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Category: > Recipes > This Therapeutic Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Smoothie Fights Inflammation At The Cellular Level

This Therapeutic Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Smoothie Fights Inflammation At The Cellular Level

Sep 18, 2017 Carly Fraser Save For Later Print

Last Updated: Aug 31, 2019

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Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Smoothie

I never get tired of turmeric smoothies. The whole-body healing effects of turmeric make it something you definitely want to be including in your day-to-day routine.

Inflammation is something we all experience in our bodies. In fact, inflammation is incredibly important. It helps the body fight foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses and has a role in repairing damage. However, when inflammation becomes chronic (not short-term), it can get problematic.

Chronic inflammation happens when the body starts to attack its own tissues – clearly something we don’t want happening. In fact, it is now believe that chronic, low-level inflammation is responsible for almost every chronic Western disease (like heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer’s and other degenerative conditions (1, 2).

Utilizing natural herbs like turmeric to reduce these levels of inflammation are important if you’re wanting to fight disease at the root cause. In fact, curcumin (the active component of turmeric), is such a strong anti-inflammatory, that it has even matched the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs (3).

Curcumin actually targets multiple steps in the inflammatory pathway, at the molecular level. It has been shown to regulate numerous transcription factors, cytokines, protein kinases, adhesion molecules, redox status and enzymes that have been linked to the inflammatory process (4).

The inflammatory effects of curcumin also extend to our cardiovascular system, however, when it comes to heart disease, curcumin actually improves the function of the endothelium, which is the lining of the blood vessels (5). Endothelial dysfunction is a major cause of heart disease, as it messes with blood pressure regulation, blood clotting and other factors (6).

Drink this turmeric smoothie every day, or a couple times a week to reap the amazing benefits of turmeric.

Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:

– 2 cups pineapple
– 1 ripe banana
– 1 tsp. turmeric powder (or 1-2 inches fresh turmeric root)
– 1 knob fresh ginger root
– pinch freshly ground black pepper (to increase absorption of curcumin in the body)
– 1 cup coconut milk
– optional: 1 cup packed greens of your choice

Method:

Run all of the above ingredients through a blender, and enjoy!

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Filed Under: Recipes, Smoothies Tagged With: anti-inflammatory, inflammation, smoothie recipe, turmeric benefits, Turmeric Smoothie

Carly Fraser

About the Author

Carly Fraser has her BSc (Hons.) Degree in Neuroscience, and is the owner and founder at Live Love Fruit. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a determined life mission to help inspire and motivate individuals to critically think about what they put in their bodies and to find balance through nutrition and lifestyle. She has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals to re-connect with their bodies and learn self-love through proper eating habits and natural living. She loves to do yoga, dance, and immerse herself in nature.

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Comments

  1. Kariann Holland says

    Jun 16, 2018 at 10:40 am

    Hi – are you using high-fat canned coconut milk or just regular coconut milk?

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    • Carly Fraser says

      Jun 16, 2018 at 2:03 pm

      Any kind of coconut milk will work!

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