Anti-Bloat Smoothie

Anti-bloat smoothies are a great way to boost your diet with nutrients, and add a variety of fruits and fiber-rich vegetables to your diet each week. Fighting that urge to overeat? Smoothies are a great way to do that! Aside from being a stellar snack and meal replacement, smoothies can be serious bloat busters.

Fight inflammation, lose weight, and infuse energy

The smoothie is the stealth bomber of weight loss and a good way to fight inflammation. You can pack them full of fiber-rich veggies, fat-burning and anti-bloat fruits and blend them into an icy concoction that seems to good to be good for you.

Add the right tummy-soothing, good-gut-bacteria-promoting ingredients — ideally free of dairy and gluten — and smoothies can de-puff your waist, help you lose inches, and keep you feeling great.

Instructions for Anti-Bloat Smoothies

Here are some of our favorite recipes. Low prep, no cooking, all you need is a blender!

For a flavor enhancement and to reduce bloating, try adding peppermint oil to your smoothies.

Blend all ingredients until smooth, pour smoothie into your favorite drinking vessel, and enjoy!

Morning Break smoothie

ingredients

• 1/2 cup coconut water
• 1-banana
• 1-large cucumber, sliced
• 1/2 avocado
• 1″ piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
• handful of ice or frozen pineapple
• 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar to aid in digestion

Purple Power smoothie

This rich and creamy has indigestion-soothing mint and belly slimming qualities. Packed full of blackberries, kale and anti-inflammatory chia seeds, this vegan and gluten-free smoothie has bananas that reduce bloating, and almond butter that provides a dose of healthy fats and energy giving protein.

ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk (crazy delish!)
• 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened blackberries
• 1/4 cup chopped pecan or cashew pieces
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup frozen kale
• 6 leaves fresh mint (you can use the stalks to avoid waste)
• handful fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon almond butter (okay, maybe 2)
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• a few drops of pure vanilla extract
• ice cubes if you like it really cold!