Restart your engine with a Banana smoothie
Today, we're making another smoothie for a much needed energy kick.
The Science
The Mitochondria is the energy center or "power generator" of all the cells in your body and it’s job is to turn food into usable energy by way of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) considered to be the molecule that stores the vital chemical energy.
So what makes our “Go Go Smoothie” so awesome?
We’re no medical experts, nor are we mechanics, but we know that putting good oil and fuel into our cars is a good idea; at least if we don’t want more expensive trips to the dealer. And so this Juice follows this ideology.
The main ingredients are Vegetables and fruits which contain among other things a wealth of plant cells each containing the essential chemicals. We’re looking for fruits that contain a reasonable level of carbohydrates, carbohydrates are converted to the “fuel” glucose.
We started with Bananas; per 100g typically they contain somewhere in the region of 27g of carbs; to this we pilled in Carrots; they add more juice and on average 15g of carbs per 100g. The options are endless and customisation of this smoothie is very simple, feel free to change for your own taste. We added a cup of Apple juice to provide that little kick and loved it.
2 x Bananas - 4 x Carrots - Cup of Apple Juice - Splosh of Milk to taste.
Some links to great Smoothie Recipes
As part of a varied and considered diet these really do make a great start to the day.
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Enjoy.