How To Make Clear Skin Smoothies

This blog post will teach you hot to make clear skin smoothies regardless of whether you have acne, eczema, psoriasis or any other skin condition.

Fruits To Make Clear Skin Smoothies

Choose fruits with nutrients required for healthy skin like vitamins A, C, E and minerals like zinc. These include apples, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, grapefruit, grapes, kiwi fruit, kiwano (horned melon), mangoes, oranges, passion fruit, peaches, pineapples, pomegranates, raspberries, strawberries, tangerines.

Ensure that you also add fruits to make the smoothie creamy like bananas and avocados.

Vegetables To Make Clear Skin Smoothies

Choose vegetables with nutrients required for healthy skin like vitamins A, C, E and minerals like zinc. These include beets, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, boiled pumpkin, boiled sweet potatoes.

Ensure that you also add leafy greens since they are packed with healthy phytochemicals. Cabbage, collard greens, kale and spinach are perfect examples.

Fluids To Make Clear Skin Smoothies

Choose fluids that are beneficial for maintaining healthy skin. Examples include water, coconut water, plant milks like almond milk and hemp milk. Fresh fruit juices like apple juice, pineapple juice and mango juice can also be used. Herbal teas like green tea,, peppermint and hibiscus tea are also used. Yogurt with live cultures is great as it also thickens the smoothies.

Proteins To Make Skincare Smoothies

Proteins that can be added to smoothies to make them filling. They include nut butters like peanut butter, cashew butter and almond butter.

Herbs and Spices To Make Skincare Smoothies

Herbs and spices are added to smoothies to increase their flavor as well as their nutrient content. Examples include basil, cayenne pepper, cilantro, cinnamon, ginger, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, turmeric.

Seeds and Nuts To Make Skincare Smoothies

Seeds and nuts are added to smoothies to boost their nutrients. Examples include seeds like chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Examples of nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts and peanuts.

Superfoods To Make Smoothies For Glowing Skin and Hair

Superfoods are added to clear skin smoothies to take their nutrient content through the roof. This is because studies have proven that they improve a person’s overall health, boost their immunity and enhance smooth functioning of all the systems in the body. Examples of superfoods include acai, blueberries, camu, chlorella, goji berries, maqui, spirulina, wheatgrass.

Other foods that must be used to make smoothies for glowing skin and hair include the following:

*Green leafy vegetables like spinach are a good source of iron. Iron is important for healthy hair because iron deficiency is one of the causes of hair loss.

*Pumpkin seeds are also important because they are rich in zinc which is vital for healthy hair.

*Nuts like almonds, peanuts and walnuts are also important ingredients for smoothies for glowing skin and hair because they are biotin-rich foods.

To learn more about foods used to make acne smoothies, read The Acne Diet Book

Green Clear Skin Smoothie Recipe

The following is a green smoothie for clear skin recipe which can be tweaked in numerous ways by using different fruits, vegetables, fluids, seeds, nuts, herbs spices and superfoods.

1 banana for creaminess

1 cup fruits e.g. mangoes

1 cup vegetables e.g. cucumber

1 cup leafy greens e.g. spinach

2 cups fluid e.g. 1 cup fresh orange juice and 1 cup yogurt

1 tablespoon protein e.g. peanut butter

1 tablespoon nuts and seeds e.g. chia seeds

1 tablespoon superfoods e.g. goji spirulina

1/2 teaspoon dried herbs and spices or 1/2 cup fresh herbs

To make your smoothie place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until you get a smooth consistency. Serve immediately and enjoy.