Why Getting Your Greens is a Big Deal
This week's Blended For Wellness is all about greens: why you need them, how to get them, and our fave picks for making it super easy & delicious.
When we talk about food being medicine, greens sit at the top for a good reason. Start your daily greens habit with a Blended Greens subscription now!
Leafy Greens: Why You Need & Want Them
Leafy greens contain many essential nutrients for healthy body function, including calcium, iron, magnesium, fibre, potassium, protein, Vitamins A, B, and C. They're known to improve digestive health, maintain healthy eyesight, balance cholesterol levels, promote youthful skin, treat anemia, strengthen scalp, fight free radicals, regulate blood pressure, promote mental function, maintain cardiovascular health, help weight loss, boost energy levels, and increase lifespan overall.
Why we love some these fave greens foods & boosters:
Spirulina: earns its superstar food status through disease-fighting, detoxifying, immunity boosting, micro-floral balancing, healthy weight maintenance, and support of good eye/bone/heart health.
Chlorophyll: known for its ability to decrease oxidative damage caused by factors like poor diet, chemicals, UV light exposure and radiation. Its antioxidant powers also support weight loss and promote healthy skin.
Chlorella: chlorella is a green algae superfood credited with immune-boosting, dementia protection, endurance support, and cancer-fighting properties. It also contains Vitamins B12 and C, protein, iron, antioxidants, fibre, important minerals, and Omega-3s. **Look for the intro of this power-booster in one of our new Spring blends!
Spinach: a mega nutrient-dense food, it has a healthy dose of antioxidants, folate, iron, Vitamins K, A, and C, as well as nutrients to support vigorous brain function, memory, and mental clarity.
Matcha: this energizer helps boost both mental and physical performance. It's known as a fat-burner and cancer-fighter, and aids with speedy recovery, cellular health, and reversing free radical damage.
Kale: the perfect anti-inflammatory, kale is packed with Vitamins A, K and C, iron, calcium, and protein. This superfood is considered a nutrition that supports prevention/reversal of arthritis, heart disease, and several auto-immune diseases.
Chlorophyll: known for its ability to decrease oxidative damage caused by factors like poor diet, chemicals, UV light exposure and radiation. Its antioxidant powers also support weight loss and promote healthy skin.
Chlorella: chlorella is a green algae superfood credited with immune-boosting, dementia protection, endurance support, and cancer-fighting properties. It also contains Vitamins B12 and C, protein, iron, antioxidants, fibre, important minerals, and Omega-3s. **Look for the intro of this power-booster in one of our new Spring blends!
Spinach: a mega nutrient-dense food, it has a healthy dose of antioxidants, folate, iron, Vitamins K, A, and C, as well as nutrients to support vigorous brain function, memory, and mental clarity.
Matcha: this energizer helps boost both mental and physical performance. It's known as a fat-burner and cancer-fighter, and aids with speedy recovery, cellular health, and reversing free radical damage.
Kale: the perfect anti-inflammatory, kale is packed with Vitamins A, K and C, iron, calcium, and protein. This superfood is considered a nutrition that supports prevention/reversal of arthritis, heart disease, and several auto-immune diseases.
Our Daily Mega-Greens Smoothie Picks
Greens Daily Dose: packed with Iron, Vitamins A, C, K, B12, and contains a carefully orchestrated balance of carbs, protein, and healthy fats. Your daily superhero.
Matcha Morning: designed with the nutrients our bodies need to start the day, boosting it with Green Matcha to help focus our minds and Spirulina for it's healthy mega-powers.
Greens D-tox: This is a seriously green smoothie for people who want to get down to the business of clearing their system and get into deep greens getting. Dandelion root, spirulina, turmeric and chlorophyll are used in this blend to help remove toxins, nourish, and fight disease.
Daily Greens Keto: this smoothie was created to make it easy for low-carb followers to get the essential daily nutrients our bodies need (including the ones found in fruits & veggies, which are a carb source). One Daily Greens Keto pack takes care of your greens needs, whether you’re a Keto-tarian, committed Keto-follower, breaking your intermittent fast, or just a fan of eating fewer carbs.
Blue Mango Matcha: seeking a way to bust through that mental haze and invigorate ourselves, we took our nutrient-rich Blue Mango smoothie (for our physical wellness) and added the next-level combination of Matcha tea and Spirulina for energy and mental clarity.
The Remedy: a prevention and recovery superhero, this blend helps clear your system, prevent and/or fight illness. It also replaces electrolytes and gives our brains a little flick to get us thinking clearly again.
Runners Up: all the blends in our Easy Greens line (we packed them with greens but left out the heavier boosters like Spirulina)!
Matcha Morning: designed with the nutrients our bodies need to start the day, boosting it with Green Matcha to help focus our minds and Spirulina for it's healthy mega-powers.
Greens D-tox: This is a seriously green smoothie for people who want to get down to the business of clearing their system and get into deep greens getting. Dandelion root, spirulina, turmeric and chlorophyll are used in this blend to help remove toxins, nourish, and fight disease.
Daily Greens Keto: this smoothie was created to make it easy for low-carb followers to get the essential daily nutrients our bodies need (including the ones found in fruits & veggies, which are a carb source). One Daily Greens Keto pack takes care of your greens needs, whether you’re a Keto-tarian, committed Keto-follower, breaking your intermittent fast, or just a fan of eating fewer carbs.
Blue Mango Matcha: seeking a way to bust through that mental haze and invigorate ourselves, we took our nutrient-rich Blue Mango smoothie (for our physical wellness) and added the next-level combination of Matcha tea and Spirulina for energy and mental clarity.
The Remedy: a prevention and recovery superhero, this blend helps clear your system, prevent and/or fight illness. It also replaces electrolytes and gives our brains a little flick to get us thinking clearly again.
Runners Up: all the blends in our Easy Greens line (we packed them with greens but left out the heavier boosters like Spirulina)!