Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

The Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie Recipe is a great and surprising alternative to the everyday smoothie because of the blueberries paired with chocolate flavor. It’s loaded with antioxidants, essential vitamins and minerals, and protein so you’re getting a full dose of many of your RDA’s. Since the Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie is blended, your body can digest it easily, thus giving you more energy for other activities. This delectable drink is great for everyone — young and old, diabetics, lactose-intolerant folks and those who are gluten sensitive. The Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie can be made as an everyday snack or for parties as a fancier drink. Just whip up a batch in your Vitamix or Blendtec blender and serve, no extra prep necessary!

Blueberry Smoothie Recipe Health Benefits

The Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie is packed with amazing ingredients with substantial health benefits for your body. Each ingredient poses different health benefits, you can blend ingredients and get a strong dose of daily vitamins into your diet. All of Dr Oz’s recipes are amazing, thanks Dr Oz Blueberries are high in flavonoid anti-oxidants, vitamin B-6, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and folic acid.  Spinach can help protect the lining of the digestive tract from damage and helps reduce the risk of prostate cancer, among a long list of other things. Cacao powder contains flavonoids, a type of antioxidant compound, anthocyanidin and epicatechins. Fiber-rich flax seeds help protect against hypertension, depression, liver disease and prostate cancer.   Stevia powder, made from the naturally sweet stevia leaf, is 0 on the glycemic index and will not spike blood sugar.  Cinnamon helps control blood sugar, stops yeast infections, improves IBS symptoms, slows cancer growth, improves alertness and memory, and can kill athletes foot fungus.  

Dr oz Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

Dr. Mehmet Oz is the most recognized doctor of the twenty-first century. He’s known as America’s doctor for good reason. Turning what is otherwise just confusing medical jargon into words that people can pronounce and everyday household items into simple medical diagrams, he has made health an interesting topic. The mainstream (those of us who don’t know medicine) are actually able to understand how the body operates and what goes on inside it. In addition to educating on the body, Dr. Oz teaches the correct foods for maintaining long-term health. The Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie recipe is one such example. It’s loaded with antioxidant-rich blueberries and spinach, two amazing super foods. Cinnamon, an antioxidant-rich super spice, is also present. The Dr Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie is a must have, especially because you can whip it up in your Vitamix or Blendtec in under a minute.

Doctor Oz Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

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RECIPE INGREDIENTS

1. 1. 1/2 cup almond milk and 1/2 cup coconut water (or more if the consistency is too thick)
   2. 1/2 cup fresh or frozen organic blueberries
   3. 1 handful organic spinach
   4. 1 Tablespoon raw cacao
   5. 2 Tablespoons fresh almond butter
   6. 2 heaping Tablespoons plant-based protein powder (ideally chocolate flavor)
   7. Dash of cinnamon
   8. Dash of stevia (adjusted to taste
   9. 1 Tablespoon ground organic flaxseed

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RECIPE INGREDIENTS

1. Prep your ingredients
2. Put all ingredients into your blender jar.
3. Blendtec Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top, add the ICE last. Using your Blendtec press the smoothie button and let it run, if you want to manually make it then start on speed 1 or speed 3 until all the ingredients catch, then increase to higher speeds for a smooth consistency
4. Vitamix Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top, add the ICE last. Properly place the ingredients will make it easier for the blender to suck down and blend everything. If you have a newer Vitamix-blender then use the automatic smoothie setting! If you have an older Vitamix or want to blend manually then start on speed 1/low and slowly increase to speed 10/high. Use the Tamper if needed. Blend until smooth.
5. Regular Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top. You can even choose to blend in segments to make sure to get a good consistency. For example, blend your greens vegetables, then blend your fruits, and then mix in your ice, this will allow the blender to blend everything easier. Start on slow speeds and let the blender work those ingredients in and then increase to a higher speed for a smooth consistency.

