This year, we’re empowering you to support your glow from the inside out, starting with better gut health. Our Probiotic Skin Glow Smoothie is an ideal smoothie recipe to help you achieve better gut and skin health in one delicious, healthy blended drink. With live probiotics and complete protein from Lifeway Kefir, this smoothie supports your gut by giving it the live cultures it needs to thrive, and since a healthy gut means healthy skin, this is a great way to kick off better skin in a few sips!
We’ve paired our kefir with fruits and veggies packed with vitamins A and C, which are both supportive of healthy skin. Carrots, mango, and Lifeway Kefir are all rich in vitamin A, which helps improve the skin’s natural glow. Carrots, mango, pineapple, and orange all contain a wealth of vitamin C, which acts as an antioxidant helping to fight free radicals and improve skin’s youthfulness. Vitamin C is also crucial to help your body produce enough collagen which support skin’s elasticity and suppleness.
Fruits and veggies are both rich in fiber, another crucial piece of better gut and skin health. Fiber helps keep your elimination pathways running efficiently, giving you better skin as a result. It also feeds good gut bacteria, and it pairs perfectly with the probiotics in our kefir, which creates a synbiotic effect your gut needs for optimal support. So grab your blender, a bottle of Lifeway, and your favorite smoothie glass, then get ready to blend your way to better skin health in seconds!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese,a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 2-3 mins Servings: 2Ingredients
- 2 cups Lowfat Plain Kefir
- or you can use any of our whole milk or lowfat flavors here
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 orange, peeled
- 1/2 cup frozen mango
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 1/4 cup baby carrots or shredded carrots
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- optional: cinnamon and ginger for a hint of spice
- optional to make it sweeter: 1 Medjool date or 1 tsp. raw honey
- Garnish: fresh slice of orange or banana slices
Directions
- Add Lifeway Kefir, frozen banana, the peeled orange, frozen mango, frozen pineapple, carrots, and vanilla to a blender in that order. Add in the spices and honey or a date (if using).
- Blend the ingredients on low, then progress to high until thick and creamy. Pour in 2 glasses, then garnish with a fresh slice of orange or banana slices. Enjoy!
