Spirulina

Whether you don’t like consuming vegetables or you just want to enhance your diet, this fantastic vegetable replacement smoothie can help you get the nutrients you need.

This vegetable substitute is a green product, but it’s not plant-based. It contains spirulina. NASA has researched spirulina and reported that one kilogram of spirulina is nutritionally equivalent to 1000 kilograms of fruits and vegetables.

Benifits of Spirulina

Spirulina is a great source of:

  1. B vitamins
  2. Iron
  3. Vitamin E
  4. Provitamin A
  5. Essential fatty acids
  6. Protein

Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae, and it can convert sunlight to chemical energy. It’s a superfood, and it has even been used for radiation sickness. People also take it to help increase their energy.

Make sure the spirulina you get doesn’t have maltodextrin or soy.

Smoothie with spirulina

Here’s how to make the best vegetable replacement smoothie.

Ingredients:

  • 1 scoop of spirulina
  • 1/2 cup of berries (blueberries)
  • 16 oz of water

Directions:

Blend all of the ingredients together and enjoy.

This smoothie is a great enhancement to your diet. But, I still recommend that you consume leafy greens as a normal part of your keto diet.

Data

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136577/
  2. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-78030-6_97