9 Delicious Superfoods to Supercharge Your Diet

Supercharge your smoothie with these 9 superfoods

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Ever had a smoothie, either for a filling snack or as a quick replacement for a meal? Of course you have! Smoothies are versatile and a great way to pack plentiful nutrients, vitamins, and necessary goodies such as fruits and vegetables into a portable, sippable meal-like solution. And there’s something else that you can do to boost your smoothie into the health stratosphere: consider superfood add-ins.

While the old standbys—like bananas, berries, greens, yogurt, and milk—are smoothie staples, branching out with more exotic ingredients can make your breakfast or snack even healthier. That’s where superfoods come in.

Ingredients like spirulina, hemp, maca, and bee pollen all offer impressive health benefits and nutrients you may not find in conventional smoothie recipes (or at least in the same quantities).

Superfoods that are perfect for smoothies are generally powders or other ingredients that don’t take up a lot of space but add a gigantic nutritional punch. For example, the nutty flavor of hemp protein gives you a boost for repairing and building your lean muscle mass, and helps to push away the risk for heart disease, dementia, and inflammation. And it goes great with both peanut butter and banana, two favored smoothie ingredients. What else can you add to your smoothie? This graphic offers some suggestions:

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