Your digestive system plays a huge role in how you feel each day, and when things slow down, it can leave you feeling heavy, bloated, and off.
As we consume a large variety of acidic foods, our colon becomes a storehouse of putrified waste matter. Many studies claim that over half of the diseases are associated with our digestive health – and that’s no wonder. If our digestive tract isn’t working properly, toxins that are normally supposed to be eliminated, stay stuck in the micro-fine villi that line the intestine and become re-absorbed into our blood stream (ultimately making us sick and chronically ill).
Poor colon health also results in gas, indigestion, acidity and stomach distress. It can also result in people not eliminating more than once per day, when we should be aiming for three bowel movements daily.
After cleansing your colon with the proper foods and replacing foods with healthier ones, you’ll notice a dramatic difference in your day-to-day life. You’ll experience improved energy levels, better digestive health, and clearer skin.
Coconut water kefir is great for improving digestive health and restoring the good flora in our intestinal tract. Ground flaxseeds are also a miracle for promoting frequent bowel movements and absorbing toxins on the way out. The greens in this smoothie take it up a notch to help alkalinize the body and sweep the intestines clean. Bad bacteria, parasites and viruses hate the alkalinity of greens, and will be promptly eliminated once they encounter the green power that is leafy greens!
Green Flax Smoothie Recipe
Drink this smoothie once a day for 2-3 weeks for a full colon cleanse.
Ingredients: (serves 1)
– 2 cups packed leafy greens like kale or spinach
– 4 ripe bananas
– 2 tbsp. ground flaxseed
– 1/2 cup coconut water kefir or 1 capsule probiotic
– 2 medjool dates, pitted
– 1 tsp. cinnamon
– 1 cup coconut water or regular filtered water
Method:
Stick all of the above ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Dear Carly, I have been following you for a while and and really excited by the recipes you advise. Said that, I wonder how many persons tested this colon cleansing recipe? And what was the result? Thank you & all the best.
Hmm, I am not sure, but I know for me it always cleans me out really good! I drink this smoothie almost every morning, in different variations with different fruit 🙂
Hi Carly,
I am trying to move slowly in making life changes – I'm making them in so many areas! Will the flax see and kefir work if I consume them in another type of smoothie? I would like to try it in my banana, nectarine smoothies. I always make these really thick and I don't expect kefir will do that. Can I freeze the kefir/flax mixture to make it more frozen? And, I always eat it over grape nuts for the texture. Does the flax seed do this or should I still have it over Grapenuts. Remember, not too much too fast!
The flax and kefir should work in any smoothie, yes.