Looking to detoxify and heal your body? This simple detox smoothie recipe is for you! Using just 3 powerful ingredients, beetroots, blueberries and orange juice. This smoothie will provide your body with a massive dose of antioxidants, vitamins and fiber. After an awful flare up of ulcerative colitis, this beautiful healing smoothie healed my bowel within a couple of weeks. No medication needed! The loose stool is now perfectly formed and my bowel movements are regular, once or twice a day. Nice talk for a food blog eh. But it is just so important to highlight the power that healing foods can have on the body. Tried and tested.

Detox Smoothie – Vitamin C

This detox smoothie gives an intense hit of vitamin C which will boost your immune system, protecting against viral infections. Vitamin C also supports eye health, adrenal gland function, connective tissues, joints and gums. It also lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol. It is also anti-inflammatory and cancer protective. A super important nutrient that we need to consume every day.

Detox Smoothie – Antioxidants

Antioxidants are molecules that counteract free radicals in the body. Free radicals cause damage to the bodies cells leading to inflammatory conditions and cancer. Due to our ever increasingly toxic environment, it is really important that we consume enough antioxidants to neutralise the free radicals in our body. The 3 ingredients in this detox smoothie recipe with give your body a massive dose of protective antioxidants.

Ingredient 1 – Blueberries

Blueberries have the highest antioxidant capability out of 60 tested fruits and vegetables. Blueberries have been found to protect against Alzheimer’s disease by protecting the brain from oxidative stress caused by free radicals. Blueberries also protect eye sight and eye health. Fun fact – In world war 2 pilots would consume bilberries (a berry closely related to blueberries) to improve their eye sight on night missions.

Benefits of Blueberries

• High in antioxidants
• Protect against Alzheimer’s disease
• Source of vitamin C
• Source of fiber
• Improves learning and motor skills
• Improves brain cell communication
• Improves vision
• Protects against cataracts
• Therapeutic against varicose veins and haemorrhoids
• Remedy for diarrhoea and constipation
• Prevents and eliminates urinary tract infections

Learn more about the benefits of blueberries here.

Ingredient 2 – Beetroot

Beetroots are amazing for stimulating the detoxification process within the liver. It is an amazing healing food for anyone with a liver disorder. Beetroots contain betacyanin, which is an anti-oxidant with powerful anti-cancer properties. Betacyanin and the fiber in beetroot is protective against colon cancer. These properties also increase white blood cells responsible for detecting and eliminating abnormal cells.

Benefits of Beetroots

• Excellent source of folic acid, fiber, manganese and potassium
• Good for liver disorders
• Anti-cancer properties
• Improves bowel function
• Improves cholesterol
• Protect against colon cancer
• Increases special white blood cells
• Provides excellent nutrition

Learn more about the benefits of beetroots here.

Ingredient 3 – Orange Juice

One juicy orange contains 100% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. As the blueberries in this smoothie also contain high levels of vitamin C, our bodies will be super protected by the high levels of this amazing vitamin. If you opt for orange juice with the bits included, you’re also consuming the amazing fiber from the orange too which is great for bowel function and improving the good bacteria balance in the gut.

Benefits of Orange Juice

• Source of B vitamins (B1, B2, B6), folic acid and potassium.
• High in vitamin C
• Boosts immune system
• Protects against viral infections
• Boosts adrenal health
• Protects eye health

If you find the smoothie to be too earthy and not sweet enough, just put a bit less beetroot in and some more blueberries. Adjust the ingredients to your taste. I hope you give this smoothie a try. It will cleanse your body and your soul from the inside out and make you look and feel totally radiant!

Looking for something more tropical? Check out my gut healing smoothie with pina colada vibes.