Immune Boosting Smoothie – Super Healthy Kids

Our immune-boosting smoothie is packed with superfoods known for their immune-boosting properties. Flavors of berries, mango, and pomegranate make it a hit with even the pickiest of eaters. Boost your immune system this winter with our anti-flu super smoothie!

The superfoods behind our immune-boosting smoothie

Superior nutrition can keep your kids from catching every bug walking around this winter. Sometimes, however, super bugs invade their lives, and even on the best diet, they can get sick. We have a smoothie with the superfoods that not only boost their protection but also help them recover faster if they do get sick!

spinach

Green, flowering vegetables like kale, collards, and broccoli are considered cruciferous vegetables. Blending cruciferous greens in a blender for a smoothie breaks down the cell walls that trigger a chemical reaction that has been shown to have powerful immune-boosting effects. Studies have shown that they actually attack microbes like viruses.

We used spinach in our smoothie (because who wants a cabbage smoothie).

pomegranate

We used pomegranate juice for this smoothie and while it’s expensive, the protection it provides is second to none!

The juice and seeds of pomegranates have antioxidant AND anti-cancer properties, including disrupting tumor cell proliferation, life cycle invasion, and angiogenesis. Studies over the past decade have shown that pomegranate has benefits in treating and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, bacterial infections, and UV-induced skin damage.

Berry

Colorful berries like raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries have benefits similar to pomegranates. There are many studies showing the ability of dark berries to inhibit tumor growth in cancer patients. Although more studies are needed, dark berries may also be able to block viruses!

linseed

We used flaxseed for our smoothie. Flaxseeds have amazing benefits with the omega-3 fatty acids alone, but they also contain a powerful immune booster called lignans. These bind to estrogen receptors and interfere with cancer and have powerful antioxidant effects.

mango

Mangoes contain over 20 different vitamins and minerals, clearly qualifying them for superfood status! They are an excellent source of vitamin C, which is known for supporting a healthy immune system.

The other superfoods we did NOT include in our smoothie (for obvious reasons) are mushrooms, garlic, and onions. So make sure you provide your kids with these foods at dinner and they will benefit from the full range of immune-boosting superfoods!

Ingredients for the immune-boosting smoothie:

• spinach– You can also use kale here, but not all kids love the taste! Nutritionally, they are very similar.
• pomegranate juice– Pomegranate juice offers great nutritional benefits but is very flavorful. If your kids don’t love it, you can substitute any juice.
• Frozen mixed berries– We used a mix of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries.
• Frozen mango– Frozen mango adds sweetness and a great creamy texture to the smoothie.
• flax meal– Make sure you use flaxseed and not flaxseed – the body doesn’t absorb the seeds well and they don’t always blend well in the blender.

How one Make our immune-boosting smoothie

1. Place all the ingredients in a high speed blender, starting with the spinach.
2. mixture Mix on high until smooth and the spinach is completely pureed.
3. Surcharge!

More Smoothie Recipes You’ll Love:

• 2 cups spinach
• 2 Cup pomegranate juice
• 1 Cup mixed berries, frozen
• 1 Cup Mango frozen
• 2 tablespoon Flaxseed, ground

Calories: 268kcal | Carbohydrates: 58G | Protein: 4G | Fat: 5G | Saturated Fatty Acids: 1G | Polyunsaturated fat: 2G | Monounsaturated fatty acids: 1G | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 938mg | Fiber: 6G | Sugar: 49G | Vitamin A: 3741ie | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 2mg