Acne Magazine : Skin Care, Tips, Treatment Reviews

I have to share this healthy recipe, which I believe is an excellent skin health booster, as well as good for your appetite, getting your daily dose of fiber and antioxidants, as well as a healthy helping of protein.  I’ve been making these healthy little breakfasts for my boyfriend and I for the past two weeks, every morning, and I swear it’s also helped my skin, besides keeping me full for hours, which is a virtual miracle with my sometimes voracious appetite. 

It’s got a lot of ingredients at first glance, but trust me, once you start keeping this stuff around, much of it is freezable or can be stored in dry storage, so it lasts a while.  The only perishable is the bananas, but if you want you can even cut up banana and freeze it, or when it’s about to turn brown, put it in the freezer peel and all, and peel it and use it when you’re ready.  Actually, you may want to freeze it, it’ll add more volume to your healthy skin smoothie!

Here’s my recipe for the healthy skin smoothie.  Oh, also the reason I call it a healthy skin smoothie is that it contains milled flax seed, which contains lignans and omega 3 fatty acids, both of which are wonderful and therapeutic for the skin, as well as anti-inflammatory in nature – double bonus for us acne sufferers, or acne rosacea! 

Ingredients of the healthy skin smoothie – this makes 2 nice sized smoothies, you can cut this in half too for one :

Milled golden or regular flax seed. About 4 tablespoons.  It’s fine, so it’ll blend well, and it will also add a nice bulk to the smoothie and fill you up fast.

Banana – one whole. 

Soy protein powder, plain, or you can use whey powder, but I prefer soy powder for health reasons.  2 scoops

2-3 packets of Stevia natural sweetener.  No artificial sweeteners please.  Defeats the “health” of this smoothie recipe.

2 cups of Carb Control yogurt in Vanilla Creme.

1/2 to 3/4 cup organic orange juice

Berries of your choice – strawberries, raspberries and blueberries are my favorite, and all have an abundance of antioxidants, especially the blueberries.  Great for skin! 

Acai berry smoothie packets – Original.  One packet.  You will only find these at a natural foods store, they are in the frozen section.

Put all your liquids in first, the yogurt and OJ, blend, then add all the rest of the stuff and blend with about one full drinking cup of ice. 

Voila, natural skin care treatment in a glass!  You will stay full for a few hours, and you will be doing something great for your skin, your acne, and your body and mind.