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Pineapple, Banana
STRONG APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Kale
Active Ingredients: Banana, Kale
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Pineapple
MILD NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
Active Ingredients: Banana
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Kale, Pineapple, Banana
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Pineapple
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Banana
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Banana, Pineapple
Active Ingredients: Pineapple, Kale
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
MILD 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
STRONG REBUILD-ELECTROLYTES Substances that increase your electrolyte balance. Electrolytes help you retain water, keep your palate moist, and truly quench your thirst.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Banana
STRONG REFRIGERANT An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
MILD 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
MILD LOWERS-THYROID Reduces thyroid function. Useful for people with hyperthyroid.
Active Ingredients: Kale
STRONG POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Coconut Water, Banana, Kale
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Banana, Kale
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Pineapple, Banana, Kale
MILD QUERCITIN Active Ingredients: Kale
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Kale
MILD VITAMIN-E Active Ingredients: Kale
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Kale
MILD 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
MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Banana
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Kale
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Banana
MILD 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
MILD POLYPHENOLS Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.
Active Ingredients: Kale
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC
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