November is Healthy Skin Awareness Month, so it’s time to take extra care of your skin and to pamper it. Smoothies are a great way to improve your skin health, because real beauty comes from within. This beautiful skin banana and date smoothie is packed with skin healing foods. Let’s take a look at the ingredients in this smoothie.
Bananas:
They contain many skin-healthy ingredients, including potassium, which moisturizes the skin, and vitamin E, which protects from UV damage.
Dates:
They are packed with vitamin C, which is essential for maintaining skin elasticity. Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant, helping reduce sign of aging and damage on the skin.
Process the following ingredients in a blender:
1 banana
3 dates
1 cup of filtered water
1 tbsp of chia seeds
Garnish with banana slices
Make sure ingredients are organic
Enjoy this beautiful skin banana and date smoothie!
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REFERENCES:
1. “Bananas.” WHFoods.com. WHFoods.com, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015.
2. “Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Dates, Medjool.” Self Nutrition Data. Self Nutrition Data, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015.
