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Category: > Recipes > This Vanilla Fig Smoothie Benefits Your Body in 10 Different Ways

This Vanilla Fig Smoothie Benefits Your Body in 10 Different Ways

Aug 25, 2015 Carly Fraser Save For Later Print

Last Updated: Oct 27, 2018

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Vanilla Fig Smoothie
All-hail the season of figs – my favourite fruit on the planet, besides mango.

This vanilla fig smoothie tastes like creamy caramel marshmallows, whilst floating on a cloud of taste-bud popping awesomeness (there is no other way to describe it, really).

Thankfully, it also benefits your body in more ways than one. The health benefits of figs are largely over-looked, so to give you a brief overview, they:

– Strengthen the immune system (rich in antioxidants, vitamins & minerals)
– Stabilize insulin release thanks to high concentrations of potassium and magnesium
– Lower your risk of heart disease (high in phenolic antioxidants)
– Reduce inflammation and redness of the skin and help reduce acne
– Reduce your risk for macular degeneration
– Help support and strengthen our bones, thanks to high calcium and magnesium content
– Are high in fibre, which is essential for digestion and proper bowel function
– Control hunger levels and reduce cravings
– Reduce cancer cell growth in the breast, colon and prostate
– Reduce issues of hypertension (thanks to high potassium levels)

Is that not convincing enough to start eating figs? Start by making this smoothie! I prefer to make it with any type of green fig variety, but black mission figs would also make a very flavourful, rich smoothie.

Vanilla Fig Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:

– 4 cups fresh figs (I prefer calimyrna or adriatic – the green ones with pink syrupy insides)
– 2 pitted medjool dates
– 1/2 tsp. fresh vanilla bean powder
– 1 cup young coconut water
– Optional: add in 1-2 cups of tender leafy greens like butter leaf lettuce

Method:

Place all of the above ingredients in a blender, and pulse-blend for 30-60 seconds or until smooth. Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Recipes, Smoothies Tagged With: easy smoothie recipes, fig benefits, fresh figs, healthy smoothie ideas, raw vegan diet, vanilla fig 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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