Kale shakes appreciation thread
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awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
Not a fan of kale in my smoothies, personally, but I know it's really good for you. I prefer spinach.
King Crimson
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Stupid question, but what are some of the benefits of kale? ( I don't mean the usual benefit of greens, but does it do anything else?)
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Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
My girl eats it raw mixed in her salads
Damn. She tough. I bet her bowel movements or extraordinary....
Be a good friend, tell her to dump the juicer, and get a blender. "Juice" is nowhere near being, the most nutritious part of consuming vegetables and fruit...
Kale is great for "reproductive" purposes...
I mentioned this in another thread:
shake...
2-3 cups of yogurt
kale
spinach
ice
1 1/4 cup soy milk
cilantro
ginger
mushrooms
carrots
1 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
2 bananas
2 tbs of olive oil
EQ.
Mansur Brown - "Heiwa"
Actually i might have got my terminology wrong. She has a "Vitamix Juicer" which is actually a bomb ass blender breh, can chop up damn near anything. We put the whole fruit/veggie and i mix in some "Vega whole food optimizer" which is pretty dope.
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ahh gotcha....
Handful of Kale or any green you prefer
Cold Milk
Frozen Berries or fruit
A scoop of your favorite protein powder
I also add 1-2 Tablespoons of frozen juice concentrate for sweetener
I add the milk a little at a time until I get the consistency I desire. I have a vitamix so if I don't add a lot of milk it makes a good ice cream.
Cold Milk
Frozen Berries or fruit
A scoop of your favorite protein powder
I also add 1-2 Tablespoons of frozen juice concentrate for sweetener
I add the milk a little at a time until I get the consistency I desire. I have a vitamix so if I don't add a lot of milk it makes a good ice cream.
Rick Roller 10
All Star
Should never mix fruits with vegetables, with the exception being apples.
When you learn about food combining, you will realize that certain foods work well together and other foods do not.
Vegetables require different enzymes for digestion than fruits. When you combine the two, you create bad digestion. Since the whole purpose of juicing is to improve your nutritional intake, mixing fruits and vegetables together is not a good idea because you sabotage your digestion which in turn hampers your ability to absorb the nutrition.
The only exception is apples which have a neutral effect and can be blended with vegetables.
Saying that, when you juice, you want to focus more on juicing vegetables than fruits anyway. It's better to eat fruits since fruits are easily digested and most of the health benefits, such as fruits ability to cleanse the body, are only obtained when eaten whole. Drinking fruit juice is more a treat. Fruits are just too high in sugar to be juiced all the time.
One possible reason why others say that you can juice vegetables and fruits is because they are in the business of selling juice machines. As a result, they need to make juicing glamorous and delicious in order to sell their juicers. But if you are serious about juicing, you will quickly realize that the sugar content of fruit makes them unsuitable for frequent juicing. Why? Because a sugar is a sugar is a sugar, no matter its form or origin. All sugars, in excess, lead to sugar related health problems — hypoglycemia and diabetes are the two most common sugar related health problems.
When you learn about food combining, you will realize that certain foods work well together and other foods do not.
Vegetables require different enzymes for digestion than fruits. When you combine the two, you create bad digestion. Since the whole purpose of juicing is to improve your nutritional intake, mixing fruits and vegetables together is not a good idea because you sabotage your digestion which in turn hampers your ability to absorb the nutrition.
The only exception is apples which have a neutral effect and can be blended with vegetables.
Saying that, when you juice, you want to focus more on juicing vegetables than fruits anyway. It's better to eat fruits since fruits are easily digested and most of the health benefits, such as fruits ability to cleanse the body, are only obtained when eaten whole. Drinking fruit juice is more a treat. Fruits are just too high in sugar to be juiced all the time.
One possible reason why others say that you can juice vegetables and fruits is because they are in the business of selling juice machines. As a result, they need to make juicing glamorous and delicious in order to sell their juicers. But if you are serious about juicing, you will quickly realize that the sugar content of fruit makes them unsuitable for frequent juicing. Why? Because a sugar is a sugar is a sugar, no matter its form or origin. All sugars, in excess, lead to sugar related health problems — hypoglycemia and diabetes are the two most common sugar related health problems.
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what about mixing kale and oats?
Carolina Slim
Superstar
If yall have a Tropical Smoothie Cafe near you, they have a green smoothie that they sell now, with kale, spinach, banana, pineapple and mango. It's really good. I think it's a limited time thing, but the owner of the one near my job told me that they might make it a permanent thing if they see a demand for it.