Monday, March 11, 2013

Spring Cleaning Smoothie


  • ½ cup orange juice or half an orange or whole tangerine

  • 1 gala apple peeled and diced

  • ½ cup frozen mixed berries
  • ⅓ cup raw or roasted beets, diced
  • 1- inch piece ginger
  • 1 lime with a small amount of peel 
  • ½ cucumber
  • 1 teaspoon agave or raw honey
  • ¼ cup coconut milk 
  • 2-3 ice cubes

Combine in blender.


"Trimethylglycine TMG (Found in Beets & Goji Berries-also known as betaine), and dimethylglycine DMG (Found in beans) , are methyl donors that help in the production of several brain chemicals and hence improve mood, energy, wellbeing, alertness, concentration, and visual clarity. Unless your major is college was chemistry, chances are you don’t remember learning about methyl donors. But if you find the field of mind boosting interesting, you will certainly want to learn more about these wonderful chemicals. A methyl donor is simply any substance that can transfer a methyl group [a carbon atom attached to three hydrogen atoms (CH3)] to another substance. Many important biochemical processes rely on methylation, including the metabolism of lipids and DNA. Scientists suspect that adequate methylation of DNA can prevent the expression of harmful genes, such as cancer genes. It’s quite likely that our body’s ability to methylate declines with age, potentially contributing to the aging process, and therefore supplementation is an interesting idea in terms of health benefits." by Ray Sahelian, M.D In other words foods like Beets, Quinoa and Spinach are good at helping your second line of defense, the main pathway of internal detoxification; the liver. This keeps us slim and disease free!

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