Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but healthy eating goes way beyond a balanced meal.
If you don’t have time to eat 3 healthy meals or a healthy snack, these 3-ingredient shots in the morning will help keep your body in optimal shape as you go about your day.
Compliment your breakfast with these healthy 3-ingredient shots!
1. Lean Green Energy Shot
Keep your body running all day long with this high energy smoothie!
Ingredients:
- One slice of ginger
• 2 cups of organic spinach
• ¼ of frozen organic blueberries
• Stevia for sweetness (optional)
Instructions:
- Place all the ingredients in a high-efficiency blender and pulse until smooth. Add water if necessary.
Blueberries are full of vitamins and antioxidants that improve cardiovascular health, fight cancer and clear mental fog. The cute fruit actually helps prevent cognitive decline and strengthens memory function (1).
Spinach is loaded with the nutrient your body needs to accomplish vital functions. It’s full of dietary fiber, protein, vitamin A, E, C K & B6, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Manganese (2).
Ginger contains vitamin c, vitamin b6 and potassium, which helps the body produce energy (3). It also boosts energy levels by influencing the function of your adrenal glands (4).
2. Metabolism Kick Shot
This quick kick-start will get your body into fat-burning mode and keep you energized!
Ingredients:
- ½ an ounce of organic apple cider vinegar
- A pinch of cayenne pepper
- ½ an ounce of lemon juice
Instructions:
- Mix ingredients into a cup of boiled water and drink quickly. If the taste is too strong, add a teaspoon of honey.
Cayenne pepper and other spicy foods heat up your body to get your metabolism going. The spice can boost metabolic function by up to 20% (5). It also prevents plaque build-up in your arteries to keep your blood flowing.
Apple Cider Vinegar lowers body weight, BMI, visceral fat, and waist circumference in as little as 12 weeks of daily ingestion. It’s believed that the acetic acid it contains boosts your body’s natural ability to break down fat (6).
Lemons help to increase your metabolic rate, and slow down starch digestion, which prevents insulin spikes and fat storage (7).
3. Digestive Aid Shot
Keep your digestive system happy and fuss-free with this healing tonic.
Ingredients:
- ½ an ounce of organic apple cider vinegar
- ½ an ounce of lemon juice
- A pinch of organic ground ginger
Instructions:
- Mix ingredients into a small glass and drink quickly. Follow up by taking a teaspoon of honey to wash away the strong taste.
Ginger is often used to treat stomach ache, boosts saliva, aid digestion and ease nausea (8). It also relieves gas, soothes the digestive tract and relieves inflammation (9).
Apple Cider Vinegar contains probiotics that fill your digestive tract with healthy bacteria that fight off infection. It’s also said to prevent constipation (10).
Lemons contain flavonols the stimulate and purify the liver as well as help stomach acid break down food (11). Its high levels of vitamin C also prevents peptic ulcers (12).
Try them out and see which 3-ingredient shots you like best!