Every time I’m on the road eating highly overpriced and usually over dressed “healthy” foods, or eating quick unhealthy meals [read: McDonalds – yes, I’m no snob to this wonderfully convenient chain], I tell myself “when I get home, I’m going to do a detox”. But the truth is a lemon water, all natural, raw food detox is in itself a massive challenge. And I’m somewhat skeptical about the real benefits of doing something so drastic. Basically, I just want a higher intake of fresh vitamins and minerals to aid my body in replenishing itself.
So I was watching The Ellen Show a few weeks/months? ago and saw a segment where Jessica Alba went on to show Ellen how to make a green smoothie. I occasionally juice celery, carrots, spinach and ginger but her green ingredients were, for one actually green.. but also incorporated superfoods like kale and fresh flavours like cucumber and apple. Sounded quite good. This time when I found myself at the supermarket, feeling particularly inspired by the fresh looking veg in the first aisle, I picked up all the ingredients to try this concoction. I made a huge batch, bottled it all into empty glass bottles (thanks to all my Beyond coconut waters consumed).
After a week of drinking a bottle a day, I can see a notable difference. Firstly, I have energy in the mid afternoon – yay! and a focused energy, not a bumbling caffeine buzz. Secondly, I have managed to stay in perfect health even after those around me at home and work have caught colds during this period of crazy hot-cold weather. And thirdly, as an unexpected side-effect, my skin has improved a lot. I wish I could attest to this being the one and only contributing factor to my skin, but it could also be due to a new skincare regime I am experimenting with. But I do believe that what you eat does affect your skin and with these results, I’m not going to change something that seems to be working any time soon!
Link here to the recipe as demonstrated on Ellen.
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