Cancer-Fighting Broccoli Microgreen Smoothie

The Cancer Fighting Smoothie

A smoothie is a great way to get in some extra nutrients and fill you up as a mid-day snack. However, you’ve never had one as powerful and nutrient dense as this one. 

This smoothie is packed with leafy greens from the microgreen broccoli and the baby spinach, but it’s flavor is sweet and nutty due to the added medjool dates, fruits, and hemp seeds. Outside of flavor though, this smoothie is incredible due to its anti-cancer properties. It’s high in antioxidants and sulforaphane which are two of the best known properties for fighting off cancer cells.

For the times you’re craving something sweet but want nothing other than great health benefits.

Cancer Fighting

Broccoli Microgreens: Proven through many different studies, such as this one by John Hopkins Medicine, broccoli microgreens are known to be cancer fighting. They contain sulforaphane which helps the body fight off ravaging diseases such as cancer, as well as fight off inflamation, radiation, and DNA-damaging chemicals.

Baby Spinach: is rich in lutein, zeaxanthin, and carotenoids which removes unstable molecules in the body. When eaten raw, baby spinach can help fight off cancer of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach. 

Hemp Seeds: Hemp seeds are the shelled seeds to canabis sativa, though there is no CBD in the seed to help fight off pain, there are many wonderful health properties; containing omega-3 and omega-6, being high in amino acids that fight off heart disease, and has gama-linolenic which fights symptoms of menopause and PMS.

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