My VitaMix Anti Aging Mighty Phyto Green Smoothie

My VitaMix Anti Aging Mighty Phyto Green Smoothie has so many benefits for baby boomers, and I’m one of them, that I had to write them down!

Please watch this video, make the Mighty Phyto, and let me know what you think! I know I didn’t cover everything – what do you know about kale that I don’t? I’d enjoy hearing from you.

Make this and post your comments and questions!

Transcript of this video:

Today I am making my elegant apple, superfood kale green smoothie. It is simple and delicious. It requires only 2 ingredients, because I like to stick to my K.I.S.S. theory, Keep It Simple, Smoothie.

I have already filled my VitaMix up with 4 cups of fresh pressed apple juice, which I made this morning in my juicer. You can use a juicer or you can use your VitaMix to make juice, and in one of my next videos I will show you how to make juice in the VitaMix. It’s simple and easy.

So we’ve got the apple juice and we’re going to add to it a half bunch of Lacinato kale, also known as dinosaur kale, the reason being is because it has the texture that resembles dinosaur hide, kind of pebbly. And this is a superfood.

This entire bunch of kale, all this, cost me merely $2.49 and that is super. There are so many good things about kale that I couldn’t memorize them all, but I did write them down so I could share them with you.

I’m always interested in the anti aging properties of these foods, because, one, I’m a middle aged baby boomer and I see all around me what’s happening, and although there are no guarantees and no quick fixes, I like to do what I can to help myself out.

So, let’s stuff a half bunch of kale into the VitaMix with the 4 cups of apple juice and that’s all that’s required. Unless of course, you would like the optional ice. I always like ice in my smoothies, it’s a personal preference, you don’t have to add it, but I do. And now we are going to blend our delicious, elegant apple superfood kale green smoothie. Let’s go. (Blending approximately 30-45 seconds.) And that’s all there is to it.

I like simple and I like easy. It smells fabulous, fresh, with all that kale in here all I taste is the apple juice. I took the stems off the kale I used, but you can leave the stems on in the VitaMix if you want.

We are going to pour this beautiful shade of green – green, as you may suspect, is my favorite color. You can taste the kale in the background, I’m not going to say it’s not there, but it’s ok, it’s delicious.

Did you know there are 2 antioxidants in kale called Lutein and Zeaxanthin and those 2 antioxidants are also found in our macula? Drinking your greens and specifically kale, can help us prevent macular degeneration as we get older.

It’s not the only thing that kale can do, kale is full of anti-cancer compounds and the mighty phytonutrients – phyto is Greek for plant – so look, not only can we help our macular degeneration and hopefully prevent it, but kale also helps prevent cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, cataracts, rhumetoid arthritis and emphysema.

It also has its full high water content, we haven’t cooked anything out of this. Go for the green mustache!