The Dr Oz Chocolate Blueberry Smoothie Recipe can be made as a fun drink to serve anyone.  Your kids will love the taste and blue-purple color, without even thinking it’s super healthy (or knowing they just drank spinach!).  Serve to them as an after school snack in tall plastic glasses with swirly straws sticking out.  For smaller children, you can place this smoothie in a shorter plastic cup and decorate the top with leftover blueberries.  Make eyes, a nose and mouth, a star, a heart, or any other shape you want.  

Dr Oz’s Chocolate Covered Blueberry Smoothie Recipe is also a wonderful treat to serve up to friends or at a party, such as housewarming, birthday or retirement (this works especially well for older people since it’s low-glycemic and heart healthy).  Whip up the Dr Oz Chocolate Blueberry Smoothie in your Vitamix or Blendtec blender and serve immediately or store in the fridge for a day ahead of time.
Green smoothies help with weight loss, energy levels, and are an overall stimulant for your mind and body.

• Recipe by: Dr. Oz
• Recipe Type: Smoothie

Special Equipment: Blendtec blender, Vitamix Blender, Measuring cups, Measuring spoons

Note: To make a smoothie with a smoother consistency, simply add more water.

Almond Milk is a plant milk produced by soaking almonds and grinding them in water. The almond is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia, mostly we are familiar with almonds as the edible seeds of this tree. Almonds are powerhouses of nutrition, containing monounsaturated fats that lower LDL cholesterol and are protective against cardiovascular disease. Almonds are rich in biotin, and contain large amounts of Vitamin E, Manganese, Copper, Vitamin B2, phosphorus, magnesium, and molybdenum. Your Reading the Smoothie Ingredients Guide Health Benefits and Facts.

The coconut tree is a member of the family Arecaceae. It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. Coconut water is actually the juice in the endosperm of young, tender coconuts. Its water is consumed worldwide for its nutritious and health benefiting properties. The water is obtained by opening a tender, green, healthy, and undamaged coconut. Inside, it’s clear liquid is sweet, and sterile and composed of unique chemicals such as sugars, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, enzymes, amino acids, cytokine, and phyto-hormones. Coconut water helps electrolyte balance and blood sugar regulation.

Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries from the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Blueberries contain ample amounts of Vitamin K, Vitamin C, manganese, and copper as well as high levels of antioxidants and phytonutrients. Blueberries are helpful for blood sugar regulation and weight management. They’ve been shown beneficial in fighting cancer and cardiovascular disease, and to have a positive effect on memory and cognition.

Spinach: it’s not just for Popeye! Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It contains high amounts of Vitamin A and Vitamin C and – like all dark, leafy greens – is very cleansing to the liver.

Cacao is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of Theobroma cacao. Cacao is a powerful superfood that has centuries of recorded traditional and medicinal use. It is high in antioxidants, iron and fiber, and contains the unique nutrition theobromine, a mild stimulant that some believe can treat depression. It may cause the brain to produce more of a neurotransmitter called anandamide which some people say is why chocoholism exists.

Almond butter is a paste made from almonds that is great for spreading or dipping. The almond is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia, mostly we are familiar with almonds as the edible seeds of this tree. Almonds are powerhouses of nutrition, containing monounsaturated fats that lower LDL cholesterol and are protective against cardiovascular disease. Almonds are rich in biotin, and contain large amounts of Vitamin E, Manganese, Copper, Vitamin B2, phosphorus, magnesium, and molybdenum. Your Reading the Smoothie Ingredients Guide Health Benefits and Facts.

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon contains a range of volatile oils that help with blood sugar control, so is a great food to use in weight management. Cinnamon has strong anti-clotting and anti-microbial activity, and is very high in manganese.

Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana. Stevia has zero calories, zero carbohydrates, and zero glycemic index – making it a safe sweetener for diabetics. Stevia is also up to 200 times more sweet than sugar, meaning a very small amount is used in recipes.

Flax meal is made from ground flax seeds, a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. Flax is rich in Omega-3 essential fatty acids, “good” fats that have been shown to have heart-healthy effects. Flax also contains more lignans than almost any other plant, which have both plant estrogen and antioxidant qualities. Flax contains both soluble fiber and insoluble fiber. Flax seeds are an essential source of omega-3 fatty acids for vegetarians and vegans.