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Ohh-la-la, you’re gonna love this Heart Healthy Blueberry Avocado Smoothie Recipe!
The healthy mono-unsaturated fats in avocados keep the heart in shape by lowering LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by 24 percent and raising HDL (“good”) cholesterol by 47 percent. This can reduce blood pressure by up to 13 points.
I’ll bet you’re already pretty excited about that and we haven’t even talk about the blueberries!
My mom is 75 years old and the picture of health and she always says “food is medicine” and blueberries are certainly the king of ‘fruits as medicine’!
Blueberries are one of the “superfoods”; foods that have been found to provide health benefits far beyond their nutritional value and taste.
Blueberries have the highest antioxidant capacity of any fresh fruit! They’re also bursting with phytonutrients, vitamins, good fiber, and virtually no fat. As if all that weren’t enough, blueberries are low sugar, low glycemic, yet sweet in its natural state. Blueberries reign supreme as a food that everyone should eat and enjoy!
TO MAKE ONE-SERVING OF THIS HEART HEALING BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIE, BLEND:
- 3/4 cup frozen blueberries
- 1/4 avocado, pitted and peeled
- 1 Tbs. almond butter
- 10 oz. cold water
- 1 scoop protein powder (if desired)
- 1 tsp Coconut Secret Raw Coconut Nectar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Put everything in your blender (I recommend Vita-mix) and blend til smooth.
Makes One Serving
NOTE: Learn more about Coconut Secret products and why I love them. They’re simply spectacular and such a great healthy alternative!
Peace, Love, and Healing Hearts!
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Here’s why I recommend Vita-Mix …
Vita-Mix & Phytonutrients
If you know me at all, you know there is one kitchen appliance I am passionate about — my Vita-mix blender! Yes, it’s at the top of my “Couldn’t Live Without” list — and yes, you’re going to see a plug for it on every smoothie recipe I write because using a Vita-mix blender gives your smoothies much more nutritional value than any ordinary blender possibly can! And because I care about YOUR health!
Here’s the “skinny” — Vita-Mix processing breaks open the cell walls to release maximum nutrition from whole foods, more than you can get any other way.
Vita-mix gives you verything you’d want from a blender and more! No question about it — the Vita-Mix blender is superior to anything else on the market and well worth the investment!
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