If you suffer from chronic inflammation or just want to get rid of some aches and pains, then this super anti-inflammatory pain reduction smoothie is just for you! This smoothie not only helps battle inflammation, but it increases your energy levels too. It is packed with ingredients that reduce pain and swelling, and helps nourish your cells with body-loving antioxidants.
With chronic inflammation, our immune response is constantly revved up, and this can lead to accelerated aging and a variety of other diseases like psoriasis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes (type II), arthritis, autoimmune diseases, neurological disease and digestive disorders.
A majority of the inflammation in our bodies is caused by eating foreign foods that our body cannot recognize or do much with (other than protect itself from them). These foods include all junk goods, processed foods, high-heated vegetable oils, refined sugars and corn syrup, artificial sweeteners (i.e., splenda, aspartame, etc.), refined grains, alcohol, soft drinks, animal products, food additives, nitrates (like those found in deli meat), preservatives, pesticides, and GMO’s.
If you start to change the way you eat (lots of fresh whole fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds), you have the ability to reduce inflammation (yes, even permanently!), and can even reverse your condition (this of course, takes time and dedication).
Super Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
– 1 cup organic fresh or frozen cherries (anthocyanins in cherries help relieve pain more effectively than aspirin)
– 2 ripe bananas (energy and help digestion)
– 1 cup greens of your choice (very alkaline)
– 2 inches fresh turmeric root (potent antioxidant, liver detoxifier, and anti-inflammatory)
– 1/4 tsp. cinnamon (rich in antioxidants, helps to combat inflammation and free radicals)
– 1 tsp freshly grated ginger (potassium rich, helps stimulate digestion and bile flow)
– 1 tbsp. pre-soaked chia seeds (full of omega-3 fatty acids to help protect the body from damaging effects of chronic inflammation)
– 1 cup young thai coconut water (full of potassium and magnesium, help protect the body from degenerative diseases)
Method:
Add all of the above ingredients in a high-speed blender, pulse-blend until smooth and enjoy!
Hey Carly, What is your opinion mixing fruit with greens? I've been taught only apples should be mixed with vegetables, otherwise you won't digest or absorb them properly. Somebody else said bananas is also ok. So i am strict not to mix other fruits even in smoothies or juices with vegetables or even green powder. I love your articles and appreciate all the hard work you do helping others. I'm studying naturopathy and trying to learn as much and live as best possible. Thanks for your advice.. Kat
All fruit can be mixed with greens, and in fact, it is recommended to consume fruit with greens to allow more balanced absorption of fruit sugars. Any other vegetable, however, probably shouldn't be mixed with fruit. Leafy greens and herbs are the best to go with fruit!
Carly, this is a great smoothie! Your page is my favourite on Facebook. It is so helpful! You should be paid for such great work! <3
Thanks Thérese! Glad you are enjoying the content 🙂
I was wondering could I use turmeric power and if so how much?
Of course! I’d say about 1-2 tsp. dried powder.
Made this smoothie this morning. I can’t do bananas, so I used about a cup of frozen pineapple instead. Definitely put to much turmeric, used close to 2 teaspoons of dried as I didn’t have the fresh, added a teaspoon of honey and juice of 1/2 a lemon to taper the turmeric 😆. For the greens I used spinach and pea shoots. Overall not bad, with the adjustments I made. I’m sure the taste is much better with bananas and the right amounts of the other ingredients though!
Awesome! Sounds like a good healing smoothie to me 🙂