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Gerhardvd

Making the healthiest smoothie of them all (+100% RDA micronutrients)

Background

I'm on a quest to be the healthiest lazy person out there, I care a great deal about natural bodybuilding and longevity. But I'm also a very minimalistic person who likes to get the best results from the least amount of effort, time and money.

So after a while I've stumbled across this recipe from the very knowledgable nutritionist Dr Rhonda where she gives a recipe and explaination of all ingredients required to meet and exceed the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) of all vitamins, minerals but is also a packed with anti-oxidants, enzymes, flavonoids and more.

I have adjusted this recipe slightly to better match what is available in the markets where I life in the Netherlands.

So far I have made 10 of these smoothies, I pre-cut them, bag them and freeze them for practical purpose. It makes me feel great and energetic and I highly recommend it. But the problem is that they are PACKED with fibre (about 50 gram) which solidifies the 2 liter smoothie after it sits for a while which makes it less enjoyable and harder to drink, the smoothie tastes OK but the many ingredients give it a bland taste and color.

So I would rather split the ingredients in two and make one fresh-sour tasting green smoothie and another one for the sweet ingredients with some vegetables that complement the latter smoothie too and I need your help on this.

So far I got:

Fresh-sour smoothie

  • 200g Kale
  • 200g Spinach
  • 2 Parts of celery
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Tomato
  • 25ml Lemon juice concentrate
  • 1 Avocado
  • Some parsley

Sweet smoothie

  • 200g of Blueberries or a red berry (cheaper) mix
  • 125g Whey protein powder

optional for taste

  • Ginger
  • Chia seed
  • 1 Apple
  • 1 Banana

I would like to swap some of the ingredients from the first smoothie to the second, what will taste best? I'm trying to make both smoothies equally as fibrous/thick.

What are your thoughts? What would you add, swap and change?

EDIT: After great advice on several subreddits I swapped some things up and I like what I have so far. For the people curious about the micronutrients in this smoothie. I use this PDF as reference

Fresh-sour smoothie

  • 200g Kale
  • 200g Spinach
  • 25ml Lemon juice concentrate
  • 1 Avocado
  • Some parsley
  • Water

Sweet smoothie

  • 200g of Blueberries or a red berry (cheaper) mix
  • 125g Whey protein powder (cream and berries flavor)
  • 2 Parts of celery
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Tomato
  • Water

optional ingredients for flavor and extra calories

  • Ginger
  • Chia seed
  • Apple
  • Banana
  • Greek Yogurt

Posted Oct 21, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC · edited

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