Take a moment to sip on our Calming Matcha Smoothie. It’s an immune-boosting blend that may calm the mind with antioxidant-rich matcha powder, reishi powder, and our probiotic whole milk kefir. These three ingredients may work together to reduce stress, ease anxiety, and boost your mood with probiotics and amino acids that control the production of stress hormones.
Your Gut Matters
Eating habits also play a role in mental health. Research has shown that probiotic-rich foods decrease anxiety and boost the mood. That makes kefir a great wellbeing tool because it contains 12 live and probiotic cultures. Psychiatrist James Greenblatt explained that “‘the gut is really your second brain. There are more neurons in the GI tract than anywhere else except the brain.’” As research continues to develop, it’s becoming more and more apparent that there is a link between the gut and the brain. What was once suspected as one-way communication (brain to gut) is now understood to be more of a two-way system. Thus, the health of our gut may directly impact the health of our minds.
Servings: 1-2Ingredients
- 1/4 cup avocado, frozen
- 1 cup Vanilla Lowfat Kefir
- 1/2 cups
- 1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp matcha powder
- 1 tsp reishi powder
Directions
- Freeze the 1/2 cups of Coconut & Cream Whole Milk Kefir into ice cubes, use the frozen cubes for the smoothie!
- Place all ingredients into a high-powered blender. Blend on high until smooth, or until desired consistency is reached.
