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Cleanse your body this summer with green smoothies!

  • Dr. Deepika Kaushal

Why Green Vegetables?

Ayurveda offers different types of cleanses to remove toxins from your body while making you feel light, energetic and strong. Among these, diet cleanses are considered the most gentle on the body. Therefore, one of the simple ways of cleansing your body is to include more green vegetables in your diet, since they have the ability extract toxins from your cells, tissues and organs. A popular way to include these vegetables is by making a round of delicious green smoothies.

Some examples of green vegetables include celery, broccoli, green beet leaves, spinach and much more. When you’re choosing from these green vegetables, always refer back to your body type, since green vegetables will offer different benefits for different body types. Increasing the number of green vegetables you consume will:

  • Help to remove more toxins from your body
  • Cool your body, especially during the summer seasons. Remember, consuming more raw vegetables will result in the increasing of Vata

In case if you are afraid of adding more green vegetables into your diet, here’s a great green smoothie recipe that you can include in your Ayurvedic diet this summer. This recipe consists of all six tastes of Ayurveda; pungent, sour, sweet, salty, bitter and astringent, to help you achieve a perfect balance in your diet.

Recipe For Green Smoothies

  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Stalk of celery
  • 1 Apple
  • 1 handful of Parsley
  • 1-2 leaves of Kale
  • 1 inch of fresh ginger root
  • 1 teaspoon of honey
  • 2 cups of water

Be careful to not to add too much water at first. Enjoy!

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