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There’s a common misconception that all smoothies are good for digestion, after all they’re blended and easy to consume. Therefore it must mean it’s easy on your gut right?
Sadly this isn’t the case. Our guts are warm and the chemicals within are also warm. Slogging down a helping of ice cold veggies and fruits is difficult for our digestive system to process, as it creates a radical shift in the internal temperature.
This can actually slow down digestion significantly and prevent the proper absorption of nutrients.
Here are three steps you can take to make things easier on your belly next time you have a smoothie.
Keep your pitchforks down for just a moment, I know it sounds a bit crazy. But you can steam veggies, then bag and freeze them for use in smoothies later. By steaming them you make it much easier for your body to process them.
Some veggies I’d recommend using are cauliflower, zucchini or sweet potatoes. Asides from the last one, these won’t change the flavor but will help break things down in your gut.
Ginger doesn’t just add a burst of flavor to your smoothie, it also happens to raise your body temperature and boost your metabolism. Which counteracts the cooling effect of the smoothie moments after you gulp it down.
This one isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Turning your smoothie into a smoothie bowl helps digestion in two ways. The first that you might be aware of is that consuming food more slowly improves digestion and makes you feel fuller after the meal.
The second is that your mouth has enzymes that it releases when food is present, by eating your smoothie with a spoon your mouth has time to coat the smoothie on its way down, breaking it down right away rather than shocking the system.
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