Chocolate Banana Smoothie

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on January 19, 2012

This recipe from award winning Artist and Holistic Healer Beate Epp.

Don’t have much time? Just use soft bananas alone or with a handful of dates to get you going!
And no fear of too much sugar please! The sugar you take in, in the form of fruits is not isolated but comes in the whole fruit package with a lot of other nutrients as well as loads of fibre. The fibre slows down the sugar release in your body and is in no form pro cessed. So go ahead and enjoy! It does not make you fat! Rather cut out any refined sugars from your diet as well as all things ‘white’.

Fresh fruit and veggies are the answer
If you are diabetic, concentrate on low glycemic fruit like berries and limit your intake of high sugar fruits.

Method

Omit though or subst itute with carob if preparing this for a child, as cocoa is also a very strong stimulant. The ‘high’ feeling we get on cocoa is actually the body’s reaction to a toxin. So even it has some great benefits, go easy on cocoa!

Place all in a blender, fill up to ¾ with water and blend until smooth. I like to use warm tap water for that warm cocoa feeling.

Ingredients

7soft bananas = packed with Dietary Fibre, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B6.
6 fresh, pitted dates = lots of great carbs in them in the form of natural sugar and fibre, Vitamin A, Calcium, Iron, and Magnesium.
2 tbsp raw carob powder = loaded with fibre, calcium, and iron.
1 tbsp raw cocoa powder = fibre, calcium, and iron as well as it’s loaded with antioxidants (flavonoids).
2 tbsp hemp hearts = a great source of protein and iron.
2 tbsp whole flax seeds, freshly ground = very high in fibre, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and thiamine, as well as omega-3 fatty acids (alphalinolenic acid).

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