Smoothies are a great way to combine different ingredients into one delicious drink. This Brain Boosting Green Smoothie features ingredients like almond butter, spinach, frozen fruit, and matcha to create a great tasting smoothie that helps your brain health at the same time.
Boosting Brain Health
We are HUGE believers in the notion that what you eat plays a role in all aspects of your health – the way you look, feel, and function.
Focusing on eating a variety of foods, mostly fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds while keeping saturated fat and added sugars at minimal levels is a great way to keep your body healthy, happy and thriving. This also just so happens to be the guidelines for the Mediterranean diet…no coincidence there.
While nothing beats a consistent Mediterranean diet, along with daily exercise, reduced stress and adequate sleep there are certain foods that are believed to help when it comes to brain function, memory and the decreased risk of dementia.
We share more about this topic in this post – Connection Between the Mediterranean Diet and Alzheimers Disease. Examples of brain boosting foods include –
- dark green leafy vegetables
- fatty fish and omega 3 containing foods (chia seeds, flaxseed)
- berries
- tea and coffee
- walnuts
Brain Boosting Green Smoothie
This brain boosting green smoothie is a great example of how great tasting ingredients can come together for a delicious beverage that also is packed with not only brain boosting nutrients but a host a vitamins and minerals that your body need for different functions.
Spinach
We tossed in a handful of spinach into this smoothie because we almost always have a bag in our fridge. Also, the more greens the better. Dark green leafy vegetables are a good source of iron, magnesium and fiber.
Fun fact – the iron in spinach (and other plant foods) is called non-heme iron and in order for the body to absorb this type of iron you should pair with a source of vitamin c. In this case of this smoothie, we added strawberries which contain Vitamin C to help the iron absorption.
Almond Butter
Not only does this add a delicious, creamy flavor to the smoothie but the nuts are a great source of heart healthy fats and a bit of protein. The fats will help keep you full longer.
Matcha Powder
Matcha is a type of tea that comes in powder form and delivers an amazing amount of antioxidants that may help with disease prevention, memory and brain health.
Frozen Fruit
I love adding frozen fruit to smoothies because it alleviates the need for ice and makes thick, creamy texture smoothies. The banana offers potassium and the strawberries are a good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Memore
We like to add Memore to our smoothies because it’s an easy and convenient way to get over 11 brain boosting ingredients. It’s a daily functional beverage powder that uses real ingredients like spinach, flaxseed, beets, sweet potato, blueberries, beans and turmeric to promote brain health and antioxidants.
Helpful tip – you can use “DomesticDietitian” at checkout if you are interested in trying for yourself for 30% off your order! Check them out at – Memore
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Brain Boosting Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 2 scoops memore
- 1 tbsp matcha powder
- 1 frozen banana, peeled
- 1/3 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 handful spinach
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
Notes
More Brain Boosting Smoothies
We said we loved brain boosting smoothies and we meant it! Check out some of our other favorites here –
- Almond Butter and Blueberry Smoothie
- The Ultimate Smoothie for Brain Health
- Our Family’s Favorite Immune Boosting Smoothie
- Winter Citrus Cold Busting Smoothie
